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Rose Earnest, a member of the Waterloo, Iowa, Grace Brethren Church (Kelvin Cooke, pastor), was nominated by the Lowell Elementary School staff to receive the Governor’s Award for Volunteerism. Since her semi-retirement from nursing, Rose has volunteered at the school and she coordinates the Waterloo church’s partnership with Lowell. She also helps with an after-school

Fellow blogger Craig Alan Myers calls to our attention that the Washington Post has discovered WholesomeWear swimwear. Here is a short excerpt. The entire article is online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071301845.html Ultimate CoverupFull-Body Swimsuit Leaves Everything To the Imagination By Robin GivhanWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, July 14, 2006; Page C01 The makers of WholesomeWear swimsuits would like

Workmen this morning hoisted new air conditioning units onto the roof of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. building in Winona Lake, Indiana, as part of the process of renovating the old Herald Bookstore space into the new Tree of Life Books/Music/Cafe. Tree of Life is antiticipating opening the 7,500-square-foot combination cafe, college bookstore and general

Ted W. Engstrom, president emeritus of World Vision International and past president of Youth for Christ International, died Friday at his home in Bradbury, Calif. He was 90. Author of more than 50 books, Engstrom served as executive vice president and later president and chief executive officer of World Vision, turning a small Christian agency

BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana, announces the arrival of its latest release, Antioch Revisited: Reuniting the Church With Her Mission, by Tom Julien. This 119-page paperback discusses one of the greatest tragedies of church history: the divorce between churches and their mission. Julien, a veteran missionary and former executive director of Grace Brethren International

BMH is bringing to Celebrate06 conference in Palm Springs several cartons of the full-color, 24-page ‘FGBC Magazine’ produced several years ago to explain who the FGBC is. They will be available without charge while quantities last to pastors and church leaders who wish to take them. They are useful at church information kiosks, with membership

A memorial service is being held at 11 a.m. today, Monday, July 17, 2006, in Laurel Community Church in Hillsboro, Oregon, for Glen Knepper, who died July 13 at age 75. Knepper, originally from York, Pennsylvania, worked for a time in the 1960s at Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, IN. Pastor Chris Hay

From GBNAM church-planter Nathan Bryant in Mississauga, Ontario: “Jennifer went in to have a new baby on Thursday and she had a baby boy just after 11:00 on Thursday night. Micah Alexander Bryant 7lbs 6oz. Baby and mom are doing great.”

Grace Brethren International Missions is very excited to announce the addition of the nationally-acclaimed “Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble” directed by Dr. Francis Awe to the program for the upcoming Celebrate06 conference in California. This eight-member drum and dance ensemble will perform at the GBIM Poolside missionary reception on Saturday night, July 29, at the conference

Pastor Kenn Cosgrove, of the Limerick (Royersford) PA church, sends the following urgent prayer request: “Grace Church, Limerick, Pennsylvania, faces a deadline to vacate rented facilities on August 31. The building is slated for demolition soon after. PRAY for the Lord’s wisdom in relocation of this very active small church.”