By Linda Hall As a young adult, I was privileged to be a spectator of textbook history, seeing up-close-and-personal a member of one of America’s most prominent, and certainly most inspirational and influential, families. The backdrop was an internship and then official employment in the Washington, D.C., office of Senator Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy (D-Mass) […]
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By Natalie Rummel Water games, skits, relay races, and prizes – that’s the recipe for summer fun at the Palmyra (Pa.) Grace Brethren Church. Its real name is Nic@Nite, a vacation Bible school alternative that has drawn nearly 200 kids each Wednesday night in June to the Lebanon County church. The program is the church’s
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The following news briefs are from November and December issues of The Brethren Missionary Herald magazine and FGBC World newspaper. Sixty-Five Years Ago – 1944 First Grace Brethren Church, Grafton, W. Va., reported that they purchased a bus to bring people to their services who have no other way to come. It was reported as
George Stagg has a vision to see transformed lives through the development of a new church in the Uptown area of Minneapolis, Minn. George Stagg has a big vision for a big metropolitan area. The twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul have a combined population of about 3.2 million residents-the 16th largest metro area in the
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Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., reports a record enrollment this fall for the fourth consecutive year. As of September 4, a total of 1,633 students have enrolled for the 2009-2010 academic year, topping the 2008 enrollment of 1,508 by 8.3 percent. The combination of new students and a high student retention rate of
The Grace Brethren Church (Pastor Jim Franklin), Flora, Ind., marked it’s 70th anniversary on October 18. Former pastor, Mike Ostrander, was the special speaker. He served the Flora church in the late 1970s. The church was founded in October, 1939. Over the years several well-known Grace Brethren pastors such as Henry Rempel, Charlie Turner, Lee
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Grace Brethren International Missions is marking November 1, 2009, as a Day of Generosity. The special emphasis will help provide funding to help support the efforts of workers and missionaries sent by churches in countries other than the U.S. The goal is to raise a one-time offering of $321,000 from Grace Brethren churches across the
