June 2008

John and Becky Pappas, who serve in Germany with Grace Brethren International Missions, have posted some nostalgic photos under the heading “36 Years and Counting . . . Here’s where it all began–June 10, 1972, Grace Brethren Church,Worthington, Ohio.” See more at http://johnandbeckypappas.blogspot.com/2008/06/36-years-and-counting.html

A 16-member GO Team from the Grace Brethren Church of Waterloo, Iowa, led by Waterloo pastor Kelvin Cooke,drove to Chicago this morning and then boarded a plane to Paris and then on to Cameroon, Africa. Here are some ways to be praying praying for some specific ministries and opportunities as noted by team members: •

WARSAW, IN – The Kosciusko County (IN) Community Foundation announced the awarding of a Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (H.O.P.E.) grant to Grace in ACTION usa (GiA), Winona Lake for a program that teaches life skills to economically disadvantaged children. According to Gladys Deloe, founder and president of GiA, the not-for-profit, faith-based organization’s goal is to

Thirteen Grace students from Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, led by Scott Feather (pictured), will leave Sunday, June 15, for Bangkok, Thailand, where they will spend two weeks working at two university campuses. The group will be making contact with students and working with missionaries and Grace alumni Christian (MA 05) and Bonnie (Nissley, BS

Chuck and Sandy Cheek (pictured), who have been active for many years in leadership in Grace Community Church, the Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Indiana, pastored by current FGBC moderator Jim Brown, are featured in today’s Goshen News. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire story click here. Chuck and Sandy Cheek moved to Goshen

A number of people have been praying for the recent gospel crusade in Philadelphia and for Pastor Shawn Kidder of the First Grace Brethren Church of Philadelphia as he presented the gospel. Here is an update on the event, as taken from the e-mail update of Pastor Scott Distler and written by David Rice: “Thanks

Today’s Ventura County (CA) Star carries an article about the graduating class at Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley (John McIntosh, pastor). Here is an excerpt. To read the entire article, click here. Yoora Kim got a jump-start on what most high schoolers fantasize about. As a senior at Grace Brethren High School in Simi

Brian Blackburn / Simple Worship Ministries is returning to the Grace Fellowship Church (one of two Grace Brethren churches in Hawaii). Last year he spent 10 days leading and training their worship teams as well as addressing church growth with their leadership team. This year Brian and his family are returning for two months (June

Could you help speed church planting among people with no access to the Gospel? Do you enjoy sharing a vision of what God could do and giving people an opportunity to respond? Can you use systems to stay in touch with many people who are interested in helping GBIM’s ministry? Grace Brethren International Missions in

Retired Grace Brethren pastor Roy E. Glass (Basore Road Grace Brethren Church, Dayton, OH) recently had an interesting chance encounter in a fast-food restaurant. here is a slightly-edited version of his recounting of the incident: We were recently in Miamisburg on a Sunday night and stopped at a McDonald’s for an ice cream cone. We