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Pumpkin-carving was a hit as young artists sought to be the most creative with their designs.

Face painting, outdoor ping-pong and other games made it a fun day for all.

A community trade exposition, Taste & Trade 2007, was held Friday and Saturday at the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace College campus, Winona Lake, Indiana. Seventy-five exhibitors from local businesses and caterers exhibited from each day. Special motivational speakers included Denny Hepler, Raccoon Run golf pro and “Big Break VI” winner, Chef Jeff, of

From yesterday’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: Kumi Survives Communist Regime To Find Musical Success As A Violinist David Slone Until the early 1990s, Albania was a repressive Communist country. Its citizens were not allowed to travel outside of the country unless they were politicians, athletes or musicians. But when those countrymen returned, they had to

Hope Community Church, the Grace Brethren church in Raleigh, NC (Mike Lee, pastor) presents its annual community-wide Fall Fun Fest on Sunday, October 28, from 4:00-8:00 PM. Hope is located at 821 Buck Jones Road in southwest Raleigh. There is no entrance fee to the festival and all games, rides and special attractions are free.

Charles D. Rupp, 84, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Friends and family will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the SNYDER-CRISSMAN FUNERAL HOME in Kittanning. Funeral services will be held Sunday. Rupp (pictured) was featured on this blog in

Pastor Jim Franklin and the Flora, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church are looking for some used sound system speakers. Pastor Franklin says, “We have a small Peavey system in our sanctuary but the speakers are permanently mounted behind a wall. We want to make this system portable. If your church has serviceable sound equipment gathering dust

Former Grace Brethren International Missions executive director Tom Julien, who is the author of Antioch Revisited (pictured), recently received a glowing tribute for the book in an e-mail from an executive in the Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board. Here is an edited excerpt–rejoice at the book’s impact and continue to pray for its effectiveness. It,

FGBC Coordinator Tom Avey reports, “The Central Focus Retreat ended today with a time of prayer for one another and worship. Phil Stohl and Keff Martin from the Powell GBC (pictured) led in worship. “Thanks for praying for the focus retreat. We met our goals of maximum encouragement and some on-mission opportunities. “Next retreat –

From yesterday’s Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette: Grace College enrollment swellsBy Kelly Soderlund Total enrollment and the number of new students increased at Grace College this year: 2006 total enrollment: 1,352 2007 total enrollment: 1,406 2006 new students: 304 2007 new students: 344 Grace College welcomed a record number of new students this year and also