March 2008

Brownsburg Church to Have Public Launch Sunday

Ned Denlinger, coordinator of the Tri-State District (southwestern Ohio, Kentucky and eastern Indiana) is calling for prayer and celebration as a new Grace Brethren church on the west side of Indianapolis has its public launch this Sunday. Here is part of Ned’s notice: Life Spring Church in Brownsburg, Indiana, is having their public launch this

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Lancaster Pastor Reflects on India Trip

Pastor John Smith of the Grace Church at Willow Valley in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this morning reflected on his blog before departing to Winona Lake, Indiana, for Grace College and Seminary board meetings. Smith has recently returned from a ministry trip to India. To see some of his reflections, photos, and highlights of the trip, log

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BMH Board Meets, Sets Priorities

Dr. Rick Fairman (left) confers with BMH board vice-chair Dan Thornton (right) during Brethren Missionary Herald Company board meetings just concluded. In addition to caring for routine business, the board also met with Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey and with GBIM’s Tom Julien to hear reports, updates, and perspective on the current state and future potential

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Catalyst Church to Host Easter Egg Drop

Editor’s Note: At the request of the Ravenna School District and due to weather conditions on the ground, the Easter Egg Helicopter Drop has been rescheduled for the next weekend, Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m., at Ravenna Football Stadium (Easter Weekend). Also, to help speed the registration process that morning, a pre-registration form has been

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Former Member of San Bernardino Church Dies at 100

Today’s Inland Empire Sun, from the San Bernardino, CA, area, carries a feature story on a remarkable Scandinavian woman who was once active in the San Bernardino Grace Brethren Church. Here are several excerpts. To read the entire story, click on http://www.sbsun.com:80/news/ci_8444037 As a girl growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Elida Marie Bond relied

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McDairmants Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Tom and Gracia McDairmant, former Grace Brethren missionaries to Africa, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past Sunday with an Open House at their new home just outside Winona Lake, Indiana. They were married March 2, 1958, in Santa Barbara, California. McDairmants are active members of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Gracia’s blog

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Teachers to Go Weightless Today

Four Warsaw, Indiana, Lakeview Middle School teachers will conduct an experiment while weightless aboard NASA’s Reduced Gravity Aircraft in Houston, Texas, today. Testing the ‘effects of microgravity on the absorption of water by various soil types’ will be (L to R): Mark McCollom, Roger Haeck, Dan Wray and Jose Gutierrez. McCollom and Wray are members

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New Pacheco Coming Home From China

The Dan Pacheco family from Winona Lake, Indiana (from left, Dan, Marna, Madeleine) is currently in China where today they received two-year-old Millie, whom they are adopting. With them in China is Millie’s new grandma, Miriam (Mrs. Dan) Pacheco from the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. The unfolding story and ongoing blogposts may be seen

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