Randi Walle

Rich Yauger, youth pastor at Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana, and his wife, Carol, gave a workshop in the Heritage Courtyard of the Biola campus entitled “Untouchables.” The couple discussed some of the “untouchable” issues in today’s world such as eating disorders, cutting, sexual abuse, pornography, addictions, and homosexuality. The workshop was part of

Sing it, Pastor Wayne! Wayne Ayer (blue shirt, middle), pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Norwalk, California, loves to sing along with the Youth Choir as they practice and perform in the services at Brethren National Youth Conference.

Francis Chan, in his final address to the BNYC audience this year, challenged teens as to who was in control of their lives. Using a model car and a toy duck to illustrate, he forcefully made the point that even if we think we may be in control, God actually has all things under His

During the “Rescue” time this afternoon, approximately 100 of the BNYC students visited a Sikh temple and talked with officials there to explain the tenets of the Sikh religion. Here one of the students who participated reported to the BNYC audience in the Tuesday evening service. (Jenna Hollinger photo)

It’s “off to the races” once more as the Grace College racecars came back out on the track this evening during “hangtime” between sessions. Yesterday the racing was furious–this evening’s pace was much more leisurely.

“Rescue Lifesavers” in the signature highliter yellow packaging from Grace Brethren International Missions covered the tabletop of the GBIM display under the trees. Giveaways and advertising novelties assured “stopping points” so teens could engage in conversation with representatives of the various Grace Brethren national organizations and ministries.

Janelle Armstrong (kneeling, left) of the Grace Brethren International Missions staff used water and a sponge to apply a temporary “Rescue” tattoo to various body parts of teens attending BNYC. The GBIM tent is one of many organizational displays set up under the trees on the main walkway through the Biola University campus in LaMirada,

A mime group from the Brookville (OH) Grace Brethren Church performed in the pre-service prelude in the 6:15 p.m. session at Brethren National Youth Conference today. NAC competition and quizzing is occurring each afternoon, and many of the entries and contestants are used as pre-service performances for the main sessions.

Jeremy Kingsley (center, blue shirt) was the speaker for this morning’s main session, with the topic “Apathy to Intimacy.” Kingsley, who for 11 years has been in his own ministry of traveling and speaking, is a graduate of the Clinton, Maryland, Grace Brethren Schools. He is based in Chapin, South Carolina, and more information may

Hundreds of teens knelt at the front of the main meeting tent this morning at the conclusion of Jeremy Kingsley’s address on “Apathy or Intimacy.” The teens, who were counseled by adults for followup, were indicating a desire in their lives to move from apathy toward God to a more intimate relationship with Him. (Jenna