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Pastor John McIntosh of the Simi Valley, CA, Grace Brethren Church, used a paper airplane to illustrate some concepts in the New Testament book of Second Timothy as one of the small-group presentations Tuesday evening at the Southwest Focus Retreat. The retreat concludes at noon tomorrow.

Pastor Tim Boal (standing, left), current moderator of the FGBC, is leading sessions today, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Southwest Focus Retreat. Approximately 50 pastors and lay leaders from Southern California, Alaska, Canada, and other western areas are gathered near San Juan Capistrano for the retreat, which is the third in a series of five

LANCERS EARN FIRST NATIONAL RANKING IN FOUR YEARS The men’s basketball team from Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, was ranked No. 25 in the latest NAIA Division II poll. The Lancers have not been nationally ranked since the last poll of the 2002-03 season when Grace finished 24-11 and made the NCCAA National Championship game.

Following the three-day Fellowship Council meetings, a number of us stayed in the Los Angeles area this weekend to sightsee a little on Saturday and to speak and minister in a variety of Grace Brethren churches Sunday morning. Saturday some of the pastors went to Venice Beach, some toured the Queen Mary, and one group

Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey, currently in Southern California for meetings of the Fellowship Council, got loose from his group last night and went to Hollywood to find his star. He found it.

From today’s St. Petersburg, FLA, Times. Lee Friesen is pastor of the Brooksville church. Grace Brethren Church, 6259 Faber Drive, Brooksville, will present Dane Bailey, “the Singing Auctioneer,” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Since entering Grace Theological Seminary in 1975, Bailey has been traveling, ministering and entertaining at churches, conferences and other gatherings, as well as

FGBC moderator Tim Boal (center, left, blue shirt) is conducting the current three-day meetings of the FGBC’s Fellowship Council. The meeting is being hosted by the Grace Community Church of Seal Beach, California, and pastor Donald Shoemaker. Among the agenda items are a proposal for restructuring the leadership team of the FGBC, the recommendation of

Ken Seyfert, of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, spiced up his presentation of GBIF’s year by wearing his Indianapolis Colts eyeshade, giving a subtle hint as to his favorite team in the upcoming SuperBowl. Friday was “national organization” day at the Focus Retreat, when representatives of Grace Brethren International Missions, CE National, Women of Grace

Pastor Larry Humberd of the Lehigh Valley Grace Brethren Church in Bethlehem, PA, took advantage of the afternoon break in the Fellowship Council meetings to call home. The three-day meeting concludes Saturday morning.

Grace Seminary professor Matt Harmon has used his blog to ask for guidance on studying and reading up on the Emerging/Emergent Church issue. He’s getting great participation–check out some of the responses at http://bibtheo.blogspot.com/2007/01/emerging-church-and-emergent-movement.html