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Stolen Car from Baltimore Wrecked in Police Chase

Posted by Terry White on December 17, 2010  |  No Comments

John Kline Homestead Purchase Nearer to Reality

Posted by Terry White on December 17, 2010  |  No Comments

Newsline: John Kline Homestead closes in on goal to purchase property

(Dec. 16, 2010) Elgin, IL — There is “exciting news” coming from the John Kline Homestead preservation project, according to leader Paul Roth. The project is within $5,000 of raising the $425,000 needed to purchase the historic Kline family property by the end of this year.

A John Kline Homestead Preservation Trust was created in 2006 in hopes of preserving and eventually being able to purchase the home of Elder John Kline, a leader of the Brethren during the Civil War and a martyr for peace. The homestead is in Broadway, Va., near Linville Creek Church of the Brethren where Roth is pastor.

The date for closing on the property has not yet been set by Park View Federal Credit Union of Harrisonburg, Va., Roth said. The homestead Board of Directors will plan a celebration event after the property has been purchased.

This fall the homestead has hosted a number of events both to encourage the raising of funds and to highlight the peacemaking witness of Elder John Kline as a key anniversary of the Civil War approaches in 2011.

“We just completed our third Candlelight Dinner in the John Kline house with 88 guests enjoying a traditional homemade meal and the conversations of people who lived in the house sharing their concerns about the rumors of war in the fall of 1860,” Roth reported. Actors played the parts of people who would have lived and worked in the house at that time. An actor playing John Kline “read from his Jan. 1, 1861, diary entry, fearing the impact of secession and war upon his family and congregation,” Roth said.

More Candlelight Dinners will be offered in 2011. Tentative dates are Jan. 21 and 22, Feb. 18 and 19, March 18 and 19, and April 15 and 16. Tickets are $40 per plate. Seating is limited to 32. Reservations will be received beginning Jan. 3. For more information contact Paul Roth at 540-896-5001 or  proth@eagles.bridgewater.edu.

Winona Lake SMM Sponsors Mother/Daughter Tea

Posted by Terry White on December 16, 2010  |  1 Comment

At Christmas time each year, the SMM (Serving My Master) group sponsored by the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead paster) holds a Mother/Daughter Tea. This year’s tea was this Thursday afternoon, December 16, and about 120 mothers and daughters were in attendance.

The SMM group meets at Jefferson Elementary School, located across the street from the church building, Thursdays at 3:45 p.m. after school.  Approximately 80 girls in grades 1-6 are involved this year, with more than a dozen mothers, ladies from the church, and Grace College students as helpers and directors of the program. Sharon White is the director of the program this year, working under the director of children’s ministries, Becky Wilson.

At Thursday’s tea, the program began with refreshments.  The girls presented some program elements for their mothers, and Nancy Peugh spoke about Christmas traditions in Germany, where she served as a missionary for 20 years. The other “big event” of the SMM year is a father-daughter picnic in the park, held in the spring.

Pastor Clair Brubaker of Akron With the Lord

Posted by Terry White on December 16, 2010  |  No Comments

Pastor Clair Brubaker

Pastor Clair Brubaker, known to many Grace Brethren for his years of serving at Hillwood Chapel in the Akron, Ohio, area, and for sending many young people from his church to Grace College and Seminary, has gone to be with the Lord.  Here is the obituary.

Rev. Clair Daniel Brubaker, 96, went to be with the Lord on Dec 7, 2010, after a brief illness. He was born in Duncansville, PA on January 15, 1914 to Daniel Brubaker and Mary Hoover Brubaker. As a young man, he moved to Akron OH where he met and married Ruth Kieffaber. He was drafted into the Army and served on the Italian front in World War II in the 337th Combat Team of the 85th Infantry.

After the war, he attended the Akron Bible Institute and became pastor of a young congregation meeting in the Hillwood Homes Administration Building. He was Hillwood Chapel’s spiritual leader for more than 30 years. He loved the Lord above all else.

Clair is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Ruth and his children John and Marion. He is survived by his three daughters, Evelyn Teykaerts of Cameron Park, CA; Martha Friesen of Fairfax, CA; and Nadine Howell of Fresno, CA.; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home, 547 Canton Road, Akron, with Rev. Walter Malick officiating. Private interment at Hillside Memorial Park.

