Administering Grace

We moved into our first house this past June. We found a Cape Cod that allowed us to convert the two first-floor bedrooms and bath into my D...

In planning for 2005, churches have had to face a problem for the first time since 1994 - what to do about Christmas - what is a church to ...

Sorry for the three-week hiatus, but now back to the blog... One of several physical indications of Christ's death on the cross was the ...

It's playoff time for the fall sports and while the Lititz Christian Girls Volleyball Team received accolades on Sunday, unfortunately,...

Since discovering that Blogger allows you to publish it's blog to your own location, I've wanted to modify Pastor Scott's blog ...

I've been toying with new ways to deliver Grace Church content to web users. It seems a lot of websites are employing RSS feeds ( see Au...

Our current message series is a study of our church's five core values, using the acronym of GRACE. While working on the bulletin covers...

Our Pastor's message yesterday focused on the Shema , partially quoted in Mark 12:29-30. The interpretation of the passage and it's...

False Alarm Occurs at Eagles-Chargers Game While watching the Eagles-Chargers game yesterday, a loud soun ding woop could be heard over the ...

Every year we hire an accounting firm to conduct an independent auditor's report of all the financial operations of Grace Church . Thi...

For the time being, my favorite internet browser is Mozilla's Firefox (version 1.0.7). I've found Firefox extremely effective at mi...

One of the concepts covered in the Master's program I completed a few years ago was the relationship between leadership and followership...

At around 7:17 p.m. on Saturday, October 15th, I realized that I am in denial about my enjoyment of competition. I like to portray that thou...

Link to Lititz Record article I had heard rumors several years ago that the local officials were looking to re-route 772 to remove truck tra...

Have you ever viewed our weekly bulletin through the lens of someone who's unfamiliar with the Grace Brethren, has never been to our or ...

The Curse of Distler Our fearless Senior Pastor predicted the Ohio State Buckeyes would blow-out Penn State this past weekend ( There is no ...

Hopefully you've received the letter Pastor mailed to the congregation on Wednesday. If you didn't stop by the Diligence Update bull...

Setting the temperature in the Auditorium at a level that is comfortable for everyone in a service is a monumental task. I'm not sure w...

Divine Cancellations Pastor Scott has introduced us to the concept of divine appointments, God-made run-ins with people who need to experien...

On Saturday, my wife Beth and me went to 20-some homes in our neighborhood (we are new to the neighbood, having moved in June) to let the...