Randi Walle

In Thursday’s Aiken (SC) Today is a story about a teen at the Grace Brethren Church who is painting a mural outside the church’s nursery. Kayla Gifford is giving the church she grew up in a going-away present before she leaves for the Governor’s School in Greenville. Kayla, 16, has grown up a member of […]

The August newsletter from the Grace Brethren church in Seal Beach, California (Don Shoemaker, pastor) carries an article about an amazing “coincidence.” The church had sent a team of high school students to Belize in Central America, where they did construction, conducted church services, and ran a Vacation Bible School. According to the article, during

Another feature story appeared in today’s Tri-City (Washington) Herald on the couple who were married by Pastor Paul Guay of the Mabton, Washington, Grace Brethren Church in spite of the bride’s having been in a serious auto accident. The earlier posting on this blog was Monday, July 16. Today’s story may be seen in its

Dr. Terry Hofecker, the founding pastor of Northwest Chapel, the Grace Brethren church in Dublin, Ohio, and an adjunct professor at Grace Theological Seminary, taught “Seminar in North American Church Planting” during the week of Equip07, just concluded. (photos by Liz Cutler Gates) This year’s annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, held

Jeff Bogue, lead pastor of the Grace Church in Norton (Ohio) North Campus, co-taught with Pastor Bob Combs a course entitled “Leading the Church/Flock in the 21st Century.” It was just one of about 30 courses offered–some for seminary credit, others for enrichment only, during the week of Equip07. In all, approximately 400 people registered

The last stop on the Brethren Heritage Tour Thursday evening was the Menno-Hof Amish-Mennonite Vistor’s Center in Shipshewana, Ind. There, tour participants had a chance to look at the history of the Anabaptist movement and learn about the price paid by our religious forefathers for practing believer’s baptism. The tour, sponsored by BMH, was guided

Dave Plaster, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio and author of the BMH book, “Finding Our Focus,” points out events in Grace Brethren history that are depicted on murals at Camp Mack near Milford, Ind. It was part of the Brethren Heritage Tour that was held Thursday evening.

Grace College & Seminary board member Raymond W. Monteith, 75, owner of Monteith Tire Co. of Warsaw, Indiana, died at 3:45 p.m. July 30, 2007, at his residence, 940 Little Eagle Drive in Warsaw. Ray was born Nov. 14, 1931, in Roberts, Wis., to the late Guy and Mary Monteith. He graduated from high school

After having attended classes all day Wednesday, many Equip07 delegates and attenders moved to the cool shade of the picnic tables by the Russell Center on the campus of CE National for a picnic dinner Wednesday. After dinner they moved inside for the CEN corporation meeting and reports, followed by dessert.

The Russell Center on the CE National campus in Winona Lake, Indiana, was nicely filled Wednesday evening for the annual corporation meeting and activity reports. Pastor Steve Peters of West Milton, Ohio, chairman of the board for CEN, led the business meeting and CE National executive director Ed Lewis updated corporation members on activities during