Ten years ago, Ed Lewis, Executive Director of CE National, got a call from Evelyn Tyson. The Third Brethren Church in downtown Philadelphia was closing, and Evelyn asked Ed if CE National could use the buildings. At the time, CE National was looking at Chicago for an urban ministry training center. But with the offer …
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Today’s edition of the Bowling Green (Ohio) Sentinel-Tribune has a story about Curtis Miller, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church there. To read the entire story, click here. There are a number of John Deere toy tractors in Pastor Curtis Miller’s office at Bowling Green Grace Brethren Church – and they’re not there just to …
Here’s an interesting little sidelight to the recent World Series. Figuring prominently in the rain-management and groundskeeping activities for the series were tools manufactured in Warsaw, Indiana, by Midwest Rake Company LLC. The president of Midwest Rake is Bill Henthorn, a 1976 business administration graduate of Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., and a former banker …
From today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union: FunFest Tonight In Winona Lake Jennifer PeryamTimes-Union Staff Writer WINONA LAKE – Games and candy will be offered tonight at Grace College’s annual FunFest at the Gordon Recreation Center in Winona Lake. The annual event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. In addition to games and candy, activities will …
Pastor Randy Smith (pictured) of the Grace Brethren Church in Sebring, Florida, shares his excitement about his church’s outreach during its recent Fall Festival: I came back from Europe in time for the messages Sunday AM and the Fall Festival in the afternoon. We had 968 people come out and 37 decisions to accept Jesus …
Diana (Di) Davis (pictured), who recently returned to the U.S. after 30 years of ministry with Grace Brethren International Missions in central Africa, launched an ESL (English as a Second Language) outreach on October 7 to the mothers of the Hispanic students at the Jefferson Elementary School across the street from the Winona Lake Grace …
Dave Atkins, executive director of Asia’s Hope, reports that two Momentum homes have been opened in Southeast Asia. Above are the children of Momentum 1, located in Prek Eng, Cambodia. These children recently arrived and the owner is expanding the house to accommodate us. That’s why the house looks like it’s under construction…it is! We …
Pastor Glen Sykes of the San Diego (CA) Grace Brethren Church sends along this encouraging report about the San Diego church’s recent Harvest Festival outreach: San Diego Grace Brethren Church, on Friday evening, October 24, held its Fourth Annual Harvest Festival. Like many other GBC churches, this is a Halloween alternative outreach. More than 350 …
Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade, who is Associate Pastor of Outreach Ministries at the Wooster (OH) Grace Brethren Church (Robert Fetterhoff, pastor), sends along this exciting set of photos and reports on a recent event at the Wooster church: On Saturday, October 25, our church opened its doors to our community for an evening of fun, …
