May 2013

Spring 2013 GraceConnect Magazine in the Mail

The Spring 2013 issue of GraceConnect magazine is currently being delivered to homes and churches in North America. Announcements that may be used in bulletins, church programs, welcome slides, or other media were sent to pastors, communications staff, and other interested individuals today. If you did not receive them, they may be accessed here. Stories […]

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“Rocky” Rockafellow, Father of Pastor Mick Rockafellow, Dies

Word has been received of the death of J.C. “Rocky” Rockafellow, father of Mick Rockafellow, who most recently pastored at the Grace Brethren Church in Lansing, Mich. He died May 15 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Shelly-Odell Funeral Home, 518 S. Main St., Eaton

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Grace Brethren Archive Effort Aided by Gift

Historic documents, photos, and other items related to the Grace Brethren movement will be better organized, thanks to the support of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation. The Foundation recently made a gift of $2,500 to the Brethren Missionary Herald Company (GraceConnect) to be used toward the development of an archive devoted to the Fellowship of

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Grace College’s Kessler Among the Training Coaches for 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games

Collegiate head coaches Tad Boyle of the University of Colorado, Jim Kessler of Grace College (NAIA) and Matt Matheny from Elon University today were announced as court coaches for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games training camp. The USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team committee made the coaching selections. The three court coaches will assist the 2013 USA Basketball

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Military Chaplain Surprises Daughter at Graduation

Grace Brethren military chaplain Major Billy Graham (U.S.Army) surprised his daughter, Katie, this morning during her graduation from Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. He has been deplowed in Afganistan for the last nine months. Fort Wayne, Ind., television station, WANE, caught the story on tape, which appears below. Click here to view the video report. Local

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