December 2011

Mothers, Daughters Enjoy Holiday Tea at Winona Lake

More than 100 girls and their mothers attended a holiday “Mother-Daughter SMM Tea” at Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) this afternoon. The year’s theme for SMM is “A Girl After God’s Own Heart” and the program at the tea focused on service–each of the girls had made an apron for […]

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Grace Students Shop for Families in Need

Fox 28 News in the South Bend, Ind., region today carried this report of a Grace College/community relief effort. To see additional footage, click here. Hundreds of community members from the Warsaw and Winona Lake, Ind.,  area filled the aisles of a local supermarket for what they were calling an “unprecedented three-hour shopping spree”. The

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Susquehanna GBC Presents Live Nativity Drive-Through

Susquehanna Grace Brethren Church, 6694 Sunrise Ave., Wrightsville, Pa. (Lonnie Skiles, pastor), will present “The Road to Bethlehem” a live Nativity drive-through, on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the church. The event will feature 11 outdoor scenes with lighting and music that tell the story of the birth of Christ. Visitors

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Penn Valley/Bux-Mont Seeking Permission for Hatboro Move

Here’s a prayer request. Pastor Tony Osimo’s congregation in eastern Pennsylvania needs a favorable ruling to make a move it desires to make. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here. The Bux-Mont campus of Penn Valley Church is hoping to trade temporary setup and teardown facilities with a more permanent address. The

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Anonymous Donor Provides Bounty for Uniontown Congregation

  The congregation of the Grace Brethren Church of Uniontown, Pa. (Roland Maust, pastor), received a practical lesson in generosity and thankfulness on Sunday morning, November 20, when they discovered a gigantic wicker cornucopia brimming with fruits, nuts and vegetables sitting on the table in front of the pulpit. “I was as surprised as anyone,”

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Tall African Basketball Player Making an Impact

The tall African young man playing for a Brethren high school in California has already established an impressive record. Here is an excerpt of an article about him–to read the entire article, click here. 7-foot-5 Ndiaye makes early impression Senegal native Mamadou Ndiaye puts up big numbers in opening-week action at Brethren Christian in Huntington

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BMH Welcomes Cathie Peebles

Brethren Missionary Herald Company is pleased to introduce Cathie Peebles as the new front-office administrative assistant for the FGBC’s communications and publishing arm. Cathie will be working Monday through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Her duties include receptionist, phone answering, and additional administrative work with BMH’s financial and database needs. Cathie and her husband,

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BMH Book Ministers to Italians

BMH author Larry McCall (“Walking Like Jesus Did,” “Loving Your Wife as Christ Loved the Church”) received an encouraging note today from Johnny Gravino, dean of The Italian Theological Academy, letting him know that the Italian translation of “Walking Like Jesus Did” (Camminare come Gesu) is benefiting many Italian believers. “Walking Like Jesus Did” has

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