Randi Walle

Dr. Tim Boal, pastor of the Penn Valley Grace Brethren Church in Telford, Pennsylvania, and the incoming moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, gave the annual Moderator’s Address at the 3 p.m. Saturday session of Celebrate06. Prefacing his remarks that his assignment is to analyze the Fellowship’s strengths and current situation, Boal found […]

Pastor Charles Ashman, who retired from his last pastorate in 1989, addressed the first session of the Celebrate06 conference this morning with an address entitled “Coals Aglow.” Speaking from 2 Timothy 1:1-7, Ashman, 82, began by saying “I promised the Lord I would serve Him as long as He gives me breath.” Then he went

Pastor Phil Helfer, of the Los Altos Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, California, adds his touch to the praise and worship sessions as percussionist.

Doug Lee, pastor of The Fountain Community Church, a Grace Brethren fellowship in Fontana, California, is leading worship for the Celebrate06 conference. He and his band of nine backup singers and instrumentalists are beginning each general session with a mixture of hymns and praise and worship choruses.

Dr. Lester Pifer, now on the staff of the Columbus, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church as Seniors Pastor, gave testimony in the opening session of Celebrate06 of God’s provision and blessings since his conversion to Christ in 1940. Beginning as a church-planter at “Hairpin Curve Chapel” in Tennessee while in college, Dr. Pifer went on to

Sandi Avey (right) and Sandy Barrett assisted Dr. Christy Morr of the Grace Seminary faculty in registering this morning for the Celebrate06 Grace Brethren conference being held at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells near Palm Springs, California. Activities this first day of conference included a morning session with Charles Ashman as speaker,

The center of gravity of the Grace Brethren Church shifted several hours to the southeast about noon today. The Biola University campus in LaMirada, California, was just about emptied out after an intense week of Brethren National Youth Conference, attended by some 3,000 teens, youth pastors, youth leaders, staff, Grace Brethren national organization staff, and

The big tent on the south field of the Biola campus was billowing and rocking as Brethren National Youth Conference 2006 came to a close last evening (Thursday). Led by Todd Proctor and his band, the 2,000+ teens exuberantly praised God as the week came to a close. The closing evening’s program included a threefold

Scott Distler, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was the featured speaker for the Thursday morning general session of BNYC06. His assigned topic was to help teenagers deal with contemporary culture without letting media and other influences lower their standards and “pull them down.” He gave a number of practical, biblical techniques

Author/apologist Lee Strobel spoke to the Brethren National Youth Conference Wednesday evening in the main session. A former newspaper editor, pastor, and journalist, Strobel gave the teens some good advice on how to deal with doubt and how to obtain answers for the questions they and others may raise about Christ and the Christian faith.