On the Move
Gary Austin, former pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has retired. He and his wife, Jean, have moved to Winona Lake, Ind.
David Carrick is the new senior pastor at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Grace Brethren Church. He, his wife, Laurie, and their boys Stephen (12), Jonathan (7) and James (5) began their work in Cedar Rapids on August 1.
U.S. Army Chaplain Billy Graham is now stationed at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center in San Bernardino County, Calif.
U.S. Navy Chaplain Justin Hayes has completed chaplain basic training at Newport, Conn., and has moved, with his wife, Becca, and family, to Fort Jackson, S.C. to fi nish his training.
Daniel Long has joined the staff of Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif., as the director of Middle School Ministries.
Dan O’Deens, founding pastor at Gateway Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Parkesburg, Pa., has resigned to begin a new ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Servant Send Ministries is the parent mission of CPR-3 and NextChurchPlant.com. (Watch for a story about this new ministry in an upcoming issue of FGBC World.)
U.S. Army Chaplain Mark and Robin Penfold are looking forward to a winter move from Fort Jackson to an assignment at the U.S. Army Chaplains School.
Brent Saba has resigned from Urban Hope, Philadelphia, Pa., to enroll in seminary.
Mike Silliman has been installed as the lead pastor at Gateway Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Parkesburg, Pa. His former congregation, which has roots in the Gateway church, has become a campus of Gateway, creating Gateway Parkesburg and Gateway Elk Creek.
U.S. Navy Chaplain Lou Urban, and his wife, Chong, have been transitioning from an extended tour in Korea to serve with the U.S. Marines at Camp Lejuen, N.C.
In Print
Grace in Action USA has announced the release of a new book by Gladys Deloe. The story/coloring book, titled Exploring Life Skills, is written to help teach life lessons to five- and six-year-olds and is the newest book in the LifeTime Learning Curriculum.
Kudos
Jerry and Jan Kelley were honored in early June at the Simi Valley, Calif., Grace Brethren Church (John McIntosh, pastor) on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Jerry serves as pastor of senior ministries and visitation with the Simi Valley church.
Grace Brethren church planter Josiah Teeple was recently featured in a piece by WHO Television in Des Moines, Iowa, on church-planting and “simple churches” in the Des Moines area.
Eric Osswald, who is a student at Olentangy Liberty High School outside of Columbus, Ohio, and is involved in the youth group at Grace Church (Rick Nuzum, pastor), a Grace Brethren church in Powell, Ohio, has been recognized as a scholar-athlete in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
In Memoriam
Richard L. Burch, 83, Dayton, Ohio, former Grace Brethren pastor, March 10, 2010.
Ray Feather, 63, pastor of Grace Community Chapel, Mukilteo, Wash., July 23, 2010.
Herman H. Hein Jr., 92, Union, Mich., former Grace Brethren pastor, June 6, 2010.
Ada Kessler, 86, Warsaw, Ind., mother of Grace College basketball coach, Jim Kessler, June 14, 2010.
Leland “Lee” S. Larmon, 87, Davidsville, Pa., former linotype operator for the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., June 28, 2010.
Betty Miller, 82, Flintstone, Ga., wife of longtime Grace Brethren pastor Carl Miller, July 20, 2010.
Jeffrey Lynn “Sep” Reifsnyder, 52, Ephrata, Pa., church planter/pastor at Cocalico Creek Fellowship, June 16, 2010.
Kandice Marie Robinson, 28, Winona Lake, Ind., missionary appointee to Asia with Grace Brethren International Missions, July 28, 2010.