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Loan Approved for Grace Brethren Church of Clinton, Md.

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 31, 2009  |  No Comments

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved a new first mortgage loan of $2.5 million to the combined ministries of the Grace Brethren Church of Clinton, Inc., 6501 Surratts Rd., Clinton, Md. (located near our nation’s capitol). The combined ministries include the Grace Brethren Church of Clinton (Irv Clark, pastor, and team) and the Grace Brethren Christian School (George Hornickel, administrator, and team, grades K through 12). The financing will assist in the construction of a 12,348 sq. ft. two-story building on their existing 17 plus acres of land.

The first floor will include an elementary library plus three classrooms and a teachers’ lounge. The second floor will include a secondary library with a media center and three classrooms. The new building will be connected to their large rectangular facility of around 125,000 sq. ft., which houses the worship center, nursery, first and second floor school rooms, and church and school offices.

“GBIF is delighted to partner with the Clinton church and school, ministries dating back to the 1960’s in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, on this major new step of faith,” says Ken Seyfert, executive director of operations. “The addition will most certainly aid in giving more young people a Christian education, as well as help the ministries reach more of the varied people groups in the greater D.C. area for Christ.”

Plain City, Ohio, Church Cooperates With Others

Posted by Terry White on August 31, 2009  |  No Comments

Church-planter Shawn Kaeser got some nice press in Madison County, Ohio, for a cooperative program among churches of the community. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here.

“Over the last 2,000 years in western history, we really think of church as a building,” said Shawn Kaeser, Darby Grace Brethren Church pastor. “The Bible says a church is the people. We want to take time out of the normal routine and serve our fellow man. We want to break those stereotypes. The church is not a building downtown; it’s a group of people that serves.”

Participants will gather at 9 a.m. on Sept. 6 in Pastime Park. A brief time of worship, prayer and encouragement is planned. At 9:30 a.m. the group will spread throughout the community for a variety of service projects.

Projects include neighborhood carnivals, improvement projects at Monroe Elementary and Pastime Park, visiting nursing homes and cleaning up around the village.

“We handed the project decisions over to our small groups,” Keene said. “We asked them to plan something your group could engage its members in; if there are children, plan a child-friendly project, for example. There’s a lot of diversity.”

Participants will gather at 12:30 p.m. to share a meal and stories of their morning with approximately 600 other people.

Keene said the United Methodist Church event was “a catalyst” for the larger community event. Although there was some hesitation, he said there was “unanimous enthusiasm for the concept.”

“Even those churches that aren’t canceling worship are helping. Next year, we hope more people jump on board,” Keene said.

Darby Grace Brethren is a new church in the area, according to Kaeser. The church doesn’t have a building and Kaeser is hopeful the “BE the Church” Sunday will broaden minds.

“From the perspective of a new church, one of the things we battle against is the church is a building. We don’t need a building,” he said. “We can serve alongside our fellow man and love people in the name of Jesus. It’s a great commercial for what the church is supposed to be. It will be a powerful moment when we have everyone that would normally sit in a church on Sunday working in the community.”

Aiken Grace Brethren Church Baptizes 12

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 28, 2009  |  No Comments

Ron Thompson, who retires this week as associate pastor at the Grace Brethren Church in Aiken, S.C. (Steve Taylor, pastor), sent his photo of a recent service when 12 people were baptized.

Cindy Speer, ministry assistant at the church, tells the story:

A few Sundays ago, two young girls expressed a desire to be baptized. As we always do, Pastor Don (Soule, pastor of families and youth) extended an invitation to any others who would like to be baptized on the same evening. Well, one by one we had ten more people respond, making the largest group for baptism in a long time! It was exciting to see young, middle school, and high school students; one heading off to college; and an adult profess their belief in Jesus Christ as their Savior. With joy, the congregation also learned that some being baptized were doing so because of a commitment made at Momentum (youth conference) this summer!

At GBC in Aiken we recently have had to say goodbye to friends because God has called them home, so this evening of celebration was truly inspiring!

Soldotna Church Mourns Boy Killed at Fair

Posted by admin on August 27, 2009  |  No Comments

The Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna, Alaska (Keith Randall, pastor) is mourning a young parishioner killed in a freak accident. Here is a portion of the story from the Homer News. To read the entire article, click here.

