Thanks for visiting and thanks especially for checking out WHAT’S NEW! If you have visited the site before, it’s obvious that the website is new. That’s a great way to begin to unveil the theme for Conference 2012, derived from the Bible’s promises of 1 Peter 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his abundant mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR CONFERENCE 2012 PREVIEW DINNERS!
In an effort to keep the events affordable and to maintain a Conference “family” feel, tw (o nearly identical dinners will be held this year on the Conference grounds in Arnolds Park, Iowa in the Fellowship Center:
Thursday, May 3 – 6:15 pm
Tuesday, May 8, – 6:15 pm
Tables sponsorships for tables for 4 (5 tables available @ $80 sponsorship), 6 (10 tables @ $120), or 8 (4 tables @ $160) are being sought. Contact the Conference/Intersect office if you would like to help introduce your guests to Conference ministries.
CAMPUS CLEAN-UP AND WORK DAY
Volunteers are welcomed, appreciated, and as much as possible pampered as they prepare the Conference grounds for summer users. Individuals, families, and church groups can pitch in.
Saturday, May 12 – 8:30 am [Coffee break and lunch are provided]
Work concludes after lunch.
BUDDY GREENE ADDED TO CONFERENCE 2012 ROSTER
Long-time Conference friend Buddy Greene will be bringing his amazing harmonica and soothing vocals to the closing weekend of Conference, August 11 and 12. Greene is perhaps best known for his participation on most of the Bill Gaither videos and in many of the live Homecoming Concerts. Visit Buddy’s website at www.buddygreene.com .
FOUNDER’S DAUGHTER, JEAN BROWN BISHOP, PASSES AWAY
Jean Marilyn Brown Bishop, the last surviving child of Conference founder R. R. Brown and his wife, Mary, passed away on January 24, 2012. Services were held at Christ Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, January 27. Scottie May and Rick Porter represented the Conference Association. Christ Community Church has been Jean’s church home since her birth.
Jean was born in 1923, the year R. R. Brown began his radio broadcast out of which the annual summer conference at Okoboji was born. Jean is survived by husband, Jack Bishop; daughters: Cindy Harmon (Gary) of Lincoln, NE, Nancy Davies (Dale); son, David Bishop (Linda); daughter, Melanie Newhouse (Mark, a member of the Conference Association Board of Directors), all of Omaha; 12 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, May Brown (widow of late and former Conference Director, Dr. R. S. Brown) of Omaha. Although Jack and Jean have been unable to participate at Conference for several years due to health limitations, the extended family continues to attend and serve.