A unique “Splat Experience” by Christian performance artist Marc Eckel was a highlight of “The Rock” session at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Brethren National Youth Conference. Eckel, whose work may be found at www.splatexperience.com, created the painting in about 10 minutes in front of hundreds of teenagers. Performing to a pre-recorded soundtrack, he uses […]

Barry St. Clair was the opening speaker for the BNYC conference Thursday evening. Further reports and photos may be found at www.bnyc.net. 

Over 2,400 teens, sponsors and counselors have gathered on the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse campus for the 2004 Brethren National Youth Conference, which began Saturday, July 17 and continues through next Thursday 

An enthusiastic youth choir opened the 2004 Brethren National Youth Conference in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, at the 6:15 p.m. session Saturday evening, July 17. Other music in the session was by Todd Proctor and Waiting for Iris. 

Last day in Winona Lake for awhile—your Intrepid Blogger takes off in the morning for Brethren National Youth Conference in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Posts from here on will contain photos and reports of what’s happening with 2,300 teenagers at BNYC. In LaCrosse we’ll be teaching young journalists seminars on writing, photography, website content, and how to

In just a few days, Grace Brethren will be gathering in LaCrosse, Wisconsin (youth) and Kingsport, Tennessee (adults) for our annual national conferences. As I read the current blog of columnist and friend Terry Mattingly, I wondered about the values and directions that we Grace Brethren express and experience. To stimulate our thinking, here is

On a picture-perfect summer afternoon, members and friends of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church gathered at the lakeside home of Mike and Becky Grill for a service of believer’s baptism Sunday, July 11.  

Bruce Barlow, Associate Pastor of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, baptized a number of believers by triune immersion off Rainbow Point in Winona Lake on Sunday, July 11.  

Sherwood Lingenfelter, president of the Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) board and Professor and Provost/Senior Vice President of Fuller Theological Seminary in California, is teaching the morning sessions at the GBIM “Family Reunion” this week. About 45 stateside missionaries, along with board members and some GBIM staff, are participating in the weeklong meetings. Lingenfelter’s wife,