Obituary, Service Notice for Dr. Bill Walker

Posted by Terry White on December 15, 2010  |  No Comments

Dr. Bill Walker

Dr. William Leroy Walker of 269 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 10:17 p.m. at his residence in Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake at the age of 78.

He was born on January 4, 1932 in Flagler, Colorado, to Roy Fred Walker and Jeanette (Teter) Walker. On June 27, 1954 he was married to Donna Jean Troyer, who survives.

He graduated from Kirksville State College (currently Truman University). After receiving his D. O. degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, Kirksville, Miss., in 1957, he served a one-year internship in Orville, Ohio, at Osteopathic Hospital.  He moved to Rittman, Ohio, where he practiced as a family physician and was the team doctor for the athletic teams. He was involved in his church and community through organizations such as the Lions Club and PTO, and in 1972 was chosen Citizen of the Year.

From August 1969 to June, 1971, he and his family traveled to the Central African Republic where he served as a missionary doctor with the Grace Brethren Church, providing much-needed surgeries and administering healthcare and training to the African people at the station of Boguila and many bush dispensaries.

Two years after returning to Rittman, he decided to become a full-time medical missionary and moved his stateside residence to Winona Lake, Indiana, where he shared a home with another physician–alternating two-year missionary terms and trading homes so as to supply medical care on the field at all times.

After retiring from missionary work in the early 1990s, he continued his private practice in Warsaw, Indiana, retiring from practice in 2001. He served as the chief of staff at Kosciusko Community Hospital in the 1990s. He was awarded a Special Person award from many of his medical colleagues.

As a semi-retired, he served as a physician at MedStat. He volunteered on the board at Grace Village Retirement Center and Lakeland Christian Academy and in various capacities in his church. He once sang bass in a traveling men’s gospel quartet–”the Brethren Four.”

He was a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana, for the past 35 years, and a member of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife: Donna Jean Walker (Winona Lake, Indiana); four daughters: Karen (husband Carl) Hardcastle (Williamsport, Maryland); Linda (husband Tom) Edgington (Leesburg, Indiana); Jan (husband Bill) Remington (Warsaw, Indiana); Tina Walker (Geneva, Switzerland); one son: Dave (wife Denise) Walker (Paw Paw, Michigan); twelve grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are two brothers: Dr. Rob (wife Connie) Walker (Spokane, Washington); Eugene Walker (Columbia City, Indiana); and one sister: Barbara (husband Larry) Wilgus (Indio, California). He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 19, 2010 from 1-5  p.m. at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, Indiana.

His funeral service will be conducted on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, 1200 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, Indiana officiated by Pastor Bruce Barlow and Reverend John Teevan. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana.

Memorial donations can be made in Dr. Walker’s name to go towards well drilling to Integrated Community Development International a non-profit, faith based organization working in Central Africa. Checks can be made payable to ICDI, P.O. Box 247, Winona Lake, Indiana 46590.

Dr. Bill Walker With the Lord

Posted by Terry White on December 15, 2010  |  No Comments

Word was received this morning of the passing of Dr. William Walker, who for many years alternated with Dr. Harold Mason serving medical needs as a Grace Brethren missionary in the Central African Republic. Walker, 78,  passed away at 10:17 p.m at his Grace Village residence on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

In recent years Dr. Walker and his wife, Donna, lived in Winona Lake, Indiana, most recently at Grace Village Retirement Community. The Walkers were part of the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor).

Funeral arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, Indiana. Further information will be posted as it becomes available.

Whittier Family Displays Christmas Lights

Posted by Terry White on December 14, 2010  |  No Comments

The weekly newsletter of Pastor Richard Todd from Community Grace Brethren Church in Whittier, Calif., includes an invitation to view the lights at the home of Ed and Joyce Faranda from the Whittier congregation.

Todd says, “The lights are coordinated with the music you hear on your FM car radio. They live at 5203 Ashworth Street in Lakewood.