Boy killed in accident at fair

By McKibben Jackinsky

Nine-year-old Mathias “Matti” Nikola Martin of Soldotna died as the result of injuries sustained in an accident at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds at about 9 a.m. Friday morning.

The tragedy struck as a growing number of participants and vendors were preparing for Friday morning’s opening of the Kenai Peninsula State Fair. Martin had tied a rope around his waist and was attempting to lead the family milk cow when the cow bolted. He became entangled in the rope and was trampled by the animal.

Martin was the son of Blair and Ronna Martin of Soldotna. His grandparents are Carrol and JoAnne Martin, also of Soldotna, and John and Delores Lindeman of Ninilchik. The families are well known for their long-standing involvement with the fair, peninsula rodeo events and 4H.

Blair Martin was one of the first on the scene, helping subdue the cow and cut the rope so CPR could be given to his son.

Numerous 911 calls were immediately placed as those on the fairgrounds rushed to offer assistance, according to Fair Manager Lara McGinnis. Ninilchik Emergency Services responded, as did LifeMed Alaska, who dispatched an air ambulance from Soldotna to Ninilchik and flew Martin to Providence Hospital.

The injuries Martin sustained were such that his death probably occurred within seconds of being drug, Blair Martin told the Homer News Saturday.

“All our efforts, in hindsight, were futile,” he said, adding that the family has given permission for Martin’s heart valves and corneas to be harvested.

As news of Martin’s death spread, a somber atmosphere settled over the fair. Organizers, as well as fairgoers, drew together in a show of support for the family.

Jim Shipley Honored on Retirement From Grace Staff

Posted by Terry White on August 26, 2009  |  1 Comment

Jim Shipley (right) was honored this afternoon with a reception and short ceremony at Westminster Hall on the Grace College and Seminary campus, Winona Lake, Indiana, for his more than 36 years of service with the school.

He and his wife Pam (center, in photo) came to Grace as students in 1964, and Jim has served a variety of roles, including teaching both on campus and in the prison extension program, in admissions, as registrar, and most recently as director of special events. He is retiring from that position this month.

Dr. Ron Manahan, president of Grace College and Seminary, presented Shipley with a framed painting of McClain Hall on the Grace campus and reflected on Shipley’s long and faithful service with the school.

Women’s Spectrum Now Available

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 26, 2009  |  No Comments

What happens when you are expecting to encounter God? Women throughout the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches share their stories in the newest issue of Women’s Spectrum, a magazine that invites all women to an expectant encounter with Jesus. It also includes suggested reading and Bible studies, information on featured missionaries, missions scholarship recipients, and much more. It covers topics such as prayer, mentoring, and leadership development in articles by women such as Barb Wooler, Chery Boehm, Randi Craigan, Karen Harper, and BMH author, Robyn Graham.

The magazine, which is produced by Women of Grace USA, is produced by an editorial team led by Linda Michael and Viki Rife.

Click here to order your copy of Women’s Spectrum online or send $7 per copy with your request to Women’s Spectrum, Box 711, Winona Lake, IN 46590.

Welcome Andrew Jones!

Posted by Terry White on August 26, 2009  |  No Comments

Andrew Jones (pictured), a Grace College English/journalism major from Valparaiso, Indiana, began his fall internship with Brethren Missionary Herald Company this morning.

Andrew, a junior at Grace College, will help with editing and proofing copy for FGBC World, BMH books, and other BMH-produced publications, will write stories for FGBC World, and will be available for general office and journalism tasks 20 hours a week through the fall semester.

As part of its commitment to encouraging and training future communicators, BMH employs a part-time journalim intern each semester. Dr. Paulette Sauders, head of the journalism program at Grace College, assists with screening and recommending interns.

Bowling Green Grace Brethren Church Hosts Annual International Student Event

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 25, 2009  |  No Comments

More than 100 international students from the campus of Bowling Green State University were hosted by the Bowling Green, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Curtis Miller, pastor) recently for the annual Free Food, Fun, Fellowship, and Furniture (FFFFF) event. The individuals who attended were from the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, and North America.

Tom Sanders, the cook for the afternoon and one of the major organizers said, “This is an exciting time to get to know international students and develop a relationship with them.”

