Randi Walle

We posted a note on June 15 that longtime Grace Brethren pastor Harold Painter had gone to be with the Lord. His nephew, Pastor Howard Mayes (Clinton, Maryland) has provided the following further details: Harold D. Painter was promoted to his eternal home on June 8, 2006 at the age of 95. He committed his

Pastor Charles Covington, associate pastor of the Community Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, CA (Dale Workman, pastor) died this morning, July 6, in Seattle, Washington, after having taken ill on an Alaskan cruise during the night. According to Pastor Dale Workman, Covington and his wife, Eva, had been on the cruise for three days.

Lawrence (Larry) M. Weber, will serve as interim pastor of the Waynesboro, PA, Grace Brethren Church through the end of 2006. His first Sunday in the pulpit is July 9, 2006. Weber is the son of the late Russell H. Weber who was the pastor of Grace Brethren churches in Harrisburg, Johnstown and Palmyra, PA;

At the upcoming Celebrate06, delegates from around the FGBC will be conducting a number of items of business, including the election of new members for the Fellowship Council, the strategy and leadership group that facilitates the growth, direction, and development of the Fellowship. Each year, delegates elect six people for a nominating committee. This committee

From Christianpost.com. To read the entire story, click here: CCU Announces Former U.S. Senator as New President By Jennifer Riley Colorado Christian University named former U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong as its new president on Monday. Succeeding retiring president Dr. Larry Donnithorne – who has been named president emeritus – Armstrong will begin his role as

The following article on a Grace Brethren Hispanic church planter appeared in this morning’s Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic (Herald-Republic photo): He plants seeds of Hispanic churchesBy PAT MUIRYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC They’re almost like franchises, these small Hispanic churches-within-churches that Abner Solano has spent 18 years establishing in the Yakima Valley. There’s one in Mabton, the first one.

Got this note from a fellow-blogger in Winona Lake. You heard it here first, folks. Terry, check out my Xanga site at www.xanga.com/clinttjohnson and tell everyone in the fellowship/all of the blog readers how they can get their very own Ed Lewis ringtones. –Clint Johnson

Melvin VanOrman is the new pastor of the Everett Grace Brethren Church located at 14 West Main Street, Everett, Pennsylvania, 15537. VanOrman says, “Please advise anyone who may need to contact us of this change. My home address is 350 Route 36 South, Duncansville, PA 16635. My phone number is 814-695-3855. The church’s phone number

Want to get a refreshing look at how some energetic teens are serving the Lord this summer? Follow the Operation Barnabas teams with daily e-mails and photos. At right one of the Northwest team members, Josh, juggles for children at Camp Clear Lake near White Pass, Washington. The Northwest team recently ministered in churches of

The second of two Women of Grace USA GO teams has completed its ministry in the Central African Republic and is returning home. (pictured, team leader Miriam Pacheco, with African child) The two teams worked for a month with the Project Hope and Charite orphan’s ministry. GBIM board member Miriam Pacheco stayed the entire month,