“If you can’t drive to see the dancing lights, then go to www.dancingwithlights.com and get a glimpse of what they are doing. The music includes songs that you will never hear at Starbucks because they proclaim the Savior’s birth plus a reading of the Luke 2 account and also a lighting of the Advent candles.”

Literary Magazine Debuts at Grace College

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on December 14, 2010  |  No Comments

Scribblous Magazine is a new literary and arts publication at Grace College.

A new literary and arts magazine has been released at Grace College, Winona Lake. Ind. Scribblous was released over the weekend and features writing and poetry by students.

Headed by Andrew Jones, a former BMH editorial intern, the Scribblous Company is comprised of students from various disciplines. Their initial release was funded from a grant from Grace’s Student Senate and is available on campus at no charge. They are currently seeking funding for the two issues that are planned in Spring semester and hope to become a recognized student group on campus.

This issue includes fiction, poetry, and a story about the Chateau de Sant-Albain in France. Future issues will follow the themes of Adventure (due January 17, 2011) and New Beginnings (due February 28, 2011).

The group has established a Facebook page and a blog. For more information, to obtain a copy of the first issue, or to make a donation, email them at scribblous.magazine@gmail.com.

ABC News to Feature ICDI Work Friday

Posted by Terry White on December 14, 2010  |  1 Comment

The work of founder Jim Hocking and Integrated Community Development International (ICDI), a cooperating ministry with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will be featured in an ABC news special scheduled to air this Friday, December 17, at 10 p.m. eastern.

As a result of the publicity surrounding the Charity:Water Born in September campaign to raise awareness and funding for the water crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), ABC News opted to pick up the story and develop it further.

One of the producers for the ABC News program 20/20, Miguel Sancho, was struck by what he saw in the Charity:Water campaign communications and videos. ABC News had just initiated a programming project in concert with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation titled “The Global Health Crisis.” This feature would highlight crisis situations from around the world and how governments, non-profit charities and non-governmental organizations like ICDI are working to “be the change” and save lives.

The first program in this year-long ABC news special will air this Friday, December 17, at 10 p.m. during the regularly scheduled program slot for 20/20. The work of ICDI founder Jim Hocking and his team of Central Africans will be prominently featured as a segment in the hour-long program.

You can read more details about this upcoming ABC News special event here.  See interviews from the field with Jim Hocking, lead driller Marcellin Namsene, and watch the ICDI drilling team and the rig “Faithful & True” in action.  Witness the tremendous impact that ICDI and its supporters are having in central Africa, this most desperate place in the world.

To see a promotion for Friday evening’s program, click here.

For more information about the work of ICDI, log onto http://www.icdinternational.org/

‘We Care Warsaw’ Ministers to 750+ Neighbors

Posted by Terry White on December 13, 2010  |  No Comments

More than 750 neighbors and friends—many of whom have no attachment to church—participated in the “We Care Warsaw” outreach staged this past Saturday, December 11, by the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor).

Dave Rank of the pastoral staff spearheaded and directed the project, which now has been going for several years.  Utilizing several facilities, including the Winona Lake church’s building, the Gordon Recreation Center of Grace College, and the college’s maintenance garage, “We Care” serviced hundreds with free haircuts, manicures, family photos, free oil changes, a hearty meal, and much more.

Approximately 450 meals, prepared and served by church members, were served to the community during the afternoon event. Dozens of church volunteers assisted with the project, and each was prepared to start spiritual conversations with questions such as, “Can I ask you an interesting question? Christmas is celebrating Jesus’ birthday, right? Why do you think Jesus came?”

Church volunteers were also equipped with the small booklet “One Second After You…”, a condensed version of Mark Cahill’s book “One Heartbeat Away.”  Prayer volunteers were available throughout the day to pray with those who requested it, and at least one individual made a commitment to Christ during the event.

Jerry Young Service to be Webcast

Posted by Terry White on December 13, 2010  |  No Comments

Here is the obituary for Jerry Young, as posted by the Lancaster, Penna., newspaper. Jerry’s wife, Loreen, noted on Jerry’s Caring Bridge site that the Lititz, Penna., Grace Brethren Church, where the memorial service will be held, will be doing a live webcast of the service from the church’s website.

