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Recent Grace College graduate Tyler J. Petty was awarded third place (fiction category) in this year’s Conference on Christianity and Literature Student Writing Contest. He received the award for his short story, “Wonders of the World.” Petty, son of Gordon and Kirsten Petty of Warsaw, is a 2007 graduate of the college(BA, English, cum laude).

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) is in Atlanta this week, exhibiting BMH books at the ICRS (International Christian Retail Show), formerly known as CBA or the Christian Booksellers Association. BMH author Kary Oberbrunner (pictured) signed autographs in copies of his BMH book Called today from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Attendees include owners of Christian bookstores, buyers

Wednesday, August 1 has been designated Women’s Day at Equip 07. Sessions throughout the day are designed to be of special interest to women. Among the scheduled workshops are: “Hope for Moms with Broken Hearts,” led by Sharon White, wife of our own “intrepid blogger” Terry White; “Why Girls Need Theology,” facilitated by Viki Rife,

The Grace College Board of Trustees, President Ron Manahan, and the faculty and staff of the Social Work Department has announced the reaffirmation of its Baccalaureate Social Work Program by the Council on Social Work Education for the full, eight-year cycle. Congratulations to the department on this significant accomplishment! The Social Work Department, which had

Pastor Mark Saunders of First Grace Brethren Church in Dayton, Ohio, sent along a report about their first Bikers Sunday on July 1, 2007. “We had 45 motorcycles in the parking lot. Dr. Vic Young (from Fountain of Life Bile Church, a Grace Brethren church in Johnson City, Tenn.) was our speaker. We had a

Recently CE National’s Ed Lewis had the opportunity to participate in a youth/adult High Adventure trip in north central Pennsylvania sponsored by Grace Brethren Boys (GBB). As he drove north to Snow Shoe on Route 80 going almost 50 miles into the Sproul State Forest, he knew it would be “roughing it.” He slammed the

Today’s online edition of the Roanoke (VA) Times carries a story on a young stock car racer with a Grace Brethren connection. Here is a part of the story. To read the entire article, including a video clip, click onto https://www.roanoke.com:80/news/roanoke/wb/123529 On Sept. 23, 2006, Late Model Stock driver Jason Lawrence intentionally wrecked racing rival

From Kork Moyer, pastor of the Grace Brethren church which meets in Pottstown, Pennsylvania: Repurposing A ChurchTEAM DEPOT to Help Construct MAIN Street Shelter’s Home BaseLast year at this time St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Still Waters Church in South Pottstown, PA, were recovering from the 2006 Schuylkill River flood. Months of tiring work

The 11th annual MasterWorks music festival is now fully underway in Winona Lake, Indiana. Several hundred of the nation’s finest young musicians, taught by some of the finest faculty musicians in the classical music world, are spending this month learning, performing, and strengthening their spiritual walk. All public performances are free and open to the

The news media are filled today with reports of tomorrow’s “special date” of 07/07/07. Women are scheduling Caesarean births on this “lucky day.” High-rolling gamblers have special plans for “lucky seven” payoffs. The number of weddings scheduled for tomorrow is triple the normal number for a Saturday in July – the date supposedly will bring