Under the heading “Must-See Game of the Week” here is an interesting blogpost about the Grace College (Winona Lake, IN) Lancers from an outsider. A short excerpt is posted here–to read the entire post, click on http://thesportsoup.com/2007/11/09/must-see-games-of-the-week-11-9/ In today’s fast pace, over-marketed sports world, sometimes we forget about the true importance of the sport we […]
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For our consideration this Veteran’s Day weekend, Chuck Winter sends along this poem, which was penned several weeks ago by Jim White, a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Sunnyside, Washington (Nathan Zakahi, pastor): Very many people, through more than two hundred thirty years, Have stood up for Old Glory, in times of sweat,
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Michael Grill, second from left in photo, was given the Bill Reneker Memorial Community Service Award Friday evening at the ninth annual dinner for the Winona Lake, Indiana, community. With him are (from left) Grill’s wife, Becky, his mother, Kittie, son Josh and daughter-in-law Amy. Grill, who is professor of psychology and chair of the
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Denominational communications and publishing were the topics as the board of directors of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company kicked off their fall meeting in Winona Lake, Ind. on Thursday afternoon (November 8). Joining the board for lunch and conversation were representatives of the Baptist General Conference (BGC) from Arlington Heights, Ill., who discussed their publication
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It is not unusual for a local Grace Brethren church to serve as a polling place during an election, such as the Ghent Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, Va. or the Grace Brethren Church in Norton, Ohio did on Tuesday. (Read here and here about the Ghent church serving as a polling place or here
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John Ward will be joining Grace Brethren International Missions as the new recruitment coordinator. His title is O2 Mobilizer (Overseas Opportunities) and he will begin his duties on January 1, 2008. He and his wife Kate (pictured at right with son, Micah) will continue to reside in Ohio, which places them close to about 1/3
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Over the last week, several Grace Brethren churches have announced new pastoral leadership. At the Ghent Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, Va., Zach Doppelt will be its next pastor, beginning November 27. In Medina, Ohio, Shepherd’s Grace Church has called retiring Air Force Chaplain, Ralph E. Molyneux as its next pastor. (Ralph is pictured at
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Today’s Peninsula Clarion in Soldotna, Alaska, includes a story about disaster training that was held Saturday at the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church (Keith Randall, pastor). If it wasn’t supposed to be serious, it would have been funny. But as the cries of Paul Adams echoed through the hallways of Peninsula Grace Brethren Church early Saturday
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The Chico, Calif., Enterprise-Record has been running a series of stories on a Brethren group that is part of the Grace Brethren family tree — the Old Brethren Church. Part of the series was Sunday’s article on Pastor Paul Rhodes at the Chico Grace Brethren Church (see blog posting from Saturday, November 3). The Old
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When Pastor Jim Brown from MetroGrace Philadelphia arrived at Crossroads Community Church – Northeast on Sunday (November 4) he found a large hole in the front wall of their rented facility. A car had driven through the wall and destroyed the nursery. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Just hours before on Saturday night, Brazilian Bible
