Randi Walle

A number of Grace Brethren International Missions new missionaries were commissioned in the evening session Tuesday at Celebrate06. GBIM executive director Dave Guiles (blue shirt, center) and Pastor Robert Wagner (praying, with microphone) conducted the commissioning. Several of the candidate couples are from Wagner’s church, Calvert Grace Brethren Church in Owings, Maryland.

Dozens of supporters and friends of the ministry of CE National took the Palm Springs Tramway up into the majestic San Jacinto mountains Monday night for a mountaintop dinner and celebration of CE National’s 40th anniversary. After the dinner, participants heard reports and highlights from Brethren National Youth Conference, Urban Hope Training Center, Operation Barnabas,

Pastor Howard and Nancy Mayes, from the Clinton, Maryland, Grace Brethren Church, were among those who participated in the mountaintop dinner, tram ride, and celebration of CE National’s 40th anniversary. CE National’s executive director, Ed Lewis, was able to participate in spite of a painful back problem, but he subsequently checked into a local hospital

Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City, was the guest speaker at the 10:30 a.m. session this morning and he will speak again this evening. Beginning with only about 18 members in 1972, Cymbala and his wife, Carol, who directs the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, have grown the New York

As the adults were crossing the courtyard to get to their 8:30 a.m. meetings at Celebrate06 today, the Kids Konference children were loading up the coach bus for an outing to the “Living Desert,” which features 450 live animals. Their adventure included lunch, and upon their return at 1 p.m. the children were headed for

Rev. Lester Kennedy (left), pastor of the Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church in Radford, Virginia, was honored this morning by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the AGBM’s Celebrate06 meeting. His commendation was read by Whitey Willard (right) of the Lititz, PA, Grace Brethren Church, who was mentored as a

In addition to the scheduled functions, hundreds of little “ad hoc” meetings are occurring at the Celebrate06 Grace Brethren national conference this week in Palm Springs, California. Gathered here at 7 a.m. today on the patio of the Grand Hyatt Champions, before the heat of the day makes the patio unihabitable, is a little group

Dr. Keith Shearer, pastor of New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, and moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) this past year, addressed the conference in the Monday morning main session. Speaking from Luke 24:13ff, he noted seven observations about the travelers on the Emmaus Road. A variety of workshops were

Grace Brethren International Missions honored a number of missionaries for their years of service at today’s missions luncheon and annual corporation meetings. Here Margie Hull, who just retired after 42 years of missionary service in Africa and Portugal, was honored and Pastor Charles Ashman, right, prayed a dedicatory prayer for Margie. Ashman was pastor to

The perimeter of the Grand Hyatt Convention Center is lined with exhibits and displays from Grace Brethren national organizations, ministry units, and vendors. Here is the BMH Books display, located across from the main registration table. Activities got underway today, Monday, with a “Women in Ministry” breakfast designed to honor women on the staff of