June 2008

Reports are already beginning to come in of how God is using the Operation Barnabas students this summer, even before their tours begin. Here is a brief excerpt from today’s OB blog. You can see more at www.operationbarnabas.net The hardest task of the day came when Ed Lewis gave an outreach session and then challenged

Tim Boucher, Grace Brethren church-planter at the South Bend (IN) campus of Grace Community Church, just completed a soccer camp that had more than 400 students enrolled. Here is a bit of the flavor as Tim comes off the “high” of the week. You can read more on his blog at http://bouchersblog.blogspot.com/ I remember at

Members of the summer Operation Barnabas teams, organized and directed by CE National, began their training today at the Norwalk Grace Brethren Church in Norwalk, California. Operation Barnabas teams are developed to give growing Christian senior high youth such a thirst for ministry, that upon their return, they will have a greater desire to serve

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia , a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή) (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς) (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (φοβία) (meaning fear). The term is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a simple phobia (fear) of the number thirteen appearing in any case.

One of BMH Books’ most popular publications over the years has been a little catechism entitled Bible Truths, developed by Dr. Alva J. McClain when he was pastor of the First Brethren Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The booklet this past year went into its 13th printing. We recently received this note from a longtime admirer

Didier Millotte, the French illustrator/author who traveled and taught in Africa with us last year in the literature ministry, has posted a drawing of his of the Chateau, the Grace Brethren ministry center in St. Albain, France. You can see more of Didier’s work at http://dimillotteblog.blogspot.com/

Quincy Smith, 6, zooms around an obstacle course at the fourth annual Grace Brethren Bike Rodeo, held in the church parking lot last Saturday afternoon. The free event included bike races, games, obstacle courses and vendor booths offering a variety of services to families. John McIntosh is pastor of the sponsoring church, Grace Brethren Church

From today’s Fremont (OH) News-Messenger: Brianne Pinkerton, daughter of Kevin and Pam Pinkerton,was one of nine students receiving scholarship awards from the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary in Fremont. Brianne is a 2007 graduate of Fremont Ross High School. She attends Grace College in Warsaw, Ind., and will receive her bachelor of science nursing degree in May

Please pray for the family of George and Anna Stagg, Grace Brethren church-planters in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Here is a slightly edited version of a e-mail from them–their son, Andrew, is 11. We have just received news that a classmate of Andrew’s and his mom were violently murdered in their home and discovered this morning. Andrew’s