Grace Brethren North American Missions “City Fair” was the feature of this afternoon at Brethren National Youth Conference on the Cedarville U. campus in Ohio. Exhibits featuring GBNAM’s work in Toronto, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago and other cities were featured. 

“Dunk Phil!” was one of the most popular exhibits at the GBNAM “City Fair” this afternoon at BNYC. Philip Bryant, who is moving to Vancouver to church-plant, egged on the teens who tried to dunk him. For each “score,” GBNAM was donating $5 to the “Vancouver Transition Fund” for the Bryants. At right is new

Steve Galegor, Jr., whose primary ministry in New York City is with Albanians, explains his ministry to one of the teens browsing the exhibits at the GBNAM “City Fair” on Tuesday afternoon. 

Tim Boal, pictured here earlier this summer speaking at the DRIVEN conference, narrowly escaped a real tragedy with his family this weekend when their car was totaled while enroute to Brethren National Youth Conference in Ohio. The accident happened Saturday, near Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Boal, who is pastor at Penn Valley Grace Brethren church in Telford,

“Faster For the Master” pedal-car races sponsored by Grace College saw teams of teens competing for valuable prizes on Monday afternoon. Grace brought a busload of faculty to southern Ohio for the youth conference, seeking to engage many of the teens in conversation about continuing their education at Grace College. Hundreds more photos and articles

Holly Angle (missionary to Ireland) and Seth Peck, right, use hand misters to help keep BNYC participants cooled off. Also popular was the misting frame–a walk through subjects you to a cooling mist. All part of the service of Grace Brethren International Missions at BNYC. 

“Welcome BNYC 05” is painted on a large rock just outside the Cedarville dining facility. Brethren National Youth Conference this afternoon enjoyed a foreign missions International Cafe on the grounds of the dining facility, with food treats and musical ensembles available in the various tents and canopies. The next scheduled session is 6:15 p.m. today,

GBIM missionaries (from left, in green shirts) Bob Steiger, Kip Cone, and Jay Bell were among the GBIM staff manning ethnic food tables at this afternoon’s International Cafe. Part of the rationale in the fun event was to engage teens in conversation with the many missionaries, GBIM staff, and missionary appointees (such as Steiger) while

A strolling mariachi band, an Irish string ensemble, and other ethnic music treats reinforced the international flavor of GBIM’s International Cafe on Sunday afternoon. 

Friendly jousting is just one of the parking-lot attractions.