July 2008

The Upper Arlington Grace Brethren Church (Dave Bogue, pastor) is moving to their own facility! The congregation has purchased an existing facility on Kenny Road. Effective today (July 14), offices will be open there, although worship services will continue to be held for several more months at Hastings Middle School. The new address and phone […]

This news release from the Church of the Brethren marks the beginning of the 300th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Brethren movement, which will culminate in Schwarzenau, Germany, this August. Pastor Christian Becker of the Buena Vista, Virginia, Grace Brethren Church is representing the FGBC at the Richmond meetings. July 13, 2008 (Richmond,

An article on Asia’s Hope, a cooperating agency with the FGBC, recently appeared in the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. Here is a short excerpt. To read the entire article, click here. The first time John McCollum visited Cambodia, he saw naked, starving children begging for food. Some men calmly asked a revolting question: Would he like

Grace Church of Orange, California (Mike Sciarra pastor) and the Operation Barnabas team ministering there were recently featured in the Orange County Register newspaper. Here is a short excerpt–to see the entire article click here. The Grace Church congregation members recently held Serve Day, assisting 17 seniors and disabled individuals with yardwork, house cleaning and

The Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio (Dave Plaster, pastor) will dedicate its new Custer Family Early Childhood Center next Sunday, July 20, starting promptly at 10:30 a.m. in the WC auditorium. All are invited to come in casual clothes and join Operation Barnabas students from across the U.S. as they lead the celebration service

Chad Briscoe (pictured), the current athletic dirctor at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, is featured in the current edition of “The Paper” published out of Milford, Indiana. To read the article, click here and click “next” to page 2.

Today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper features on its front page a story about the hailand missions trip recently completed by a group of Grace College students led by Scott Feather. Here is a short excerpt. To read the entire story, click here. Grace College students recently taught English to Thai students at Ramkhamhaeng University in

Phil Keller (left) found Grace College’s educational program in the Indiana prison system to be an oasis in the middle of a desert. Read about his story and the continuing impact of the program in the July-August issue of FGBC World, which is available at no charge at your local church or online at www.fgbcworld.com.

This is “family reunion” week for Grace Brethren International Missions, when all the GBIM personnel who are back in the States for home ministry spend a week in fellowship, learning, updates, and more. This Tuesday evening the combined Women of Grace groups of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) and their families

The following article is from today’s Goshen(IN) News. Pastor Christian Becker of the Buena Vista, Virginia, Grace Brethren Church, will represent the FGBC on several panels and meetings at the Richmond conference. Brethrens to celebrate 300th anniversary A special conference celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Church of the Brethren and of the Brethren Church