Talent night story told by Herman de Jong: This story is about three daddies and their firstborn babies. It happened at the first AACS Conference held at Niagara College. Some of these daddies are still coming to these conferences. It is therefore better not to mention names. Even though the

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

ICS Niagara Family Conferences Typical Conference Songbook: Cover and Song index from 1988

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,

1989 ICS Niagara Conference “The Best of Times” Report by Jennifer de Groot (age 15, from Sarnia): The ICS Niagara conference is definitely one of the best times of the year for me. Considering the fact that my extended family has been coming since the Unionville student conferences of the

1990 ICS Niagara Conference, Creation Waits, Report by Reinder J. Klein: Events for the whole family tend to be a little chaotic; everyone is encouraged to get into the act, and sometimes some do, and sometimes all do. That means children may cry at functions where otherwise no infant would have been,

1990 ICS Niagara Conference Workshop: “The spirituality of Creation“ (James Olthuis): In his workshop, James Olthuis challenged conference participants to "explore what spirituality has to do with trees, rocks, water, animals and all other creatures in Cod's family." Drawing heavily on Romans 8, Olthuis extended traditional theological interpre-tations of love,

Kid Stuff report by Gayla Postma: The 1990 ICS Niagara Family Conference was for the whole family, including the kids. With workshops, outings and sporting events, there was little time for the younger ones to be bored.

The ICS Library welcomes you, on its website, to their Institutional Repository, where you can explore their digital collections. Reports on AACS/ICS Family Conferences have been gleaned from the collection of Perspective that is freely available from this Library. Here is a link to Browse Perspective by Issue Date, starting

Morris Greidanus was a perennial MC of its Ontario Family Conference over many years, one half of a formidable tag team with spouse Alice who was an important leader in the all-important music ministry of the conference.