Randi Walle

A fund raising event to build homes for poor families in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Mozambique and the Philippines is being organized and promoted by a parishioner from a northern Ohio Grace Brethren Church. Here is an excerpt of an article in today’s Akron (OH) Beacon-Journal. To read the entire article, click here. ”The folks

The following obituary appears in today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union: WINONA LAKE, IN – E. Philip Dick, 65, peacefully passed away April 4, 2008, at Goshen Hospital after a very courageous two-year battle with kidney cancer. He was born March 30, 1943, to Paul E. and Esther Hostetler Dick and grew up in Winchester, Va. On

Former Grace College coach and athletic director Phil Dick, son of the late Paul Dick who pastored the Grace Brethren church in Winchester, Virginia, for more than three decades, died this morning in Goshen, Indiana, after a two-year battle with cancer. More details will be released as they are available, but a memorial service at

The first-ever building of the Gateway Grace Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, is underway. Pastor Dan O’Deens writes: Construction has begun! Our first building is under way! YEAH! We are certainly excited about that…but…for Gateway Church it has never been nor ever will be about the physical building! If a church exists and it does

Ivanildo Trindade (left in photo, with restaurant owner in Paris), associate pastor of outreach ministries at the Grace Brethren Church of Wooster, Ohio, is currently in the Central African Republic with a missions team. He is blogging about the experience. Here is a short excerpt. You can read his ongoing reports by logging onto https://woostercar.blogspot.com/

Retired Grace Brethren pastor and longtime Brethren Missionary Herald Co. board member Russ Ogden (shown here with his wife, Betty — Joan Snively photo) has completed his Ph.D. degree. Russ, who lives near Indianapolis, Indiana, says, “I have finally met the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies with emphasis in

Southern California Grace Brethren Churches and Leadership – The 2008 High Impact Men’s Conference is just around the corner. We are 2 1/2 months away from the annual GBC Men’s Conference. HIMC INFO: May 2-4, 2008 Pine Summit Conference Center, Big Bear, CA Theme: “You Are Not Alone” Verse: Hebrews 10:25 Cost: $110 – Regular

Sandy Barrett (pictured), who works with Tom Avey and Charles Ashman in the Fellowship Coordinator’s office, celebrated a birthday today. Staff from BMH, FGBC, and Ken Herman of Evangel Press gathered to celebrate. Happy Birthday, Sandy, and thanks for all your work on behalf of the Fellowship!

Event to Assist Area Churches with Volunteer Ministries Raleigh, NC – Hope Community Church of Raleigh will host its first XTEND Volunteer Workshop Saturday, April 26, from 12:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm. at the church located at 821 Buck Jones Road in southwest Raleigh. The First Impressions Ministry of Hope will sponsor and lead the

The final meeting of the Brethren Encyclopedia Board prior to the 300th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Brethren movement took place yesterday in the archaeology room of Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. Members of the board are comprised of representatives of six of the major Brethren groups descending from the baptism of