November 2007

Is It the Sawdust Trail? No, It’s a Football Practice Field

The Columbus Crusaders football team, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, finished their 2007 season in the style of the sawdust trail. Sure, the varsity and junior varsity squads played a total of 19 games, with the varsity team seeing six wins and three loses. They played games with teams from …

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International Thanksgiving Feast Held

For the third consecutive year, the Grace Brethren Church in Tracy, Calif. hosted a Thanksgiving meal for international students in San Francisco. It was held at the International House of Friendship, where Kevin and Sieu Choo Ong minister to young men and women from around the world. This year, more than 70 students and ministry …

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CE National Quizzing Event Begins Tonight

Eighty people will be part of the first Bible Quiz Invitational held at CE National’s Russell Center which starts tonight in Winona Lake, Indiana. Key leadership at the BQI are Scott Feather, serving as main quiz master; Ray Feather, senior pastor at Grace Community Chapel, Mukilteo, Washington, serving as a quiz master and sharing challenges …

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Promotional Video for Conference Available

The new promotional video for iGo 08, the celebration conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), is now available for viewing (or downloading) on YouTube. To see the video, click here. iGo 08 will be held at the Innisbrook Golf Resort near Tampa, Florida on July 26-31, 2008. For more details, click here. …

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Rottenest Kids Collide with Greatest Story

Hope Community Church Presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Hope Community Church, a Grace Brethren church Raleigh, N.C., will present Barbara Robinson’s inspiring family comedy, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, during five performances on Friday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 8, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 9, at 9:00 and …

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Services for Dick Coldren Announced

Services for Richard L. (Dick) Coldren, father-in-law of Pastor Bruce Barlow (Winona Lake, Ind. Grace Brethren Church), will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 1 at at the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, 8225 Worthington-Galena Rd., Westerville, Ohio. Below is the obituary that appears in today’s (November 28) Columbus Dispatch. Richard L. (Dick) Coldren …

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Meyersdale Man Dies in Hunting Fall

From today’s Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat. Randy Haulk is pastor of the Meyersdale, PA, Grace Brethren Church. BY KECIA BALThe Tribune-Democrat BERLIN — Like thousands of others in the area, avid hunter Roger Deem woke early Monday to pursue a favorite pastime. His annual tradition of heading out on the first day of deer season turned …

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Dr. Whitcomb Works on ‘Early Earth’ Revision

Dr. John C. Whitcomb (center), one of BMH Books’ best-selling authors, dropped by the BMH offices in Winona Lake, Indiana, today to give an update on his project to update and revise his book Early Earth. BMH Books division manager John Leonard is at left and BMH executive director Terry White is at right. The …

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