Jerry Young

Dr. Rev. Jerry R. Young

Dr. Rev. Jerry R. Young, 71, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Manheim, went home to be with his Savior on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Casa De La Luz Hospice Center, AZ. Born in Goshen, IN, he was the son of Edith (Lantz) Young and the late James Young. Jerry was the husband of Loreen (Summers) Young with whom he celebrated 48 years of marriage this past June 9th.

Dr. Young was the Senior Pastor at Lititz Grace Brethren Church for 33 years. He also served as a Chaplain in the US Army Reserves for 33 years and achieved the rank of Colonel. Dr Young devoted his life to the faithful service of the Lord and to his family.

Surviving in addition to his wife are four children: Jared Young husband of Allison of Elizabethtown, Jason Young husband of Wendy of King of Prussia, Justin Young husband of Kati of Elizabethtown, and Janae Goodwyn wife of Eric of Hemet, CA; 6 grandchildren: Brendan, Lauren, Kara & Jacob Young and Chase & Brianna Goodwyn. Dr. Young is also survived by 1 brother, 3 sisters, and is preceded in death by a brother.

A Funeral Service will be held Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Grace Brethren Church of Lititz, 501 W. Lincoln Ave., Lititz, PA 17543 at 3 p.m. Family and friends will be received on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the Church from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Interment will be private at Ft. Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Dr. Young’s memory to Morningstar & Lititz Christian School, 501 W. Lincoln Ave., Lititz, PA 17543.

To send an online condolence or for more information, please visit:

SnyderFuneralHome.com

Make a Difference in Haiti!

Posted by Terry White on December 13, 2010  |  No Comments

Gert Kumi to Play at Columbus Living Christmas Tree

Posted by Terry White on December 10, 2010  |  No Comments

The Grace Brethren Church of Columbus (Worthington), Ohio, will welcome accomplished international violinist Gert Kumi as part of this year’s Living Christmas Trees performances. Gert’s beautiful Christmas CD, arranged by Grace’s own Robert Nugent, is available at Grace Bookstore/Café during all Living Christmas Trees performances. The concerts continue at the Columbus church through Sunday, December 19.

Kumi started playing the violin at the age of eight in his native country of Albania. He emigrated to the United States and was accepted at the Juilliard School in New York City as a scholarship student of Stephen Clapp. He graduated from Juilliard with his Master’s Degree in 2003, and has performed across the United States, Europe, South Korea, and Africa.

Gert has performed at the most prominent venues in New York City including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Radio City Music Hall, St. George Theater, New York Public Library, and Town Hall.

Mr. Kumi has been featured as soloist with orchestras in the United States including the Staten Island Philharmonic, Bachanalia Chamber Orchestra, Masterworks Festival Orchestra, and Symphony of the Lakes. He also performed as part of the Elton John American Tour in 2004.

To hear more of Gert’s story and hear clips of his beautiful artistry, visit GraceLCT.org.

Grace College to Host NCCAA Tournaments in 2012

Posted by Terry White on December 9, 2010  |  No Comments

This is an excerpt from an article from today’s Warsaw (IN) Times-Union. To read the entire article, click here.

Grace College To Host NCCAA Tournaments

Dale Hubler
Times-Union Sports Editor

WINONA LAKE – For a week in March of 2012, the orthopedical capital of the world will become the basketball capital of the National Christian College Athletic Association.

Beginning in 2012, Grace College’s Orthopaedic Capital Center will be the site of both the men’s and women’s NCCAA Divsion I national tournaments, and 16 teams – eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams – will converge on the communities of Warsaw and Winona Lake. 

“This is a great day for our athletic department, campus and community,” said Grace College Athletic Director Chad Briscoe. “We are humbled and thankful to be selected by the NCCAA for the opportunity to host both of these national championships starting in 2012. We will work diligently to create a national championship atmosphere that generates great memories for the participants, fans and our community.”

Grace College will host the NCCAA women’s national tournament for the third consecutive year this season, and will then host both the men’s and women’s tournaments in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

“Indiana and basketball just go together, so this is especially nice for us,” said Grace College President Dr. Ron Manahan. “We have a great venue for the tournaments, as well as a great community. Not only are we hosting the tournaments, but this is something that will make an economic impact on the community.”

