Randi Walle

The next three weeks will be a bit unusual for this blog, though you may not notice much difference. YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) leaves the day after Memorial Day for nearly three weeks in sub-Sahara Africa, where we’ll be teaching and training young African journalists. If all goes well, we’ll spend a few days in […]

Paul Rhodes was installed as the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Chico, Calif. during a special service on May 20. Previously, Paul served as an associate pastor of the Neighborhood Church in Chico. It was fitting that the pastor of that church began the service with comments of releasing Paul to another church

Sprecher Lodge at the Grace Brethren Retreat Center (Camp Conquest) in Denver, Pa., will be dedicated at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 9. The service will be followed by an open house and a light lunch. The lodge is an expansion of an existing boys’ cabin. “We added two bathrooms, a large meeting room, and a

On a wooded site in Billy Graham’s home town, the Billy Graham Library will be dedicated in Charlotte, N.C., on May 31 and will open to the public June 5. The library and museum trace the life of America’s most famous evangelist. The ceremony is expected to feature former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill

Pat Phillips, BMH board member and an elder at the East Side Grace Brethren Church in Blacklick, Ohio (Chip Heim, pastor) sends along the following news note and photo: Sunday morning worship services at East Side GBC in Columbus, OH on May 20 featured the ordination service for Pastor Nate Harrison. Pastor Nate has been

By Norm MillerLYNCHBURG, Va., (BP)–Thousands thronged Lynchburg, Va., and the facilities of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University for the May 22 memorial service of Jerry Falwell. The capacity crowd heard a statement from President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush as read by Tim Goeglein, special assistant to the president. The statement offered

Tree of Life Bookstore and Cafe, located at 1104 Kings Highway in Winona Lake, Indiana, will hold a gala “Summer Kickoff Party” this Saturday, May 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The newly-installed outdoor plaza furniture will be available for patrons, and the cafe will be introducing its new menu of delicious fruit smoothies and

Grace College sophomore Adam Churchill of Warsaw, Indiana, a member of Grace’s soccer team, was responsible for saving the life of a baby recently. The incident happened at a bicycle festival, sponsored by the Village at Winona, on May 5 and 6. A baby was left unattended in its stroller and rolled backward into Winona

Surrey is a city in near Vancouver, British Columbia (pictured) in Canada. Surrey has approximately 400,000 people, 22 percent from South Asia and 16 percent are Sikh religion. More demographical information on is available at http://www.answers.com/topic/surrey-british-columbia. GBNAM church planters Philip and Beth Bryant are gathering a core team of people to start a new church