September 2008

Today’s Maple Heights, Ohio, Press includes a story about Je’Rod Cherry’s desire to part with his prized his Super Bowl Ring in order to raise funds for needy children. He made that decision during Momentum East, the annual Grace Brethren national youth conference. To read the complete story, click here. In the photo at right, […]

Winona Lake campus tops 1,500 students Today’s Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette includes a story about this year’s enrollment at Grace College. To read the entire story, click here. For the third year in a row, Grace College in Winona Lake reached a record enrollment, officials announced Wednesday. There are 1,508 students enrolled for this

October is Clergy Appreciation Month and October 12 has been designated Clergy Appreciation Day. Here is a brief excerpt from an article on how to show your pastor that he is appreciated. To read more, click here.8 Ways to Encourage Your PastorSimple acts that feed a shepherd.by Victor Parachinfrom Today’s Christian Sometimes pastors are the

Developing the leader’s inner life will be the focus of the Women’s Leadership Summits this fall and winter. Sponsored by Women of Grace USA and open to all women in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, the summits will be offered in two locations: Reading, Pa., on October 24-26 and repeated in the west at

The Carroll County (Indiana) Comet carries this interesting historical article, written by a pastor from one of the other Brethren groups involved in the recent 300th anniversary commemoration: Celebrating a rich heritage By Dr. Peter E. Roussakis Pastor, First Brethren Church, Burlington For those of us who are members of one of the Brethren churches

Efforts to digitize Brethren publications, including the Brethren Missionary Herald, took a step forward Monday as the Brethren Digital Library Forum met in Brookville, Ohio. (The Herald magazine was published from 1939 to 1995.) Last fall, the group met for the first time to explore a joint effort to put their various publications in a

Please pray for Je’Rod Cherry today (Tuesday). He’ll be doing a press conference in Boston at 2 p.m. to talk about his desire to sell his Super Bowl ring to raise funds for the needy. Pray for God to give him the right words and for a lot of publicity! To see a video clip

See blog entry for Friday, September 12 for background. Just a quick but heartfelt THANK YOU for your prayers. Praise God! We appealed to you for prayer on Friday for prayer that we would help recover our lost puppy Spike. Last night, two days later and eight days after he was spotted being taken, we

Here is an excerpt from a Ventura Star story on the train crash memorial service held at the Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley, California (John McIntosh, pastor). To read the entire story, click here. 800 gather to show support, share pain following Metrolink crashSurvivors attend Simi service By Tom Kisken Monday, September 15, 2008

A former teacher and coach at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, California, was among the 25 victims of the Metrolink train crash in Los Angeles earlier this week. Here is a excerpt from the Ventura Star, along with information about a memorial service to be held this afternoon at the Simi Valley church.