VisionOhio Explores Church Planting in Ohio African-American Communities

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on December 9, 2010  |  No Comments

Ray Miller, second from right, shares about his ministry in Toledo, Ohio. To his right is his wife, Betty. Also pictured are Tony Webb, left, executive director of VisionOhio, and Cheri Boehm, staff member with VisionOhio.

Six couples who are willing to be involved in seeking God for new Grace Brethren churches in African-American communities in Ohio recently met to determine how to proceed.

The group gathered November 20, 2010, in Dublin, Ohio, and spent time learning about each other’s ministries. The session is a result of the 2020 Future Story of VisionOhio, the regional Grace Brethren church planting ministry, which calls for a network of black congregations among the Ohio Grace Brethren churches.

“We are using a tried and true approach for movement development,” says Tony Webb, executive director of VisionOhio. “We call it vision/fraternity/prayer. The most needed piece is prayer; the most fragile piece is fraternity and the vision piece comes as we do the previous two well.”

Stephen Joyce is leading the effort to plant Grace Brethren churches in African-American communities in Ohio.

Participating in the November 20, 2010, meeting in Dublin, Ohio, were Stephen and Rosie Joyce, from About My Father’s House, Washington, D.C.; Ray and Betty Miller, Grace Brethren Church, Toledo, Ohio; Tyrone and Chari Curtis, Calvary Grace Brethren Church, Dayton, Ohio; Ron and Chery Boehm, VisionOhio, and Tony and Cathy Webb, VisionOhio.

Stephen Joyce is leading the effort and the group plans to meet again in February 2011.

Tony requests prayer for this fledgling movement within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. “Pray for the harvest and workers in it, particularly in the African-American communities in Ohio,” he says. “Pray for each member of the team and for the networking side of the equation.”

Click here for a video of Stephen challenging the group.

Blairs Prepare for Move to Medicine Hat

Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on December 9, 2010  |  No Comments

Bart and Elizabeth Blair and their three children are preparing to move from Mississauga, Ontario, to Medicine Hat, Alberta, to assist with the new Grace Brethren church plant there. They recently released a video update as they plan to leave Ontario at the end of December.

Check out The Blairs: Canadian Chronicles to see their latest news.

In Medicine Hat, they will be assisting Oliver Shane and Cheryl Edwards in beginning the new Grasslands Church. For the last 11 years, the Blairs have been involved in Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Mississauga, and he has served on staff as Worship Pastor and Arts Director for the last nine years.

For more information about their move, see bartblair.com.

The new church is being developed under the auspices of GBCanada and GBCanada USA.

Jerry Young With the Lord

Posted by Terry White on December 8, 2010  |  6 Comments

Jerry and Loreen Young

Jerry Young, longtime retired Grace Brethren pastor of the Lititz, Penna., Grace Brethren church and most recently director for the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers, went to be with the Lord at about 1 a.m. today, Wednesday, December 8. The last several years he had been battling with cancer. Reproduced here is the Caring Bridge site information from Jerry’s wife, Loreen.  A full obituary will be posted when it is available.

Well a very early good morning to you. It is 4:30 a.m.  Here is the story.  

Last Tuesday I finally knew I was not able to handle Jerry staying at the house any longer, it was getting too difficult as he continued to decline.  I felt the loving thing to do was to  place him in Hospice last Tuesday night and and he had great care there.  As he continued to decline over the past week I knew that I had made the right decision.  As of today he had not eaten in 14 days nor had anything to drink for 7 days and was really suffering.  

One morning he said, “I have been praying and praying and I just want to go home.  Why is it taking so long?”  So after one week at hospice he became unconscious yesterday and today, and then he was finally released into the hands of Jesus early this morning at 1 a.m. 

Janae and Allison have been here with me for the past week so I called  Allison to come in to pick me up after we both spent some time with Jerry saying our good byes.  He has suffered so much this past year and he wanted to be with home with Jesus and it was breaking my heart to see him like this, so I was also ready for him to be with Jesus, but that sure did not make it any easier for me.  

