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Tracy Owen (left) and Ken Herman (right) settle some difficult world problems in the conference room during today’s Holiday Open House at the BMH/FGBC offices in Winona Lake. 

Sharon White entertained at the keyboard in the front reception room with a steady stream of carols and holiday music at today’s BMH/FGBC Holiday Open House. 

Denny and Judy Daniels and Charlotte Austin check out some of the photos on Tom Avey’s office wall in today’s BMH/FGBC Open House. BMH’s Ann Myers is visible in the hallway. 

Today was the last day of work at BMH for Laura Bloomingdale–known on the internet as Dr. Laura–in her role as fall editorial intern with FGBC World and BMH Books. Laura graduates tomorrow from Grace College and will be returning to Dayton, OH to live and work, where she is a member of the Basore

First snowfall of the winter– The skycam atop the science building on the Grace College campus shows McClain Hall and adjacent buildings after this morning’s first snowfall. Classes end this week and resume January 11. The skycam, which changes live photos every five minutes, can be accessed by clicking “campus skycam” on Grace’s website at

Some do–at least in eastern Pennsylvania. The following excerpt is from a weekly e-mail Pastor Scott Distler of the Lititz, PA Grace Brethren Church sends to all who request it. Is YOUR church’s website being kept up-to-date and infused with fresh material? Maybe someone is visiting your site to see if your church is for

You’re invited to a Holiday Open House this Thursday, December 16, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the combined offices of Brethren Missionary Herald Co. and the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, 1104A Kings Highway, Winona Lake, IN. 

The executive directors/heads of the major Grace Brethren cooperating organizations gathered this week for a festive Christmas dinner and their annual lengthy discussion about the Fellowship–the bright spots, issues to address, reports on activity, and ways to pray for Grace Brethren churches and people. Held in the conference room of the newly-renovated offices of Brethren

The following editorial by Pastor Jason Carmean of the Lexington, OH Grace Brethren Church appeared in this morning’s Mansfield, OH newspaper: I wake up on Christmas morning with the anticipation of homemade cinnamon rolls and a fresh hot cup of coffee knowing that there are gifts under the Christmas tree with my name on them.

Pastor Tim Boal of the Penn Valley Grace Brethren Church, Telford, PA, is the newly-named Grace Brethren North American Missions executive director. His duties with GBNAM begin January 1, 2005.