Today’s Inland Empire Sun, from the San Bernardino, CA, area, carries a feature story on a remarkable Scandinavian woman who was once active in the San Bernardino Grace Brethren Church. Here are several excerpts. To read the entire story, click on http://www.sbsun.com:80/news/ci_8444037 As a girl growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Elida Marie Bond relied […]
Former Member of San Bernardino Church Dies at 100 Read More »
Tom and Gracia McDairmant, former Grace Brethren missionaries to Africa, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past Sunday with an Open House at their new home just outside Winona Lake, Indiana. They were married March 2, 1958, in Santa Barbara, California. McDairmants are active members of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Gracia’s blog
McDairmants Celebrate 50th Anniversary Read More »
Four Warsaw, Indiana, Lakeview Middle School teachers will conduct an experiment while weightless aboard NASA’s Reduced Gravity Aircraft in Houston, Texas, today. Testing the ‘effects of microgravity on the absorption of water by various soil types’ will be (L to R): Mark McCollom, Roger Haeck, Dan Wray and Jose Gutierrez. McCollom and Wray are members
Teachers to Go Weightless Today Read More »
The Dan Pacheco family from Winona Lake, Indiana (from left, Dan, Marna, Madeleine) is currently in China where today they received two-year-old Millie, whom they are adopting. With them in China is Millie’s new grandma, Miriam (Mrs. Dan) Pacheco from the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. The unfolding story and ongoing blogposts may be seen
New Pacheco Coming Home From China Read More »
Robert Walker, one of the towering figures in Christian journalism of this past century, has died at age 95. Walker was the founder of Christian Bookseller magazine, now called Christian Retailing, and he also played a key role in the founding of the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) and the Evangelical Press Association (EPA). The editor
Christian Publishing Giant Robert Walker Dead at 95 Read More »
Becky Grube (pictured), a member of the Meyersdale (PA) Grace Brethren Church (Randy Haulk, pastor) is featured today in the local newspaper. Here is a short excerpt. To read the entire article, click on http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/03/02/news/news838.txt Becky Grube of Meyersdale is a dead eye archer and her sights are set on the 4-H National Shooting Sports
Archer From Meyersdale Church Featured Read More »
Concrete Kudos for OCC Orthopaedic Capital Center The newest building on the Grace College campus, the Orthopaedic Capital Center (OCC), has received the 2007 Excellence in Masonry Award from the Indiana Concrete Masonry Association. Particularly noted were several design features involving the use of masonry in the exterior and interior of the building. The selection
Ministry Moves Harald Bjerga is the senior pastor at the Grace Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Md. He was formerly the associate pastor at Grace Community Church in Fremont, Ohio Daron Butler Daron Butler has been named pastor of cross cultural missions at the Grace Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio. Dave Marksbury is providing interim pastoral leadership
The following news briefs are from the March-April issues of The Brethren Missionary Herald magazine. Fifteen Years Ago – 1993 Dr. John Davis announced his resignation as president of Grace Schools on March 31 after serving seven years in that office and six years previously as executive vice president. Dr. Ron Manahan, provost, was named
Grace Brethren Almanac — March-April 2008 Read More »
Participants in the upcoming Brethren Heritage Tour will have an unprecedented opportunity to interact with Grace Brethren leaders from around the world during the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Brethren movement. The anniversary celebration will be held August 2 and 3 in Schwarzenau, Germany and is the first stop on the tour, which
Tour Guests to Gather With Global Grace Brethren Leaders Read More »
