Pastor Tom Hocking of the Bellflower, California, Grace Brethren Church was the main-session speaker this morning at the Grace Brethren annual conference. His assigned topic was “Fire in the Soul: A Beginner’s Guide to Pyrotechnic Worship.” Using a rapier wit and insightful illustrations, Hocking skillfully used The Lord’s Prayer from Scripture to teach truths about […]
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Introduced by his pastor, Keith Shearer from the New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, Kevin Kreider gave a testimony in the 10:30 a.m. session today about the move he and his wife, Lorna, have made to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to church-plant among those who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Children checked in early this Sunday morning, got their ID armbands, and were off for a good day’s fun and activities in the Kids Konference, being directed by Tim and Sue Howard of the Simi Valley, CA, Grace Brethren Church. Gail Cosgrove is directing the childcare program for the younger children.
Sunday, the second full day of Celebrate06, the annual Grace Brethren conference being held at Indian Wells, California, began at 6:30 a.m. with a chaplain’s breakfast sponsored by the Eagle Commission and Grace Brethren Investment Foundation. A number of chaplains were present and gave ministry reports–those who were not able to be present sent written
Quotes From Day One of Celebrate06, Indian Wells, California “Now in my 66th year in the ministry at age 86, I want to say with the psalmist, “Yes, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, but keep me alive until I have declared your mighty strength to this generation,
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The main program option for tonight at Celebrate06, the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, was an international food-fest and missionary reception organized and sponsored by Grace Brethren International Missions. A variety of ethnic food lines provided some exotic choices for the hundreds who came to eat, to enjoy ethnic music, and
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Tonight’s GBIM reception provided excellent opportunities for one-on-one meetings with missionaries to make new friendships, renew previous ones, and to get updates from the field. Here GBIM missionary and Europe Field Director Dr. Paul Klawitter (left) chats with Long Beach pastor Dale Workman and other friends.
Old college buddies hook up again. Joe Beaver (left), son of retired GBIM missionaries Wayne and Dorothy Beaver, and now living in Simi Valley, California, chatted at the reception with his college friend Greg Burgess (right), now living and working in France with Editions Cle, the French publishing arm of the Fellowship.
