June 2008

Driven ’08, the young adult conference for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, concluded Sunday morning with a challenge to live an undivided life. Keith Minier, pastor of Grace Fellowship Church, a Grace Brethren church in Pickerington, Ohio, (pictured at left) told the group that living a life devoted to Jesus requires a certain mindset. […]

This week the Total Living Network will air a television interview that executive producer Eric Aucoin did with BMH Books author Dr. Robert Kellemen on his BMH book on Soul Physicians and the state of biblical counseling in America. To see if your local affiliate carries the program Total Living Now, visit: http://www.tln.com/get_us.html Dr. Kellemen

The Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, Indiana, is now jammed several times each weekend with performances by the MasterWorks Festival, a Christian classical performing arts training program now in its 12th season, which is held in Winona Lake June 20-July 19.(Warsaw Times-Union photo by Gary Nieter) The festival trains hundreds of musicians, dancers, and theater

Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, has announced three faculty additions for this fall. Cheryl Bremer will be half-time assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department. Bremer is a graduate of Grace College (BS 92, Music Education and Music Performance) and Indiana University (Master’s in Special Education). She is currently the owner of Kindermusik with Cheryl.

Pastor Dan White of the Grace Brethren Church in York, Pennsylvania, is getting a new co-captain in his additional work as a police chaplain. Here is a short excerpt–to read the entire article click here. Oldfield now passes the baton to the Rev. Darnell Bowman, pastor of Unity Church of God in Christ in York.

Friday activites at Driven provided plenty of opportunities for participants to consider their individual walk with Jesus and to get acquainted with others. Workshops throughout the day focused on topics such as church planting, worship, male passivity, and living authentic lives. The annual conference for young adults is being held this weekend at Otterbein College

Tony Livigni opens Friday evening’s communion at Driven with a few words about the love feast. Tony is pastor of the college ministry at the north campus of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Akron, Ohio.

The day ended with a look at 300 years of Brethren history. Grace Brethren pastors and historians, Dave Plaster (left) and Todd Scoles (right) discussed our heritage as a church family over a late-night cup of coffee. Dave is pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus (Ohio) and is the author of Finding Our

Grace Church of Sebring, the Grace Brethren church in Sebring, Florida (Randy Smith, pastor) opened its doors recently to a third season of summer outreach called “Ignite Day Camp.” Sensing a need in the community for a Christ-centered program for school age children during the summer three years ago, the Grace staff put together a

The Kosciusko Community Hospital Board of Trustees, Warsaw, Indiana, has announced the appointment of Stephen R. Miller (pictured) as its new chief executive officer. Miller, who received his BA degree from Grace College in 1974, returns to KCH from Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to being at