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(3/14/08) Point Lookout, Mo. – Grace College (Ind.) became the first un-seeded team to reach the elite-eight with a 90-81 overtime victory over third-seeded Morningside College (Iowa) at the 2008 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. The 17th-annual event is being held at the Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the […]

From this week’s e-newsletter of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church: NEW SPRING CHURCH is being launched on Easter Sunday in the Orlando/Maitland area of Florida. It is a re-start of what had been the Maitland GBC, and a number of folks connected to WLGBC are involved. They include: Tyler and Kari Zielasko, Alex

Dan O’Deens, pastor of Gateway Grace Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, leaves today to lead a missions trip to France (click on image to enlarge). Reports of the trip may be seen on Dan’s blog at danodeens.wordpress.com

The 412 Commission students just got back from an amazing trip to Israel led by Dr. Randy Smith, shown here teaching the group. During the two weeks the group toured the country seeing various sites ranging from Old Testament cities to Armagedon. Dr. Smith, who is pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Sebring, Florida,

The Grace Brethren Church of San Diego, California (Glen Sykes, pastor) will hold its Three-Fold Communion Service focusing on the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday at 6:00 PM. Easter Sunday, San Diego Grace Brethren will hold its annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt and Community Breakfast at 9:30 AM.

Two Grace Brethren-affiliated schools moved ahead in their respective basketball tournaments yesterday (March 13). The Grace College Lancer men’s basketball team advanced to the round of sixteen at the 17th annual NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championships by defeating #14 Embry-Riddle (Fla.), 75-65. (See photo at right.) The tournament is being held this week

Lancaster (PA) Grace Brethren Church (Galen Wiley, pastor) 911 Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster, will hold an Easter egg hunt and children’s program featuring an illusionist and prizes, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at the church. The illusionist, the Rev. Rich Russell, children’s pastor at New Holland Grace Brethren Church, will share the Easter message. Children

Dave Guiles, Mike Yoder, and Tom Avey are in Bangui Africa for two weeks for networking with leaders and training. Frank Puhl (GBIM associate Africa director) is in Bangui this week and Bill Katip (provost at Grace College and Seminary) will join them next week.From Tom Avey, Bangui, Central African Republic We made it to

On March 1, young people and adults involved in Student Ministries at the Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, S.C. held a walkathon called M’Baikithon. The purpose was to raise money to build student housing at the M’Baiki Bible Institute in the Central African Republic. Thirty- eight youth and family members raised more than $9,000, enough

From CONNECTIONS, the weekly e-mail newsletter sent from Grace College and Seminary by Judy Daniels: Word was received this week of the death of Terry Shrock,62 (pictured), former coach and faculty member at Grace. Terry, a 1969 graduate of Grace College, served Grace from 1972-77 as an admissions counselor, professor in the Physical Education Department,