Mt. Gilead Purchases Former Bowling Alley

Pastor Charlie Barnhill of the Heartland Grace Brethren Church in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, shared with ministers of the North Central Ohio district yesterday that the Heartland congregation has purchased an 11,000-square-foot former bowling alley (pictured) for use as a worship and fellowship facility. The church has been meeting in a school for a number of

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Hoyt Classic on ‘End Times’ Re-Issued

One of the classic works in premillennial eschatology, The End Times by Herman A. Hoyt, has been re-issued this week by BMH Books with updated cover material. The 256-page paperback is an investigation of what is to come, which guides the reader through 12 understandable, in-depth chapters. Hoyt examines the vocabulary of eschatologists along with

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At Maranatha, Skateboarding is Ministry

The following story by Pepper Ballard appeared in last Sunday’s Hagerstown, MD, Herald-Mail newspaper. Jay Fretz is pastor of Maranatha Brethren Church. A steady roll of skateboard wheels over concrete and wood ramps resounded Saturday at Maranatha Brethren Church, the first day of Skate Church for some Washington County teenage skaters who prefer to flip

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2,300 Attend Grace Graduation

The following graduation wrapup report is excerpted from the weekly e-mail published by Judy Daniels in the Grace alumni office. To subscribe to the Grace Connection, send your e-mail address to connect@grace.edu (subject: ADD). Last Saturday morning more than 2,300 people attended the 2006 Grace College and Seminary Commencement ceremony, held in the Gordon Recreation

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