Under the direction of church planter Mike Silliman and his wife, Naomi (pictured), the Elk Creek Church will officially launch its church plant this Sunday, September 23. The service will be held in a public school near West Grove (Chester County), Pennsylvania. The Sillimans and the launch team have a goal of 100-plus people on […]

Kenn Cosgrove (right), pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Royersford, Pennsylvania, and a member of the Germantown Trust, gave a tour of the cemetery that lies behind the Germantown, PA, church as part of the opening ceremonies of the 300th anniversary of the Brethren movement. (Glenn Riegel photo) This past weekend, September 15-16, Germantown

Dr. Robert Kellemen (seated) was one of three BMH authors who made presentations and autographed copies of their BMH books at the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) convention last week at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Kellemen, a Grace Seminary alumnus who is chair of the counseling education department at Capital Bible Seminary, is

Pastor Roy Halberg (center of photo) of the Grace Brethren church in Alta Loma, California, recently took a group from his church down to San Diego to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the photo, from left, are Roger and Jayne Baer, Halberg, Halberg’s mother, Louise Halberg, and Carlos Lascaibar. Here are some of his

Pastor Bartley Sawatsky (right) finished the 10K run yesterday as part of the “No Worship Worship Service” by the Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Mississauga, Ontario. Here is an excerpt from the blog of Grace’s worship pastor, Bart Blair — read more at http://bartblair.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/the-no-worship-.html The No-Worship-Service Worship In what many might consider

A current article on the website of Journal Chretien gives a short summary of a health outreach in which a Grace Brethren church is involved. Read the entire article at http://www.spcm.org:80/Journal/spip.php?breve1483 . The complete article may also be read at http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07090111.htmGrace Community Health Center In the midst of the war in Iraq in 2003 a

Karl Moraski (pictured at right), the worship leader at Hope Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Raleigh, N.C., has written a song for the Stand in the Gap 2007 event, which is planned for October 6 in Washington D.C. Stand in the Gap is a once-a-decade gathering of Christian men from across the country

By Bill EllisSpecial to ASSIST News Service SCOTT DEPOT, WV (ANS) — Pastors are among the most significant and respected men and women in the nation. They are the country’s spiritual leaders. It is a divine calling. Speaking of Christ and His mission on this earth, St. Paul said, “And He Himself gave some to

Leesburg, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church (Tim Sprankle, pastor) will host a Bluegrass Festival Saturday, October 13 from 3 to 7 p.m. at 101 E. School St. in Leesburg. The event will feature live music, kids’ games, a chili contest and other events. Artists scheduled to appear are JD Woods, Don Taylor, John Miller and a