1970 AACS Conference Keynotes by Dr. James Olthuis: Olthuis sees modern man as ping pong ball bouncing between old and new moralities. Dr. James Olthuis delivered three lectures to the Niagara Conference on the old and new moralities, and the approach of a Biblical life style. About the old morality,

1971 AACS Delaware Conference Report: A total of 885 persons attended the Ontario Study Conference of the Association. They came from such places as Memphis, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia , New York, from all over Ontario, and from different parts of the Eastern U.S. to hear Hendrik Hart and James Olthuis,

1971 AACS Family Conference, Bike-a-thon: Three students biked 145 miles in 14 hours to raise between $900 and $1, 000 for Curriculum Workshop. Cathy Hoogendam, 19, Pete Van Geest, 17, and Walter Vande Kloet, 18, rode their bicycles 145 miles in a bike-a-thon for the AACS on Friday, July 30.

1975 AACS Niagara Conference Report: Seven Hundred Attend Workshops on Aspects of Male-Female Relationships. Wow! We set a few records at our 1975 Niagara Conference: the total registration approached about 900 people and included 200 children. The temperature inside and outside approached 100 F. And there were over 160 tents and

1976 AACS Niagara Conference report by Bill and Amy Rowe: The annual AACS Niagara Conference was held on July 30 through August 3. Tents sprang up everywhere on the campus of Niagara Christian College, filling the area nearly to capacity with 900 adults and children. Activities got under way Friday night

1978 AACS Niagara Conference report by five Chatham Families: On the morning of Friday, August 4, the campus of Niagara Christian College was a scene of tranquility — large buildings and freshly cut lawns underneath generation-old trees, beside the fast flowing Niagara River. Standing there, one would never imagine that four hours

1982 AACS Niagara Conference report by Rosanne Lopers Sweetman: For the first time in history, groups of people had to be turned away from the Niagara conference in Ontario because registration was so high. A popular theme, "All in the Family," and a lineup of workshops on issues all families face

1984 ICS Niagara Conference report by Kathy Vanderkloet: The flagship Ontario Family Conference has always relied on volunteers to help make it run smoothly, but this year the presence of such volunteers extended to the planning and organizing committee as well, as Aukje Masselink and Nick Terpstra joined ICS staffers Bob

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.

1986 ICS Niagara Conference report - From the President’s Pen by Clifford C. Pitt: The Institute for Christian Studies Niagara Family Conference! … what were some of the highlights for me, personally? The images and memories that keep coming back? The “Music and Story” evening … could have listened for hours