Kristine Gilbert (center), a member of this morning’s worship team at the Mansfield Woodville church, will be participating this summer in a short-term mission term in Cambodia with Grace Brethren International Missions. Her ministry partner there will be Katy Devereaux, a graduating Grace College senior, who served this past fall semester as the editorial intern […]
Sebring ‘Eggstravaganza’ Reaches Hundreds
The Saturday before Resurrection Sunday, Sebring Grace (Sebring, Florida, Randy Smith, pastor) hosted a community outreach that filled the church’s property with families and children. More than 400 families registered at the booths as their children each had their faces painted to the colors of the wordless book, and each heard the Gospel. Twenty four
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Lowell Hoyt Dies at 87
Lowell Hoyt (87) of Dayton, Tennessee, died on April 6. He was born May 30, 1919, in Dallas Center, Ia., the son of the late Clarence and Anna (Dorsey) Hoyt. A brother to the late Dr. Herman Hoyt, who was one of the founders and former president of Grace College and Seminary, Lowell Hoyt served
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Plaster Receives McClain Award for Teaching
Dr. David Plaster (pictured), vice president for academic affairs at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, has received the McClain Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award was given in college chapel this morning. Named in honor of Grace’s founding president, Dr. Alva J. McClain, the award is presented every two years to a faculty member
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Elmore Twins are ‘Inseparable Twosome’
Today’s Tucson, Arizona, Citizen features an article on the Elmore twins, University of Arizona football players, who are graduates of Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley, California, affiliated with the Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley (John McIntosh, pastor). Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article, click on http://www.tucsoncitizen.com:80/daily/sports/48030.php Cory and Ricky Elmore (Ricky
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An Equip07 Mailing is Coming Your Way!
An enthusiastic crew of volunteers busied themselves this Thursday morning in the conference room of the BMH/FGBC offices preparing a national conference promotional mailing to all Grace Brethren churches. This is part of the final promotional push for Equip07, the national conference for the FGBC, which will be held in Winona Lake, Indiana, the dates
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Dr. Jim Childs Prayer Update
Here are the latest updates and prayer requests regarding Dr. Jim Childs, a leading layman from the West Kittanning, Pa, Grace Brethren church, following a terrible fall last Wednesday. These excerpts are from an e-mail sent Tuesday by his daughter, Lynn: We have experienced the most amazing outpouring of love and prayers from all over
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Long Beach Teen Dies in New Jersey
Article and photo from today’s Long Beach Press-Telegram: LONG BEACH – Friends and family members recall Wilson High School graduate Gary DeVercelly Jr. as a loyal and caring person who could be relied on for help and understanding. “When you met Gary, you had a friend for life,” said his mother Julie at the funeral
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