Teresa and Butch Owens In 1994, the song on the radio caught Butch Owen’s attention as he headed to church one Sunday morning in Owings, Md. The words from the Gaither Vocal Band’s “A Few Good Men” told how you don’t have to be a “Billy Graham” to be used by God. By the time …
Events of general interest among Grace Brethren churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at fgbc.org. October 25 – Day Away, Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va. (CE) October 25-26 – Fall Break (GCandS) October 25-27 – East Focus Retreat, TBA (FGBC) November 4-5 – Grace Board of Trustees …
Moving the 19th century into the 21st century might seem an impossible task, but the Brethren Digital Archives hopes to accomplish just that by making available digital copies of old printed publications, some that date back to 1854. The group plans an online archive of newspapers, magazines, journals, and almanacs produced by the various Brethren …
Catherine Sue Abbitt, 49, Winona Lake, Ind., wife of Pastor Tom Abbitt, August 31, 2010. Richard Eugene Bell, 62, Winchester, Va., Grace Brethren pastor, September 19, 2010. Mallori Lin Kastner, 18, of rural Wabash, Ind. and a student at Grace College, September 17, 2010, at Winona Lake, Ind. Patricia A. Jentes, 63, Rittman, Ohio, mother …
Grace Brethren pastors and ministry leaders from the eastern region of the U.S. recently met at Ocean City, Md., for the annual East Focus Retreat. Tom Avey, coordinator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, who planned the event, asked for feedback. He received this note from Brian McCall, part-time director of family ministry at …
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Women of Grace USA, the women’s ministries arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, has partnered with Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., to sponsor a program in Women’s Leadership Studies. The new curriculum was announced last weekend at the Women’s Leadership Summit, in Canton, Ohio, by Janet Minnix, president of Women of Grace …
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Through the magic of Skype and the Internet, Pastor Chip Heim of East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, and nine other men from the congregation this past Sunday shared what God had been doing in their lives that week in the Ukraine. They did so on the large projection screen at the front …
Paul DeRenzo, director of special events at Grace College & Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, passes on the following information: “Earl Thurston, former Director of Food services from 1971-1987 (and my predecessor in that position) went to be with the Lord last evening. He was 85. Earl was preceded in death by his beloved wife, …
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This blog informed readers in an August 26, 2010, entry about the serious tractor accident in Alabama that injured longtime Grace Brethren pastor John Gillis. Word has now reached us through John’s wife Ruthie (via Tom McDairmant) that John has recovered sufficently that he preached this past Sunday morning. According to McDairmant, Gillis spent 10 …
David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends his final report about the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. This was written Tuesday, October 26 upon his return home. On this last day of Cape Town 2010, the focus was on partnership. The day of looking for the new …
