Randi Walle

Several hundred top-flight young classical musicians, dancers, and thespians are about to descend on Winona Lake, Indiana, as the Tenth Annual Master Works Festival begins this Sunday, June 25 with a faculty program at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodeheaver Auditorium. The month-long festival continues through Sunday, July 23, with dozens of full-scale, chamber, solo, and […]

The first and second grade Sunday School classes from the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church, under the leadership of Pam Carroll and other teachers, recently raised $300 to buy a bicycle for an African in ministry. As a result, Appolinaire (pictured), the Project Hope & Charite school teacher who oversees two literacy schools for

This second and third grade Sunday School class from Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church raised the money to purchase the bicycle for use in Africa. Class leaders and teachers (back row, from left) include Dave Gable, Ted Rondeau (GBIM), Pam Carroll, Bev Melton, and Kathy Jeffreys.

The Grace Brethren movement traces its roots back to Alexander Mack and the year 1708 in Schwarzenau, Germany, which means that celebrations and tours marking the 300th anniversary of the movement are now in the planning stages for 2008. Until about 1882, the Grace Brethren were part of the same group as the Church of

“Team Two,” the second of two teams from Women of Grace USA to minister in the Central African Republic, has now landed at Bangui and is hard at work. This team, with a few more members than the first, will again work with the African women who are taking care of AIDS orphans in their

Assembly work has begun on the main stage for the Pro-Life Music Festival to be held on the Miller Athletic Field campus of Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Billed as “the nation’s largest music festival dedicated to promoting the sanctity of life,” the festival is a free event that will

Pastor Mark Saunders of the First Grace Brethren Church in Dayton, Ohio, holds a representation of a $500 check given to the church by Wal-Mart in recognition of the church’s efforts to serve the Dayton community. First Grace has been active in its community by distributing batteries to area residents for smoke detectors and giving

The countdown to DRIVEN06, the second-annual young adults conference in the FGBC, is now down to hours. The fun starts this Thursday, June 22, with registration beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the historic Kenyon College campus in Gambier, Ohio, near Columbus. It’s a great program again this year–Thursday evening’s speaker is Kondo Simfukwe and other

Kurt Miller and Mike Jentes, on the GBNAM church-planting blog, have put together a very helpful and valuable list of IRS documents and regulations for churches. They’re excellent for anyone starting a church, but also provide a good “checkup” for existing churches. Check out their list and links by clicking here.

Sunday, June 18 – Father’s Day! Well, Dan was just released from the hospital an hour or so ago. Turns out he developed an infection because of the strong antibiotics he was taking. (Sounds contradictory, but it’s true.) He is feeling much better and has been given permission to return to normal activities within a