Report – 1983 Conferences
1983 AACS Summer Conferences
report by Kathy Vanderkloet: AACS summer conferences are washouts (but successful nonetheless). “… and the rains came down and the floods came up” and a lot of people got thoroughly soaked on the first night of the Ontario Niagara Conference, as the longest summer dry spell in
Clifford C. Pitt – 1985 Conference
1985 ICS Niagara Conference report - From the President’s Pen by Clifford C. Pitt: Well! Now I’ve really seen the strength of ICS! Dorothy and I thoroughly enjoyed the Niagara Conference and particularly the warm Christian fellowship and hospitality of so many of you! It was good, too, to meet
Carol-Ann Veenkamp reports – 1986 Conference
1986 ICS Niagara Conference report by Carol-Ann Veenkamp:
Richard Mouw, Herman de Jong, Johanna Peetoom, Homer Samplonius, Mirth Vos. All these names and more are now part of a community of memory shared by those who attended the 28th annual ICS Niagara Family Conference August 1 through 4. Keynote speaker, Dr.
Carol-Ann Veenkamp reports – 1987 Conference
1987 ICS Niagara Conference Report by Carol-Ann Veenkamp:
In some cultures it is considered taboo to photograph someone because it’s believed that by doing so one tampers with the spirit of that person. As I look through the reams of negatives I have from the 1987 Niagara Family Conference, I find
Carol Ann Veenkamp reports – 1988 Conference
1988 ICS Niagara Conference
report by Carol Ann Veenkamp:
“The most radical subversive thing you must do is pray and praise” ICS’s senior member in world view studies Dr. Brian Walsh told over 900 conferees gathered for the 30th annual Niagara conference held July 29 through August 1 near Fort Erie, Ont.
Carol-Ann Veenkamp reports – 1989 Conference
1989 ICS Niagara Conference Report by Carol-Ann Veenkamp:
Everyone loves to listen to a good story. Through stories we learn about the past with an eye to the future. One could even say that “we … are story-shaped and story-shaping creatures.” “In fact we are constantly making sense of our experiences,
Young and Old Alike
The AACS/ICS family conferences of the 70s and 80s fed on the youthful verve of young and old alike, and now, after all these years, the aging conferees, like their once-youthful selves, can still proclaim, in their hearts and minds, that the Kingdom is coming.