When Dippin' Dots Go for $75...

Wayne Ayer doing a radio broadcast

Hair cuts and hot air balloon rides were only some of the items sold at the Grace Chapel, Minerva, Ohio, Momentum auction.

Wayne Ayer, Lead Pastor, was auctioneer as the church raised close to $6,800 to send students to Momentum youth conference. “It was a great night. Well participated and very doable,” says Wayne. Read more...

Grace Space: Connecting Kids to the Creator of the Universe

The tentative theme for Children's Sunday 2009 is "Grace Space: Connecting Kids to the Creator of the Universe." Taken from Philippians 2:15b & 16a, the theme encourages kids to "Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life..." Special thanks to Donna Yost, Director of Children's Ministries at the Grace Brethren Church in Wooster, Ohio, for making Children's Sunday materials available to our churches. Donna is also on CE National's Children's Cabinet.

For more information on Children's Sunday, go to www.cenational.org/children.

Day Away In Roanoke, Virginia, Scheduled

A Day Away--North of 55 is scheduled for Monday, October 20, at the Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, Va. For more information call Patterson Memorial at 540.362.0336.

Day Away-North of 55 events are one-day, regional seminars for seniors developed by members of the North of 55 Cabinet. For more on Day Aways go to www.cenational.org/dayaway.

Meet The National Institute Graduates

Congratulations to The National Institute seniors who graduated on Saturday, May 3, 2008. We asked a few of our majors and minors from the program to introduce themselves, give us some background, and tell us their plans for the immediate future. Read more...

Give 10% of Your Time to the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches

Often, a new local church staff person is encouraged to participate in networking with other churches. Why not especially network with the FGBC family? Recently, Grace Chapel, Minerva, Ohio, searched for an individual to serve as their youth pastor. After the candidate interviewed with the church leadership, Wayne Ayer, Lead Pastor, called CE National to ask if Ed Lewis would serve as a reference for the new staff position. When asked about this, Ed, CE National's Executive Director, said, "How can we do that since we do not even know the person you are considering?" Read more...

New Baby at Urban Hope

412 Commission Graduation is Friday

Everyone is invited to Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind., for the 412 Commission graduation ceremony on Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. Students will have completed 26 hours of coursework through Liberty University. After this, the students will begin two-month internships paralleling their area of spiritual gifts and passion. Some will be involved in working with children, others with technology, youth, teaching, etc.

Great Fellowship at Day Away in Rhodes Grove

Enjoying Fellowship at Day Away

On Saturday, May 1, about 80 people attended the Day Away event for those North of 55 at Rhodes Grove Camp in Greencastle, Penn. They came from Hagerstown, Md., Altoona, Penn., Martinsburg, W. Va., Winchester, Va., and Waynesboro, Penn.

The event, planned by Ray Barger, featured well-known radio host Mike Kellogg, from Moody Bible Institute. Mike is known for hosting “Music Through the Night.” For 20 years Mike has helped listeners grow closer to Christ through this overnight, Christian music program. Mike and his wife, Nancy, spent the day at Rhodes Grove. Read more and see pictures..

Gift Given in Memory of Operation Barnabas Alumna

Recently, CE National received this letter along with a gift for Operation Barnabas.

Dear Operation Barnabas:

Please accept this check to help in whatever way as Operation Barnabas prepares to go out this summer. We are sending this in memory of our friend Dana Holland Sumpter, who died January 30 of this year. Dana was a part of Operation Barnabas and loved young people. I know she would be excited to support Operation Barnabas in teaching kids to love and serve God.

Sincerely,

Kevin and Ruthann Smith

CE National offers condolences to the Holland and Sumpter families at the home going of Dana. We are grateful for the thought and generosity of this financial gift which will be used in the two Mexico outreaches by Operation Barnabas teams this summer. Dana served on the 1983 Operation Barnabas team.

Cathy's Corner: Ravi Zacharis Books and Videos

CE National has a number of very good books, videos, and video studies by Ravi Zacharias, including:

Who Are You God?: Video
Beyond Opinion: Book, Apologetics
Light in the Shadow of Jihad: Book, Apologetics

Contact Cathy at library@cenational.org or 574.267.6622 to find out more about CE National's Lending Library.

Meet the Operation Barnabas Leaders

Jacinda Gillette, Amy Kendrick, and Sarah Knepper are three of the 14 leaders ministering on Operation Barnabas this summer. Read more about them and the other leaders at www.operationbarnabas.net.