1,599 and counting! Beth Bryant of Canada (left) had a vision to send “goodie bags” to all the wives of military men at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, a unit served by Grace Brethren Chaplain James Schaefer. So every day at national conference, people are going out and buying bags of candies, shampoos, soaps, bath oils, […]

Ed Lewis of CE National gives a report of CE’s activities of the past year. Behind him is the Harley-garage set used as a backdrop for the morning worship service, as well as the Harley motorcycle owned by Fountain of Life Church pastor Vic Young, who gave the morning message. 

Moderator-elect Dan Allan, pastor of the Ashland, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, gave the annual Moderator’s Address in the 7 p.m. session Sunday at the Celebration Conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.  

CE National named a number of winners tonight, Sunday, in its annual awards ceremony. Individuals and churches were recognized for best outreach program, idea-of-the-year, and much more. Some winners were present to receive awards, and others were represented by their pastors or other church staff members. 

With a few pops and growls that quickly crescendoed into a roaring thunder bouncing off the concrete walls and floors of the cavernous Freedom Hall Civic Center Arena in Johnson City, Tennessee, some 19 roaring Harleys slowly snaked their way down the tunnel, circled around the platform area, and ground to a halt in front

Pastor Mike Jentes of the quest in Columbus, Ohio, (right, with mike) addresses a question to John Fischer in the afternoon Q&A session. At left is Grace Brethren missionary to Portugal Margie Hull. 

Moderator John Teevan (right) interviews singer/author/speaker John Fischer (left) at the beginning of the 2004 Celebration conference of the Fellowship of  Grace Brethren Churches meeting in Kingsport, Tennessee. Fischer spoke three times on Saturday, including a Q&A session in the afternoon sponsored by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers.

 The 2004 Celebration Conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches officially convened this morning (Saturday, July 24) at 10 a.m. with a session directed by conference moderator John Teevan, who is also pastor of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Meeting in the cavernous assembly hall of the Marriott MeadowView Resort in this

Leaving BNYC a day early, a number of us are now hustling down to Kingsport, Tennessee, for the adult Celebration conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. A Phil Keaggy concert kicks things off Friday night, with the first full day of conference being Saturday. We will once again be reporting from the conference,

A number of scholarships to Grace College were awarded to NAC competition winners in the Wednesday morning session. Dr. David Plaster (center), Academic Dean of the college, was present to award the scholarships to the winning students.