Randi Walle

Your prayers will be appreciated for Terry Taylor, the recently-retired longtime pastor of the Canton, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church. The church address, for any who might wish to send a card of encouragement, is 6283 Market Ave. N., Canton, Ohio 44721. This first [edited] message from Terry’s wife, Elaine, came on October 28: A quick […]

If you live anywhere in the Columbus, Ohio, metro area or surrounds, consider buying your Christmas tree at the East Side Grace Brethren Church front lawn this year. The East Side church (Chip Heim, pastor) is seeking to raise enough money through tree sales to build a kitchen and recreation room for Asia’s Hope orphanage

Deb Baldwin, the art teacher at Grace Christian School in Columbus, Ohio, was selected by Ohio Governor Bob Taft as a winner in the 2005 Treasure for the Tree Competition. Each year, there is a competition to select 50 ornaments to appear on the Christmas tree at the Ohio Governor’s Mansion, and become part of

Reida and Rich Bartley, who minister to a Slavic neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, report that as a result of an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper on their Treasure Box program, a local company has responded with great participation in preparing and packing boxes for the ministry. Here are some excerpts from the Fleet

Pastoral changes are a constant in the FGBC. Here are a couple of the latest announcements: Josh Holt has accepted the unanimous call to become the Associate Pastor of Grace Brethren Church in Richmond, Virginia (Dave Kennedy, pastor). Josh & his family will be relocating to Richmond in January 2006. At Leesburg, Indiana, Pastor Chris

Pastor Mitch Cariaga and the Grace Community Church of Rialto, California, were featured in last Saturday’s San Bernardino newspaper for their unique outreach to a younger generation. A portion of the article is reproduced here–to read the entire article click here. RIALTO – A 50-year-old church has recast itself as a sanctuary for the thousands

A small but enthusiastic crowd witnessed the ribbon-cutting for a new economic-development project in Jackson, Kentucky, on Monday, November 21. Named “The Happy Ship & More,” the non-profit venture is the first enterprise sponsored by Grace in Action USA, an Indiana organization whose mission is to help churches assist the people of their communities by

A 24-page full-color beautiful “gift catalog” giving gift ideas for Christmas, New Year, birthdays and more is now available from Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM). Subtitled “New Opportunities to Advance the Cause of Christ Worldwide,” the catalog extends to individuals, churches, and small groups the opportunity to sponsor individuals and projects in many parts of

Matching grants for planting churches are now available for church planters in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) according to a recent announcement from Grace Brethren North American Missions (GBNAM). The program is designed to encourage the recruitment of church planters, the creation of ministry apprenticeships, the launching and establishing of new churches and

Longtime Southern Baptist pastor and denominational leader Adrian Rogers died earlier this week. This excerpt from a Baptist Press article includes a moving footwashing ceremony as reported by Steve Gaines, who succeeded Rogers as pastor of his 29,000-member church. [EDITOR’S NOTE TO NON-GRACE BRETHREN READERS: Footwashing is a regular part of the communion service in