December 2016

Era of Providing Prison Education Coming to End at Grace College

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Wednesday’s Times-Union, Warsaw, Ind., reported that Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., has lost the contract to provide educational services in Indiana prisons. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. IDOC Ends Prison Education Contract With Grace WINONA LAKE – Beginning Jan. 1, Grace College will no longer be providing educational […]

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Simi Valley Goal Keeper Helps Provide Presents for Needy

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Frankie Allegra, a student at Grace Brethren Christian High School, helped deliver presents to deserving families in Simi Valley, Calif., Tuesday evening — all part of a service project at the Reagan Library in which she raised the funds to purchase the gifts. Helping her on Tuesday were officers from the Simi Valley police department, including

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Grace College Spanish Students Apply Classroom Knowledge to Help Neighbors in Need

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It is one thing to practice a foreign language in the classroom, but quite another to put your proficiency to the test in a real-world setting. For fourteen Spanish students at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., the test came in an opportunity to assist the Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition (NIHHC) during We Care Warsaw

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California Republican Leader Has Grace Brethren Roots

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Today’s Los Angeles Times carries a story about California Assemblyman Chad Mayes, a Republican representing the 42nd district. Currently the Republican Leader, he was elected in 2014. He attends Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Yucca Valley, Calif., where his father, Roger Mayes, has been the pastor for many years. A portion of the story appears below. Click

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Living Christmas Trees Presented at Columbus for Final Time

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This weekend was the final performance of the Living Christmas Trees, the outreach that has been annually presented by Grace Polaris Church, a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), for the last 30 years. The Columbus Dispatch was on hand for the final concert. A portion of

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Teaching Against Counterfeit Gospels in Cameroon

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More than two years ago Jason and Christy Carmean moved their family to Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon, where they help equip students with biblical training at the Grace Brethren Bible Institute. The need for trained pastors in Cameroon is critical. According to Training Leaders International, there is one formally trained pastor per 450,000

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Nathan Casement, Former Pastor, Founder of Dayton Christian

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Word has been received of the July 2016 death of Nathan Casement, a former Grace Brethren pastor in the Dayton, Ohio, area, who was instrumental in the beginning of Dayton Christian Schools in the mid-1960s. His obituary appears below. Nathan Casement, age 83 of Dayton, Ohio, formerly Barrington, Ill., went to be with his Savior,

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