June 2008

Kary Oberbrunner, who is on the pastoral staff at Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Powell, Ohio, led the first session of Driven this morning (Friday). He challenged conference participants to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth by incorporating the Christian life into daily activities. (Kary is also a BMH author.) The conference […]

What better way to end an evening that with ice cream and coffee? Unless you are heading to the open gym later! Driven conference participants stop for a snack and fellowship in Otterbein College’s Campus Center following the opening session of the conference. The annual young adult conference began tonight in Westerville, Ohio (suburban Columbus)

Jeff Bogue, pastor of the north campus of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Akron, Ohio, challenged Driven participants to live “undivided” lives. “Dethrone those idols,” he said, speaking at the opening session on the campus of Otterbein College. “Fix your eyes on the plow.” He challenged individuals to choose to be the undivided

Driven ’08, the young adult conference, kicked off tonight (Thursday) at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Ezra Wimberly (and band) opened the first session with worship music. He’s the pastor of worship and creative arts at Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Akron, Ohio.

From the Hays (Kansas) Daily News comes this story regarding a murder victim from the Grace Brethren church there: Friends, family dedicate park building to Portis man By GAYLE WEBER PORTIS — About 60 people gathered at the city park here Wednesday night to dedicate a piece of the town to Scott Noel. Noel was

Participants in Momentum West experienced another exciting day, according to Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, the organization sponsoring the youth conference. He reports below: For Momentum West, yesterday was probably one of the most dynamic days we could have ever experienced. We left early in the morning and went up to Burbank where

“Momentum West has been more exciting than we anticipated,” reported Ed Lewis, director of CE National, the sponsoring organization for the youth conference. More than 400 students and adults were present for the Monday evening opening session at the Bellflower (Calif.) Brethren Church. Chairs had to be put in the aisles on the main floor

Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) has been cited among those human resources ministries define “best practices.” In the June/July 2008 issue of Outcomes, the magazine of the Christian Leadership Alliance (formerly Christian Management Association and Christian Stewardship Association), Katie Burgess, human resource consultant, is asked “From your experience, what ministries are defining ‘best practices’ through

In Delaware, Ohio, “everything” goes – at least from June 8-14. That was when the Delaware Grace Brethren Church hosted “Operation Everything,” a camp for junior and senior high students. This year’s camp theme centered around “Reach In… Reach Out… Reach Him.” Guest speaker Tim Sprankle (Leesburg, Ind., Grace Brethren Church) challenged students throughout the

Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Jeff Mason, a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio and a recent graduate of Grace Theological Seminary (pictured at right), has received a commission in the U.S. Army Reserves and is scheduled to be deployed on July 19 with the 157th Combat Service and Support Brigade (based in Willow