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A standout football star from Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley is competing for the starting job as running back this year at the University of New Hampshire. Here is how one sportswriter describes him–the full article may be seen at http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/REPOSITORY/608160350/1007/SPORTS • Chad Kackert, fr., 5-8, 190. Kackert was at UNH last year but […]

Judy Daniels, of the communications office at Grace College and Seminary, has shared with us this lovely letter, which we’ve edited slightly, from Margaret “Pill” Sprunger about her parents (pictured). Members of the Bethel Brethren Church in Berne, Indiana (Joe Nass, pastor), they are celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary. Greetings may be sent through Margaret

Pastor Richard D. Sellers, 81, of Goshen, Indiana, died at Greencroft Healthcare late Sunday night, August 13, 2006. He was born January 16, 1925, in Warsaw, Indiana, to Clifford and Fawn (Miller) Sellers. On December 27, 1949, he married Virginia Rose Flora in Dayton, Ohio. She died February 19, 2000. Pastor Sellers coached and taught

Alexander Eloy Pacheco arrived Friday, August 11, at 11:25 (Central Daylight Time) in Naperville, IL, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz., 20″ long, with lots of black hair and looking a lot like his daddy. David and Esther are both doing well and are understandably ecstatic about this beautiful baby boy. Grandpa Dan Pacheco (left) is

Pastor Roger Mayes of the Grace Brethren church in Yucca Valley (CA)sends along the following information about the homegoing of one of the Lord’s choice servants in the FGBC: Victor Sewell Rogers was born November 16, 1923 to George Walter Rogers and Elma Grace Brumbaugh Rogers in their home in East Freedom, Pennsylvania. He was

The complete text of the commendations for the three Association of Grace Brethren Ministers award winners at Celebrate06 (Lester Kennedy, Glen Shirk, and Jesse Deloe) are now posted online. Click “Grace Brethren Ministers’ Blog” at left or click here.

Jim and Debbie Momeyer, who are on their way eventually to Africa as missionaries with Grace Brethren International Missions, send along this pertinent prayer request for the Cameroon: The church of Cameroon has asked people around the world to be praying this coming Monday, Aug 14th that the government will soon grant official recognition of

From today’s Ventura County (CA) Star: Seminar to help educators, parents improve students’ writing potentialBy Star staffAugust 12, 2006 A seminar aimed at parents and educators who would like to develop their students’ writing skills is slated Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Grace Brethren Church. The facilitator will be Andrew Pudewa, director of the

At the delegates’ luncheon at Celebrate06, John McIntosh (Simi Valley, CA) was elected Second Moderator-Elect of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), which means he will be moderator of the FGBC for the year following Jim Brown. Tim Boal is moderator 2006-2006, Jim Brown will be 2007-2008, and McIntosh will be moderator 2008-2009. Larry

Your continuing prayers will be appreciated for the health of Ed Lewis (pictured), executive director of CE National. Ed was experiencing severe back pains during BNYC the week of July 22-28, and took medication for the pain to get through the week. The following week he went to Palm Springs to Celebrate06 but the pain