The day began for the students with an American-style cook-out that was considerate of both the diet and tastes of the participants. As the students, registered they were assigned numbers which later were drawn randomly to give each person the chance to choose from large furniture items or for household articles, such as dishes, pots and pans, winter clothing, televisions, computer, etc.

The annual FFFFF began more than 15 years ago at the Bowling Green church. It is now a cooperative effort with four other area congregations, who help with the year-long collection of items such as couches, tables, beds, or anything that international students would not have in their two suitcases when they arrive and need to set up their living spaces. The churches also help with the delivery of the items to the apartments and dorm rooms, and with the food on the day of the event.

The FFFFF event is limited to international students who are in their first year at the university. Most are graduate students with a just a few undergrads attending. Due to language and cultural barriers, the organized chaos is staged by at least 40 volunteers who haul the items in from storage units, arrange them for display, and walk each attending person through to help them choose their items.

The FFFFF is a time of developing relationships with those from other countries with the hope of helping them through their time at BGSU and telling them the gospel of Jesus Christ. From that they can go back to their homeland and be missionaries to their own people.

ESL Teachers to Gather for Training

Posted by Terry White on August 25, 2009  |  No Comments

From Jay Bell and Internationals USA at Grace Brethren International Missions:

On Friday and Saturday, August 28 & 29, English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers/workers from seven Grace Brethren churches will gather in the facility of GBIM in Winona Lake, Indiana, for a lesson planning workshop.

They will be using one of the more popular curricula entitled Oxford Picture Dictionary. Vicki Johnson, from the Bellflower, California, Grace Brethren Church will lead the workshop. She has more than 20 years experience teaching English to adult immigrants and refugees in Southern California.

Would you pray that God would equip us well in order to continue to reach out to the nations He has brought into our communities? The nations are, indeed, on our doorstep.

Build It, They Will Come

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 24, 2009  |  No Comments

Saturday’s Wooster, Ohio, Daily Record contains a story about the soccer fields that Randy Moomaw built near his home near Smithville, Ohio. (Randy is the associate pastor of worship at the Grace Brethren Church in Wooster.) To read the complete story, click here.

At right, summer soccer camp volunteer Andrew Simms talks with Smithville’s Joshua Laird about footwork on Aug.12 at Moomaw Farms practice fields. Over 60 Smithie boys participated in the three-day camp.

Build it, and they will come: Moomaw plows up corn to build soccer fields in Smithville

SMITHVILLE — A few years ago, Randy Moomaw’s sons started to show an interest in soccer, so he went out looking for fields in the village where they could practice.

When he couldn’t find any, he made his own.

“Some people plant flowers in their backyards, we decided to plow soccer fields,” Moomaw said.

Randy, a farmer, and his wife, Jackie, plowed an acre of their corn field and used donated pipe from Scot Industries to create the first practice field in his backyard about four years ago.

In the beginning, his sons, Kyle and Tyler, utilized the field with their friends.

“We thought they would play on it for awhile and then they’d get tired of it and we would go back to planting corn,” Moomaw said.

But because of the growing popularity of the sport in Smithville — which could be seen by the beehive of activity on the Moomaws’ soccer field — he decided to take down two more acres, creating a trio of fields for local boys to play on.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

Click here to see a video of Randy’s soccer farm. It was filmed last year by Randy’s dad, Galen, using a video camera mounted on a remote control airplane.

Studying the Word

Posted by Terry White on August 21, 2009  |  No Comments

This photo appeared in yesterday’s Daily Sun News from Sunnyside, Washington. Nathan Zakahi is pastor of the Sunnyside church (scan courtesy of Chuck Winter–double-click to enlarge photo).

Shoemaker Recognized for Service at Seal Beach

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 21, 2009  |  No Comments

Don Shoemaker, pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren Church in Seal Beach, Calif., was recognized before the Seal Beach City Council on August 10 for contributing 2,000 hours toward chaplain work with the Seal Beach Police Department. Chief Jeff Kirkpatrick, left, participated in the recognition. Don began this role in 2001 and now serves as senior chaplain.

