Pastor Jason Carmean of the Lexington, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church reports, “On Sunday, April 22, about 50 of our people washed 75 cars, filled the windshield wiper fluid, and checked tire pressure. From 1-4 pm, we had a gas buy down where we paid for 10 cents of every gallon of gas that was bought. […]
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President George W. Bush (right) has declared this Thursday, May 3, to be this year’s National Day of Prayer, calling on America to pray especially for the families affected by the shootings at Virginia Tech and also for military personnel overseas and their families back home. “A prayerful spirit has always been an important part
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Dr. Homer Kent, Jr. was one of the BMH Books authors present and signing autographs at the BMH Books display at today’s Grace Brethren International Missions volunteer and retiree luncheon. Dr. Kent, former president of Grace College & Seminary, has written commentaries on 15 New Testament books. BMH has been reissuing them in a matched
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Pastor Howard Johnson of the Davenport, Iowa, Grace Brethren Church (shown here as he introduced Dr. David Plaster this past Sunday at the Iowa/Midlands District Conference) is scheduled to begin radical cancer treatment today at Northwestern University hospital in the Chicago area. In the stem cell transplant procedure he will be re-injected with previously-harvested stem
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Dr. Ward Kriegbaum (right) was honored this past Thursday night with a festive dinner at the Oscar Swan Inn in Geneva, Illinois, upon his retirement from the administration of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, where he has served for the past 36 years. During that time he has served in various administrative capacities including dean of
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Ned Denlinger of the Mason Family of Grace in Mason, Ohio, coordinates communication for the Tri-State District and sent this report today giving an update on the surgery of Elizabeth Pierce, daughter-in-law of pastor Daniel Pierce of the Greenville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church: Elizabeth Pierce underwent surgery this morning (Monday, April 30) to remove a
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Ben and Mabel Hamilton at their wedding Mabel Crawford Hamilton is perhaps best known in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches as the head librarian at Grace College and Seminary. She and her husband, Ben, served in the library for 25 years, including overseeing the move of the library from the west wing of McClain
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Joel Richards, Modesto, Calif.; Dan White, York, Pa.; and Bud Olszewski, Rittman, Ohio, have been elected to three year terms as president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively, of the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers (AGBM). Elected to the AGBM board of directors for three-year terms (2007-09) are Ken Bickel, Goshen, Ind.; Mark Saunders, Englewood, Ohio; Randall
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A look back at the months of May and June in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Twenty Years Ago – 1987 – Newly-appointed missionaries with Grace Brethren Foreign Missions included Dave and Sue Guiles and Steve and Wilma Bailey, Argentina; Tom and Sue Peters, Central African Republic (CAR); Paul and Louise Klawitter and Mark
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Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at www.fgbc.org. May 5 – Commencement (GCandS) May 11 – 412 Classes end, internships begin (CE) May 14-16 – Northwest Focus Retreat, Camp Clear Lake, WA (FGBC) corrected date June 11-15 — ACTS training (GBIM) June
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