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

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

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

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 “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 Conference camping report by Sharon VanderKruk: I jammed the usual camping necessities into my suitcase, grabbed a sleeping bag, tent, a cooler full of food, and PLENTY of raingear. I was ready to conquer yet another funfilled weekend at the ICS conference. This August week-end is not

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.