June 2008

From the Plainwell & Otsego (MI) Enterprise. To read the entire story, click here. Miss Allegan County Erica Marshall performed her talent piece “Time to Say Goodbye” by Andrea Bocelli to friends and family at her sendoff party Saturday, May 31. (Photo by Nu Yang) Senior year of high school is a busy time filled […]

Pastor Mike Tabor gives a number of positive reports from The Happy Church, a Grace Brethren church in Jackson, Kentucky: We just wanted to show off the new John Deere x340 lawn tractor donated by individuals of Hope Church in Mason, Ohio! Also, the Happy Shack is getting really close to being done! Pictures soon.

Please pray fervently for Cami Gingerich, the three-year old daughter of Galen and Melody Gingerich, and the youngest granddaughter of Pastor Forrest and Arlene Jackson of Dayton, Ohio. Cami will have final evaluation tests on Friday at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, which will be followed with major open-heart surgery the morning of Monday, June 9.

Southern Hills Community Church (Mike Stern, pastor), a Grace Brethren church in North Royalton/Strongsville, Ohio, recently impacted its community with a “Compassion Sunday.” “Small things done with great love will change the world.” That’s what the folks at Southern Hills Community Church believe and strive to live out daily. It’s also the reason they engage

The MasterWorks Festival, a four-week classical performing arts training program that offers advanced and passionate students of music, dance, opera, and theatre the opportunity to learn from professional Christian performing artists in their respective field, will be held in Winona Lake, Indiana, June 22-July 20, 2008. Located in the picturesque community of Winona Lake, Indiana,

Teens and youth leaders from the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church gathered on the shore of Winona Lake this past Sunday to witness the baptism of a German exchange student who has been attending the church since last October. He accepted Christ this spring and asked to be baptized before going home. (Greg Zuercher

WLGBC youth pastor Tim Wright baptized German exchange student Lukas in Winona Lake this past Sunday upon Lukas’ request to be baptized before he returns to Germany.

Brent Saba (pictured), the Director of Training at Urban Hope Training Center, the Grace Brethren urban center in Philadelphia, unwittingly became the lead anecdote in a feature story this week. Here is an excerpt. To read the entire story, click on http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080601/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_stranded_motorists;_ylt=AroShmm16Z4321SGSV7K7uPZn414 Brent Saba had just dropped a church group off at Philadelphia International Airport