A panel of Grace Brethren MKs (missionary kids) presented a program earlier this week for some 70 Women of Grace at Grace Village Retirement Center in Winona Lake, Indiana. The panel discussed how Christmas is celebrated in the cultures in which they have lived–the host was Grace College professor Jacqueline (Julien) Schram. Panel members (from […]

Daniel E. Wonderly, who taught biology at Grace College in the middle 1960s and 1970s, died December 3 in Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland, Maryland, according to today’s Warsaw Times-Union newspaper. Wonderly, 82, is survived by his wife, Edna; a daughter, Eunice Stackhouse of Montreat, NC; a son, Philip, of Warsaw, IN; a grandson and

Pastor Steve Makofka of the Centerville, OH, Grace Brethren Church, is shown here directing the Oakwood Accordion Band in the lobby of the Schuster Center for the Performing Arts in Dayton, Ohio. Makofka, whose interest in the accordion and ethnomusicology increased after a mission trip to Africa, joined the band to gain some more facility

Today’s Los Angeles Daily News carries a story about perhaps the best-ever running back to come from Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley, CA. By Ramona Shelburne, Staff Writer When the legend of Chad Kackert is shared with future generations at Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley, the story will begin during the fourth week

The current issue of Christian History & Biography magazine (Fall, 2004) carries an excellent article by Chris Armstrong and Jeff Bach entitled “A People of Conscience” which gives further background and context to our forebears, who paid a terrible price for following what they believed to be Scripture’s teaching on the baptism of adults, rather

The new 212-page handbook listing all Grace Brethren churches, pastors, national organizations and other pertinent information is now available. New features this year include a “Ministry Index” listing personnel by position type, and a 47-week prayer calendar. The directories are produced by Tom Avey in the Fellowship Coordinator’s office. Churches and pastors will automatically receive

Evangelical Christian music’s impact on mainstream media will be the focus of a piece Wednesday on ’60 Minutes,’ the CBS primetime news magazine. Correspondent Bob Simon will report on Christian artists’ crossover appeal and how Christian entertainment now brings in $4 billion a year. The program is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. EST. Simon

“The Light of His Coming,” Grace College’s annual Christmas concert, took place Friday evening at Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, IN. Participating groups included the Grace Brass, Chamber Singers and Chamber Ensemble, and the women’s vocal ensemble “Cantate!” (Al Disbro photo)

Decorate-your-own gingerbread house was a popular event as dozens of families kicked off the holiday season at the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake today with the Winona Holiday Festival, sponsored by the Village at Winona.

Carolers on the porches of Park Avenue businesses in the Village at Winona ushered in the season in today’s “Winona Holiday Festival” in Winona Lake, Indiana.