June 2014

Dick Battis, Former Pastor, Dies

Word has been received of the death of former Grace Brethren pastor Richard (Dick) Hiram Battis, Sr., 81. He died June 23, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Services were held on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at El Camino Baptist Church in Tucson. Additional information will be posted here or in the GraceConnect eNews as it becomes available.

Dumont Cardichon Recommended for Ordination

The Florida District Ministerial Examining Board met May 20, 2014 to examine Pastor Dumont Cardichon of Family Christian Community Center, Deerfield, Fla., a Haitian Grace Brethren congregation. “Pastor Dumont did an exceptional job and was unanimously approved for the recommendation of Ordination to his local church,” said Dr. Rich Schnieders, pastor of the Friendship Community …

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Grace College Center Receives National Grant

The Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., received $15,000 from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. to promote environmental education through water-related STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiatives in local schools and through the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival community education initiative. The center is using the money to increase environmental …

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A Christian and a Poet Walked into a Bar…

It always throws me off guard when someone at my school asks what my dad does for a living. He doesn’t have one of those “quick ’n easy” job descriptions: doctor, lawyer, teacher. There really just isn’t an answer I can give that defines my dad’s work without simultaneously causing people to make their own assumptions about what he does.   …

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Ron Henry Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award

Former Grace College Dean of Enrollment and faculty member Ron Henry was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award by the North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals (NACCAP). Henry served Grace College for over 50 years in various positions and played an integral part in creating the NACCAP organization over 40 years ago. Henry …

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