February 2016

Grace College’s Vanderhegghen Named CoSIDA Academic All-District

Grace College’s men’s basketball senior Brandon Vanderhegghen has been honored on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. Vanderhegghen was recognized for both his athletic and academic accomplishments for the prestigious award. The senior guard from Mishawaka, Ind., has a 3.41 GPA as a Business Administration major. He leads Grace in points (16.4 ppg) and steals (1.63 spg) […]

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Merge in Canada Creates Renew Church

Two Grace Brethren congregations in Ontario have voted to merge. In doing so, they are creating the first multi-site Grace Brethren congregation in Canada. Grace Community Church of Mississauga (Bartley Sawatsky, teaching pastor) and The Village Community Church in Milton (Rob Stanley, lead pastor) have formed Renew Church with an eye to planting additional congregations, or sites,

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Grace College Prepares to Host NCCAA Basketball Championships

March Madness is fast approaching Kosciusko County, Indiana. Grace College, Winona Lake, who hosts the 2016 NCCAA Div. I Men’s and Women’s Basketball National Championships, is preparing for the tournament.  The unique national event, held March 16-19 at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, features 16 of the premier men’s and women’s college basketball teams in

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GBIF Completes Annual Audit; Ministry Sets New Records

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) recently completed a successful audit of its 2015 fiscal and calendar year operations. Total assets surpassed the $110 million milestone of which customer investments from more than 30 states were around $98.7 million (both new records). Also, the board of directors approved a new yearly record of $715,000 in total

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Kakrona’s Story

“Conventional wisdom suggests that orphaned kids should perform worse than the national averages,” says Asia’s Hope executive director John McCollum. “But our kids are performing better. Much better. In Cambodia and among Thailand’s hill tribes, where our kids come from, fewer than 12 percent of kids finish high school, and less than 2 percent graduate from college. But our kids have

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Registration for Margins|2016 Now Available

Registration for the national conference for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Margins|2016 is now available online. The conference will be held July 22-25, 2016, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. This family conference begins with a Friday evening ball game (Blue Jays VS Mariners) and ends after lunch on Monday. Margins2016 is

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Center for Lakes and Streams Monitor Kosciusko County Lakes

The Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College continues to monitor area lakes throughout the winter months. Below is a portion of a story from InkFreeNews, an online news site that serves Kosciusko County, Indiana, about these efforts. Click here for the complete article. CENTER FOR LAKES & STREAMS EXPANDS WINTER SAMPLING EFFORTS WINONA

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Dining Options Abound at Vision Conference

Traveling to Margins|Conference (the national vision conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches) this summer? Are there places for families to eat? Absolutely! What about upscale dining? There’s plenty of that, too. Here are some tips. To learn more about the path, see torontopath.com. Margins|Conference will be held July 22 – 25, 2016, in Toronto. For

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