July 2008

Aaron Shust led worship at the opening session of Momentum East, currently being held on the campus of Cedarville University in Ohio.

At the end of the opening session, students streamed toward the front to kneel before God.

E. Lee Custer, 92, of Worthington, Ohio, father of longtime Grace Brethren Pastor Jim Custer of Worthington, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Worthington Christian Village. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and worked at Standard Limestone/Martin Marietta Company for 40 years before retiring. He is preceded in

Here is a short excerpt of an article on the front page of today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper about Operation Barnabas. To read the entire article, click here. Local Students Serve In Operation Barnabas Ministry Jennifer PeryamTimes-Union Staff Writer Local students fed the homeless in Chicago and painted a church in Mexico this summer while

Volunteers worked hard this afternoon in the BMH/FGBC offices to stuff BMH-provided tote bags scheduled to leave Winona Lake, Indiana, on the truck Wednesday for the Grace Brethren national conference in Florida. Volunteers (from left) included Rosalie Niederhouser, Carol Allebach, Esther and Jim Morrison, and Nicole Barlow. MOMENTUM East, the Brethren youth conference, is just

Pastor Jonathan Herron and Catalyst, the Grace Brethren church he is planting just off the Kent State (Ohio) campus, are featured this week on the Catalyst blog. To read the post, click here.

Madame Alexandrine Zokoe (right), the Africa-based director of Project Hope & Charite (PHC), which oversees the care of more than 500 sponsored orphans and 50 of their widow care providers in the Central African Republic, is currently visiting Winona Lake, Indiana. She spoke at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church this morning, and in this photo,

Georgia Eikenberry, 89, who served for many years on the staff of Grace Brethren Foreign Missions, died July 17, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She has lived in Winona Lake, Indiana, for the past 45 years. Born August 10, 1918, she previously lived in Fort Wayne and then worked for several years

Recorded sessions and interviews with speakers of the recent Driven conference are now available online here. Just click the Driven Archive and follow the link to audio. Driven is the young adult conference for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. It was held June 26-29 on the campus of Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.

Longtime Grace Brethren pastor, Shimer E. Darr, died Monday, July 14 at the age of 89. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 18 at Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, Pa. Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church, Meyersdale, Pa. with