April 2009

Sandy Barrett, who is the administrative assistant in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches coordinator’s office, has a birthday today. Yesterday the staffs of the FGBC and BMH gathered to celebrate with a cake and ice cream, a few gifts, and a lot of laughs. Sandy and the fellowship coordinators’ staff are hard at work […]

Jan and Jay Bell of Grace Brethren International Missions, are now back home in Winona Lake, Indiana, after their vehicle accident in Iowa on Saturday morning. Here is a brief update for all who have been praying for them: We are so thankful for the FGBC family and their prayers. A huge thanks to all

Jim Brown, pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind. and past moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is on the cover of the Elkhart County (Ind.) Health and Wellness magazine. He writes about it on his blog, the Brown Bytes. Recently I was contacted by a local reporter,

Evelyn Gibson, right, a 17-year member of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Seal Beach, Calif., has received the prestigious Lewis Hine Award for Service to Children and Youth from The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). She is a volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Orange County, Calif. Named for the

Henry Rempel, who may be the oldest living Grace Brethren pastor, celebrated his 105th birthday on March 17. He celebrated the event on March 21 with a party at the home where he lives in LaHabra, Calif. Friends and family gathered to wish him well. At right he gathers with his nieces, Becky Dick of

Christian Becker (kneeling, at right, with ballcap), pastor of the First Brethren Church of Buena Vista, Virginia, just returned from a ministry with this team to the Grace Brethren in Trinidad. Here is an excerpt from one of his reports mid-trip. To read his blog click here. For more information on Brethren ministry in Trinidad