Samuel Leisey, Ephrata Elder, With the Lord

Posted by Terry White on August 21, 2009  |  No Comments

Samuel L. Leisey, 70, of Adamstown, PA,an elder in the Ephrata Grace Brethren Church, died Saturday August 15, 2009 at Fairmount Homes. He and his wife, Maureen Fry Leisey would have been married 51 years on September 6.

Born in Reamstown, he was a son of the late John and Mazie Leid Leisey. He was employed by Harting’s Bakery, Groff’s Snack Food, Cloister Spring Water and last was a Tax Agent for Lancaster County Treasurer’s Office.

He was a member of Grace Church, Ephrata and a former Elder and Sunday School teacher for many years. A former member of Adamstown Boro Council and Republican committeeman, he was named Republican of the Year for the Cocalico area and Lancaster County, and was instrumental in the planning of a skateboard park in Adamstown. He was a graduate of Cocalico High School in 1956.

In addition to his wife, surviving are five children: Daryl (Janet) of Lititz, Deb Leisey of Mohnton, Diane (William) Miller of New Holland, Dawn (Greg) Whitcraft of Reamstown, and Donna (Greg) Smart of Lititz; grandchildren: Melissa, David, Eric, and Travis Leisey, Megan and Hunter Miller, and Austin and Jared Whitcraft; brothers: Jim Leisey, of Adamstown and John Leisey of Annville. He was predeceased by a son Dale, daughter Martha Leisey, brother Paul Leisey, and sisters Sara Crouse and Martha Leisey.

Leisey’s funeral was Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 2:00 PM at Grace Family Church, 415 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, PA. Interment in Hahnstown United Zion Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be made to SLAAP (Sam Leisey Adamstown Action Park) C/O Alicia Kloiber, P.O. Box 216, Adamstown, PA 19501.

Grace to Play Indiana University in Basketball

Posted by Terry White on August 20, 2009  |  No Comments

From the Warsaw (IN) Times-Union:

Grace To Square Off With IU

WINONA LAKE, IN – Coach Jim Kessler has been the face of the Grace College men’s basketball program since the early 1970s.

He has accomplished many things during that time, but this fall something new will be attached to his legendary resume.

On Nov. 4, the Lancers will add Indiana University to their list of opponents.

“This is something every kid in Indiana always dreams about,” said Kessler, who will begin his 34th season as head coach this winter. “This is a great opportunity for our program and institution.”

Grace is set to open the exhibition season at Assembly Hall, where they will contend with the Div. I Hoosiers in Bloomington. The first-ever matchup between the Hoosiers and Lancers may be televised on the Big Ten Network, with the game time yet to be determined.

“We are blessed to have this opportunity,” said Grace Athletic Director Chad Briscoe. “This experience is something that is prestigious for our campus and community. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and we look forward to making the most of it.”

The game will mark the Hoosiers’ home opener for the 2009-10 season under second-year head coach Tom Crean, who has quickly changed the face of IU basketball.

The Lancers are coming off a 22-11 season that featured another Elite 8 appearance at the NAIA National Tournament in Branson, Missouri.

This season, Grace returns 10 players, led by seniors David Swanson and Kyle Plumlee.

Briscoe served on the men’s basketball staff at Ball State University from 2003 to 2005. During that time he coached under Tim Buckley, who now serves as the top assistant on Crean’s staff at IU.

“I appreciate all that Coach Buckley has done in helping our institution with this experience,” Briscoe said of the marquee opportunity. “This is a great day in the history of Grace College and I am excited for our entire campus.”

“The Lancers’ schedule this season features 11 home games and 18 away contests.

On Dec. 7, the Lancers will host OU-Eastern for Homecoming, and their annual Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund Tournament will be played at the Orthopaedic Capital Center on Dec. 11-12.

“As a coach at any level to able to play a game of this magnitude is very prestigious,” Kessler said. “I don’t know what the exact percentages are, but who can say, ‘I played at Assembly Hall or against a Big Ten school?’ We look forward to representing Grace College and want to go in there and etch a lot of memories.”

Tickets to Grace College men’s basketball games are available through the athletic office. Call (574) 372-5100 ext. 6266 for more information.

Grace College is a member of the Mid-Central College Conference and is a member of the NAIA and NCCAA.

