January 2008

The Fellowship Council of the FGBC is concluding its winter meetings in Seal Beach, California, today with committee work. Here members of the Structures Committee (from left, Phil Helfer, Dan O’Deens, and Ron Smals) meet on the lawn of the Seal Beach church. Other committees (membership, finance, etc.) were meeting elsewhere in the facility of […]

The Fellowship Council meetings in Seal Beach, California, are focusing today on report and updates from various national organizations that articulate with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Representatives of all national organizations are answering questions and sharing insights from their ministries with the Fellowship Council members throughout the day.

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) is on the road again–this time to Seal Beach, California, for Fellowship Council meetings this weekend, followed by the southwest Focus Retreat at Rancho Capistrano, California, next Monday through Wednesday. Many of the natorg staff members are also traveling to California to give updates and reports to the Fellowship Council, so

The baby shower ministry at the Marysville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church is opening doors for young families to become involved in the new congregation. Shower guests make a no-sew fleece blankets for the new babies. With each knot, a prayer is offered on behalf of the mom and the unborn child. To learn more about

Dr. Don DeYoung (pictured), chairman of the physical science department at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, and author of the recent BMH book Pioneer Explorers of Intelligent Design, is one of the featured speakers and workshop leaders for the upcoming Bible conference at the East Side Grace Brethren Church in Blacklick, Ohio (Chip Heim, pastor).

Our eagle-eyed editor, Liz Cutler Gates, spotted a note on an almanac website that this past Saturday, January 19, was the anniversary of the death of Alexander Mack, founder of the Brethren movement. Here is the entry: 1736; Death of Alexander Mack, a German who was one of the founders of German Baptist Brethren, the

re nas cence — a rebirth: revival Pastor Larry Weber of the Grace Brethren Church of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, sends along the following: You have already published the announcement from the Waynesboro Record Herald that Grace Brethren Church is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2008. We are praying that the Lord will “throw

Yesterday’s Wabash (IN) Plain Dealer carried a story about two volleyball-playing sisters at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana. The story featured Amber Birkey (pictured) and her sister, Brittni. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire story click on http://www.wabashplaindealer.com:80/articles/2008/01/17/sports/sports1.txt Birkey sisters end Grace run By JASON OGLE, Special to the Plain Dealer Scan through Grace

The following editorial appeared January 17 in the Grunion Gazette, the weekly newspaper in Long Beach, California. It was written by Executive Editor Harry Saltzgaver, who attends Grace Community Church of Seal Beach (Don Shoemaker, pastor). Religion was mentioned Tuesday at the Long Beach City Council meeting. It has been too long since that has