Randi Walle

There’s a very interesting and thought-provoking article in the October, 2004 issue of Washington Monthly by Sasha Issenberg entitled “The Simplest Life: Why Americans Romanticize the Amish.” Since the Grace Brethren have some common roots with the Amish, we are reproducing here the first several paragraphs with a link to the rest of the article.

The following article, featuring one of our Columbus churches, appeared in this morning’s San Francisco Chronicle: Candidates’ final appeal to sway a divided electorate ON THE OHIO TRAIL: Religious voters torn between candidates Zachary Coile, Chronicle Political Writer Monday, November 1, 2004 Westerville, Ohio — Inside Grace Brethren, an evangelical Christian mega-church in the suburbs

Pastor Jerry Young (right), who was at the Sandy Cove Focus Retreat earlier this week, flew home to Phoenix with his wife, Loreen, Wednesday night only to discover that their truck had been stolen. Jerry says it’s not likely to be recovered, for the police have said, “It’s probably in Mexico, or on an Indian

Statement Regarding Biblical Issues in the 2004 Elections, October 2004 Crosswalk.com editor’s note: While we may choose to disagree on certain matters of public policy, or support different political parties, the fact remains that we as Christians have an objective standard of truth – the Bible — to base our decisions on. No matter how

Hope Community Church to Feature Unique Presidential “Voting Booth” at Fall Fun Festival CARY / RALEIGH, NC — What’s really on everyone’s mind this Halloween? The coming presidential elections, of course. Hope Community Church will host their own family fun version of this important voting event at their annual Fall Family Fun Festival on October

The closing panel this morning for the East Focus Retreat included (seated, from left) Mike Brubaker, associate pastor at Frederick, MD; David Kennedy, pastor at Richmond, VA; and Rick Clark, pastor at Pike Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, PA. Standing at left is Conference Coordinator Tom Avey, who emceed the panel and conducted the focus

This is the majority of the group of pastors and church leaders who are currently participating in the East Focus Retreat at Sandy Cove Retreat Center in North East, Maryland. The center is located at the tip of the Chesapeake Bay, which appears in the background of the photo. The retreat will conclude Wednesday morning

Pastor Dan White of the York, Pennsylvania, Grace Brethren Church, led the 1 p.m. session on “Others and My Heart…Friends and Family” with a challenge from scripture. The Focus Retreat will conclude at 11 a.m. Wednesday. 

Pastor Jeff Thornley, from the Waldorf, MD Grace Brethren Church, spoke during the Tuesday evening testimony time about the several-year struggle he and his family have had with Lyme’s Disease and God’s faithfulness through this and other trials.  

A praise and worship team from the Calvert County Grace Brethren Church in Owings, Maryland (Robert Wagner, pastor) led off the East Focus Retreat this afternoon (Monday) at the Sandy Cove Retreat Center near North East, Maryland. This is the second of five Focus Retreats this year, and the emphasis for pastors and church leaders