Hear Equip09 Plenary Speakers

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 20, 2009  |  No Comments

• Plaster spoke at the opening celebration on Sunday, July 26. He is the senior pastor at the Grace Brethren Church, Columbus, Ohio.
• Stetzer, who is the director of Lifeway Research and has written numerous books on church planting, spoke on Monday, July 27. His presence was sponsored by Go2 Church Planting Ministries.
• Hocking, the pastor of the Bellflower Brethren Church, a Grace Brethren church in Bellflower, Calif., presented the annual moderator’s address. The first moderator to lead the conference for a two-year term, he encouraged participants to look for areas to become involved in people’s lives, sharing the love of Christ as they do.

Henry Rempel Reflects on his Life and Ministry

Posted by Terry White on August 19, 2009  |  1 Comment

Former Grace Brethren pastor Henry Rempel, who died this week at age 105, will be buried at Rosehills Cemetery in Whittier, California, this Saturday, August 22 at 2 p.m. The service will be held at the Garden of Affection, 1683 site.

Several newspaper articles about Rempel are available by clicking here. Our thanks to Becky Dick of Winona Lake, Indiana, Pastor Rempel’s niece, who supplied these materials.

Rempel wrote a short autobiography when he was 100, giving family background from his birth in 1904 to a “God-fearing Mennonite family” in Manitoba, Canada. He wrote that he began taking lessons on an old pump organ at about age 7 or 8 for 25 cents a lesson, and then began singing in a choir and eventually became the minister of music at the Second Brethren Church of Los Angeles. Here is a portion of his story:

“While at U.C.L.A. I lived in the house of a woman who boarded four of us boys giving us breakfast and supper. And then I ran out of money and had to drop out of school.

“But a Mennonite preacher offered me the job of traveling with him doing the music for his two-week meetings through the Midwestern states. This lasted four or five months.

“Paul Bauman of the Second Brethren Church, Los Angeles, encouraged me to go and enroll at Grace Seminary when it opened in September of 1937. I did feel called to the pastorate.

“The first two years of seminary were in Ellet, Ohio, then the third year they opened the Winona Lake (IN) campus. It was here I met Laura, who was so kind to me. I was ministering in Flora, Indiana, Brethren church on Sundays and she often drove me there in her Pontiac.

“I was ordained the day after graduation after being examined orally by Dr. Louis S. Bauman and another minister. We had planned to marry then so we went to Canton, Ohio, Laura’s hometown, and after our wedding we went on a long trip first to Yellowstone, on to Canada to visit my family, and then on to California to show off my bride to friends there.

“The Pontiac got us back to Flora, Indiana, and we lived five or six miles from the church. I served there I don’t know how long, and then decided to go to Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee, where Laura worked and I got my college degree. That was on a Wednesday, and on Friday that same week, I marched with the graduating class at Grace Seminary and got my degree in theology. By this time I had seven years of college under my belt.

“Next came the call to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. We moved and bought a house, thanks to a brother-in-law who loaned us $2,000. We were there five or six years. It was a coal-mining area and several church people were miners. They were a very fine group of believers.

“The call from the Second Church of Los Angeles became the most challenging by far of all my work. From 1949 when we arrived to December of 1953 we saw many miracles happen. The community was changing from white to black and many members were moving away. The church needed to be sold but the title to the property was tied up. But God moved and soon a growing black church wanted to buy and some property in the up and coming town of Norwalk became available. Several families found homes in Norwalk and were able to be a part of the new church.

“Now came the prospects of building on three acres of farm land—to include sanctuary, Christian education building, and a day school. All these were accomplished in its time.

“Yakima, Washington, was the last church we pastored. In five years the membership doubled, and education building with basement was completed. There was a builder in the church and much volunteer labor turned out on Saturdays and the women would bring us lunch that was greatly appreciated. I had a wonderful time in Yakima!”

Rempel’s first wife died of cancer, and he remarried, and set off with his new wife on an around-the-world trip. Here is an excerpt from that journal:

“We got to Bangui, Central African Republic, one of the largest mission fields, and found Wayne and Dorothy Beaver. They took us with them to the field doctors where they needed to have a periodic physical exam. Then we had about a week to see the work. I had the pleasure of preaching on Sunday morning with the pastor interpreting. Speaking to those Africans was very special. From Africa we went to Israel to join Paul Bauman’s Biblelands Tour Group.”

