When a lack of funding forced the City of Bellflower, Calif., to cancel its 30-year-old tradition of providing Easter egg hunts for the community’s children, Jane Nishimoto saw a chance to step into the breach. “This was a good opportunity to show … that we care about the kids in our community,” Nishimoto, a member […]
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Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at www.fgbc.org. May 9 – Commencement (GCandS) May 15-16 –Board Meetings, Winona Lake, Ind. (CE) May 18 – Northwest Focus Retreat, White Pass, Wash. (FGBC) June-July – Lancer Sports Camps (See www.grace.edu/athletics) (GCandS) June 8 –
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In their second straight showing in the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship, the Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) men’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals at Missouri’s College of the Ozarks before being eliminated by the number five seeded team, Black Hills State (S.D.). The loss ended the team’s season with a 22-11
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A number of Grace Brethren pastors attended the annual church planting conference, Exponential 09, which was held this week (April 20-23) in Orlando, Fla. Among workshop speakers were Neil Cole (pictured at right), executive director of Church Multiplication Associates, and pastor of Awakening Chapel, a Grace Brethren church in Long Beach, Calif., and Oscar Chavez,
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Ever wonder if you’re making any difference? Does the daily grind seem pointless sometimes? Even if you love your job, would you like to get a little “extra reward” now and then? We got one this morning. The phone rang at Brethren Missionary Herald Company and Ann answered. It was Dennis on the phone, calling
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The speaker for the Men Following Christ breakfast meeting this Saturday, April 25 at the 2517 Restaurant next to the Ramada Inn of Warsaw, Indiana, will be Dr. Homer A. Kent, Jr. (pictured). Homer Kent has now retired, after serving at Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, IN, for fifty years as professor of Greek and
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ClearView is a brand new Grace Brethren church in northeastern Franklin County, Ohio, being planted by Andy and Trish Wirt. The Wirts moved to the New Albany/Gahanna area in February of 2007 and began making contacts and working to gather a group of people together to work toward a Grand Opening for ClearView Church in
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Sterling Grace is a Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches church plant in Mt. Sterling, southern Madison County, Ohio. The church has a local pastor and is slowly growing. Currently, the church meets Sunday nights in the Mt. Sterling Community Center, but it is making preparations to launch Sunday morning services in the autumn. Pastor Mac
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Don DeYoung, Ph.D. (pictured), one of the world’s leading creation scientists, will head “Rocks by Day, Stars by Night,” a 190-mile rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon June 5–11. The rafters will encounter all the major rapids and geological points of interest along the river during the day, and in the
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John Balyo, former head of Corban College, dies at 89 John Balyo, a former president of Corban College, died Saturday afternoon at a care center in Salem, Oregon. He was with his wife, Betty, and son Mike. Balyo, 89, served as the college’s president from 1983 to 1991, according to the school’s Web site. He
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