Several thousand concert-goers enjoyed a patriotic pops concert by the MasterWorks Festival Orchestra on an absolutely perfect Fourth of July afternoon in Winona Lake, Indiana. The orchestra, playing under the tent on the site of the former Billy Sunday Tabernacle, played patriotic favorites including Sousa marches and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. The orchestra was directed by […]
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Wifflefest, a huge community outreach tournament which the Ashland, Ohio, Southview Grace Brethren Church conducts each year, is currently underway. Here Taylor Franklin of “Hulkamania” hurls a pitch during the Wifflefest IX high school tournament Thursday at Southview Grace Brethren Church. Wifflefest IX’s adult tournament was Friday, the elementary and middle school tournaments will be
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Winona Lake, Ind.-The National Christian College Athletic Association has released the new site for the 2008-09 Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament. The Division I tournament will be hosted by Grace College and the community of Winona Lake, Indiana, March 12-14, 2009. The new Orthopaedic Capital Center will be the site of all 12 games and
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In August, Brethren from all over the world will meet in Schwarzenau, Germany, where Alexander Mack baptized the first members of the Brethren movement, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the movement. The Alexander Mack Museum, pictured at left, is one of many sights that participants in the 2008 Brethren World Assembly
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Dr. John C. Whitcomb (pictured) will be coming to speak at the Centerville (Ohio) Grace Brethren Church on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27. All are welcome to attend, according to Centerville pastors Steve Makofka and Dave Holmes. On the Saturday the 26th at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Whitcomb will be speaking on “Creator of
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Why are gender-specific ministries important when ministering to children? That was a question addressed by members from the GBB (Grace Brethren Boys) National Board and the National SMM (Serving My Master) Cabinet as they met on April 12, 2008, to discuss their respective ministries. GBB is a ministry of men mentoring boys, while SMM is
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The Grace Brethren church-planting initiative in Canada has formed a new U.S. charity, GBCanada USA. The existing Canadian board and new U.S. board will work together to plant Grace Brethren churches across Canada. Members of the new board include Kurt A. Miller, lead pastor at Martinsburg, Pa., Grace Brethren Church; Dave Clearwater, who has attended
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Virginia Reagan, center, a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, S.C., beams at Aiken Technical College’s May 1 commencement after receiving an associate degree in human services at the age of 68. Along with this degree, she will graduate in December with a certificate for Social Services Assistant and a certificate in Gerontology.
The Alexander Mack Museum is one of many sights that participants in the 2008 Brethren World Assembly may visit. The event will be held August 2 and 3 in Schwarzenau, Germany. Representatives and friends of Brethren groups from all over the world will converge on the little village of Schwarzenau, Germany, about forty minutes north
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Grace Graduates 298 New graduate Jessica Griffith joins her parents and grandparents following the May 3 commencement for a photo of three generations of Grace College and Seminary graduates. From left to right are Corey (BS 04) and Jennifer (Griffith) Palmer and Dave (BA 75) and Susan Griffith (BA 75), Jessica Griffith (BA 08), and
