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More than 200 seniors enjoyed an excellent noontime meal together in the Wooster, OH, Grace Brethren Church in the “Day Away” function sponsored by CE National. 

An interview with Patrick Kavanaugh, director of the MasterWorks Festival and Grace College music department faculty member, is in the current (April 16, 2005) issue of WORLD magazine on page 12. Here are several of the questions and answers by Kavanaugh, who wrote The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers. To see the remainder of

The following news release was mass-distributed today to media, syndicates and news aggregators. All blog readers are encouraged to copy and distribute the release to any news media in your area or for use on your own church, personal and organizational websites and e-mail lists. Twenty-three courses and workshops on topics of interest to church

Pastor Bud Olzewski of the Rittman, OH, Grace Brethren Church, is coordinating publicity for the “Over 55 Day Away” to be held this Friday, April 15, at the Grace Brethren Church of Wooster, OH. Here is an edited version of his latest report: It’s the last minute! Our Day Away is Friday, but anyone can

Dr. Tim Boal, newly-appointed Executive Director of Grace Brethren North American Missions (GBNAM), has announced a number of changes as he assumes his new responsibilities. Grace Brethren North American Missions is beginning a new era with a new executive director and a recently-reorganized board structure. Larry Chamberlain will continue to lead Grace Brethren Investment Foundation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–A LifeWay Christian Resources survey of more than 1,300 evangelical leaders from around the world revealed that the need for consistent and passionate prayer in church and personal life is the No. 1 issue in today’s churches. The April 11 announcement of prayer as the No. 1 issue culminates a LifeWay e-business initiative

An all-day coloring party was held today in Winona Lake, Indiana, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with an open invitation to anyone who wished to participate in coloring Sango literacy charts for use in Africa. The charts, which are being prepared under the direction of GBIM missionary Barb Wooler, will be laminated and used

Members of the Board of Directors of the Brethren Encyclopedia Project, representing six branches of Brethren groups tracing their heritage to Alexander Mack, met today at Ashland (OH) Seminary for their semi-annual meeting. Groups represented include Old German Baptist Brethren, Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Church of the Brethren, The Brethren Church (Ashland), Conservative Grace

A critical shortage of Bibles in the Central African Republic has recently come to light. Because of the collapse of a previous Bible distribution system, and because of the destruction of so many Bibles and Christian literature during recent uprisings, in some cases as many as six Bible school students have been having to share

Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation which meets on the southwest corner of Goshen, Indiana, this morning had a dedication service for its new 600-seat auditorium and multipurpose facility. Today was the congregation’s second Sunday in its new facility, according to Pastor Jim Brown.