Randi Walle

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 https://bibtheo.blogspot.com/2007/01/emerging-church-and-emergent-movement.html

From today’s Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram. Lou Huesmann is pastor of the Grace Brethren Church which meets at 36th and Linden in Long Beach. LONG BEACH – The first Community Forum and Resource Fair is scheduled for Saturday at Grace Brethren Church in Bixby Knolls. Mayor Bob Foster and City Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, who proposed

GBNAM church planter Clive Craigen, ministering in urban Chicago, sends along the following notice: In several weeks, CMA Resources (Neil Cole: author of Organic Church and Cultivating a Life for God and Mike Jentes) will be coming to Chicago for a weekend training on the organic church planting. There is a cost, but if you

Jim Pearson, author of the BMH book Minefields in the Marketplace, will be the speaker for this month’s “Men Following Christ” meeting in Warsaw, Indiana. BMH senior editor Jesse Deloe will accompany Pearson to assist with his autographing books and with the booktable following the talk. Here is the announcement: This month’s Men Following Christ