Rempel’s second wife died in November of 2001. On his 100th birthday, Rempel wrote “I have survived these past 2 ½ years alone—and now am ready for my last graduation. I have been greatly blessed in these 100 years God has given me.”

Click here to read the complete autobiography.

Fremont Church Sponsors Second Orphanage

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 19, 2009  |  No Comments

Asia’s Hope, an organization which provides safe, loving Christian homes to orphans in Cambodia and Thailand, has opened their newest facility, Doi Saket 4. It is sponsored by Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Fremont, Ohio.

“This church also sponsors Doi Saket 3, which shares the same property,” Asia’s Hope executive director John McCollum said in a recent post on the Asia’s Hope blog. “Please pray for these kids as they transition to their new family. Pray for physical, emotional and spiritual health. And thank God for his provision for them.”

Pastor Kevin Pinkerton will join McCollum in a visit with these kids for the first time in October.

For more details and photos, click here.

Asia’s Hope is a cooperating ministry of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.

Grace in Action usa Awarded Grant to Provide Life Skill Training for Kids

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 18, 2009  |  No Comments

Grace in ACTION usa (GiA) has been awarded a second grant from the July Kosciusko REMC (KREMC) Round Up Fund, according to Gladys Deloe, founder and president of GiA. The $2,000 award will be used to help with Fall and Winter DISCOVERY CLUB, an after-school club for students from Jefferson Elementary School in Winona Lake, Ind.

The fall classes will complete five units of life skill training, including: personal care, learning about love, being a kid with character, dollars and sense, and my personality and potential. The program will be directed by Patti Miller, a Grace College junior from Ohio, who also assisted with the pilot program at Jefferson School in the winter of 2009.

GiA, which is a cooperating organization in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, also has given assistance to an after school program in Jackson, Ky., where volunteer teachers train teens who then tutor younger children in the developing of basic Life Skills.

The LifeTime Learning curriculum is an integral part of GiA’s mission: to educate (life skills) and enable (job skills) employment and/or economic development. Two of the three sections of the curriculum were recently released and are available for purchase. They are DISCOVERING Life Skills for Kids (7-8), with an accompanying Teacher’s Manual, and LEADING Life Skills for Teens, which is facilitated by a CMT (Coach-Mentor-Teacher) guide. A Parent’s Guide is also available for purchase for home-schoolers or parents who wish to help their children learn the much needed life skills.

For more information about Grace in ACTION usa or the LifeTime Learning Curriculum, contact Gladys Deloe at (574) 527-6160 or gdeloe@comcast.net or visit the website www.graceinactionusa.org.

James Joiner Named Kern Fellow With Acton Institute

Posted by Terry White on August 17, 2009  |  No Comments

James Joiner (pictured), adjunct professor at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, and Ph.D. student at Calvin Theological Seminary, was named as a 2009-2010 Kern Fellow with the ecumenical think tank, the Acton Institute.

The Acton Institute is an international educational organization which seeks to promote free and virtuous societies characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles. Notable scholars associated with the institute include Robert Sirico, Marvin Olasky, Robert George, E. Calvin Beisner, and Michael Novak.

As part of the fellowship, Joiner was invited to participate in Acton University, a conference designed for the exploration of the intellectual foundations of a free society through integrating rigorous philosophy, Christian theology and economic theory.

Lucille Hunt to Mark 90th Birthday

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on August 17, 2009  |  No Comments

Lucille Hunt, wife of the late Grace Brethren pastor True L. Hunt, will celebrate her 90th birthday on August 20, 2009.

She faithfully accompanied her husband through 44 years of ministry in various Grace Brethren churches. According to her daughters, she was filled with pride when he was named “Pastor of the Year” at national conference in 1993. She was involved in many activities, including being active in WMC (now Women of Grace USA).

She has three daughters: Janet George, Chalk Hill, Pa.; Pam Chaney, Uniontown, Pa.; and Nancy Glover, Negley, Ohio. She continues to be involved in the Grace Brethren Church of Uniontown, Pa. (Roland Maust, pastor).

Birthday wishes and cards may be sent to Lucille at P.O. Box 11, Chalk Hill, Pa., 15421-0011.