Right now we are planning to see visitors at  Lititz Grace Brethren Church next Saturday Dec. 18 as a drop-in, but no open casket.  Then the memorial service will be on Sunday afternoon the 19th  but do not have the times yet for those.  The graveside service will be at the Indiantown  Gap Military Cemetery on Monday the 20th for just the family.  

I look forward to seeing many of you dear friends in PA and just say thank you so much to all of you for praying for us for this past year.  And so many of your responses usually bring tears as you recall memories of my wonderful husband of so many years.  What a huge blessing he has been to SO many people.  And now I am thankful he was raised up on wings of eagles and is in Jesus loving arms.  Thank you God.  Love you all so much.  Blessings to all of you.

-Loreen

Haitian Earthquake Survivor to Speak to Los Altos School

Posted by Terry White on December 5, 2010  |  No Comments

Pastor Mike Jentes of the Los Altos (CA) Grace Brethren church, sends along the following announcement about the appearance of a celebrated Haitian earthquake survivor at the Los Altos Brethren School, which the church sponsors.  

Back in January of this year, Haiti was rocked by a devastating earthquake.  In the middle of that tragedy, we tracked the amazing story of Dan Woolley who survived that earthquake in an elevator shaft of the Hotel Montana. Dan is the son of Mrs. Pat Woolley, our 6th grade teacher.

This Friday, Dan will be sharing in chapel with our Los Altos Brethren School students.  Principal Rick Lenger has invited our church family to be a part of this special chapel.

Chapel is in the auditorium starting promptly at 9:30am on Friday, December 10th. You are welcome to come and invite others as well.

In addition, Dan is in the process of publishing the story in a book called Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti’s Hotel Montana. You can find out more about the book on Dan’s website

Below are some of the links we shared before:

LAGBC Email Updates

Jan 13 Prayer Request

Update on Dan Woolley

Update on Dan Woolley – Rescued!

Update on Dan & Pat Woolley – On CBS 2

Link to a YouTube video of Dan being pulled from the rubble here

Full Video clip of the French News TV broadcast here

Winona Lake Breaks Ground for ‘The Hub’

Posted by Terry White on December 5, 2010  |  No Comments

Lead pastor Bruce Barlow (left, in tan coat) led a brief groundbreaking service at 10:45 a.m. this Sunday morning, December 5, for the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church's remodeling and expansion program for 'The Hub' youth center. On hand to participate in the groundbreaking and prayers were representatives of the youth group, parents of teens, building committee, and youth staff.

The Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) broke ground this Sunday morning, December 5, for a million-dollar project to remodel and enlarge the church’s youth facility, to be known as The Hub.

The project includes the complete remodeling and expansion of the auditorium facility for the former Winona School of Professional Photography, as well as adding on three rooms to be used for community outreach and other activities. Primary users of the facility will be the junior and senior high youth, The Living Room alternative Sunday morning worship service, and Grace College students.

Tim Wright is WLGBC’s youth pastor, and Nick Deck works with the junior high and college-age students. The project is being funded by a small loan from the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation and a three-year pledge drive from the congregation.

‘God of Hope’ Study/Discussion Guide Available

Posted by Terry White on December 2, 2010  |  No Comments

‘God of Hope’ Study/Discussion Guide Available

A helpful 36-page study/discussion guide for the recently-released BMH book God of Hope by J. Davis Illingworth, Jr., is now completed and is available for shipping.

The guide, which is designed for use by small groups, Adult Bible Fellowships, or for individual or one-on-one use, contains a brief summary of each chapter, discussion questions, “think about this” points to ponder, and some closing notes.

The discussion guide was created by Jesse B. Deloe, who has edited most of BMH’s new publications for the past seven years. The study guide is also being field-tested by two small groups in the Winona Lake, Indiana, area, one led by Ivan Schuler and the other by Dr. Donald B. DeYoung.

The discussion guide retails for $4.95 and its ISBN number is 978-0-88469-275-1. It is the second available product in a series of “God of Hope” materials.  Further information about the God of Hope project is available at www.godofhope.net.   The discussion guide is available at www.bmhbooks.com, by calling 1-800-348-2756, or through online and in-store booksellers.