September 2009

Momentum Conference Challenges Students to Live Gospel, Share Lives

Momentum 2009 participants lived out 1 Thessalonians 2:8 by serving people and sharing the gospel. Main stage speakers, Power Trax, and others challenged attendees in their spiritual lives. The annual Grace Brethren youth conference was held July 13-19 outside Pittsburgh, Pa. Thirty-eight people made first-time salvation decisions during the week. Another 129 made decisions to […]

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Grace

By Natalie Rummel Experts say that only about 30 percent of physical aging can be traced to genetics; the rest is up to the individual. According to one retirement Web site, continued learning is a way to improve quality of life, no matter one’s age. Residents at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Ind.,

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Leadership Summits Offer Time To Recharge

Something interesting happens when leaders share joys and struggles with others who are in a similar situation. It triggers a contagious flow of creativity and resolve. The Women’s Leadership Summits, sponsored by Women of Grace USA, offer such an interactive gathering. The goal is to provide a supportive relational environment to process leadership development and

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Almanac

The following news briefs are from July and August issues of The Brethren Missionary Herald magazine and FGBC World newspaper. Fifteen Years Ago – 1994 James E. Swanson has been named the new dean of students for Grace College. He holds a bachelor’s degree from William Tyndale College and Master of Arts in Counseling from

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High Adventure

Nineteen boys and 18 men participated in the bienniel High Adventure trip sponsored by Grace Brethren Boys (GBB), a ministry of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. From June 20-27, the group camped and canoed through the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada.. GBB aims to reach boys for Christ, instill Godly character through discipleship, and

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Give Once, Bless Five

Gifts to iCare, given through CE National, Winona Lake, Ind., will be divided evenly between five organizations: Feed My Starving Children, Integrated Community Development International (ICDI), Urban Hope Training Center, Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM), and Jail Ministries. Plus for a one-time gift of $100, you will receive an iCare T-shirt as a thank you.

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Two = One

Cornerstone Grace, a Grace Brethren church that met in Miamisburg, Ohio, for the last three to four years, and Centerville Grace, a Grace Brethren church in Centerville, Ohio, merged effective July 1 to become one combined congregation. Cornerstone Grace was hit especially hard with the economy and about 70 percent of its families were transferred

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