Keenagers Conference
Keenagers is a traditional, exciting, spiritually refreshing, and challenging week for adults over 50 amid the extraordinary fall foliage of the Western North Carolina mountains!
Keenager Week 1 - Oct. 11 - 15
Speaker: John Grauley
Musician: James Brown
Keenager Week 2 - Oct. 18 - 22
Speaker: Rick Lindsay
Musician: David Henry
John Grauley
John came to know the grace of Christ as a boy growing up in a church founded by Dr. Harold Laird in Wilmington, DE. Spiritual growth was in stops and starts until he had the opportunity to work on the staff of Harvey Cedars Bible Conference in Harvey Cedars, NJ. While there he heard the call to preach the Gospel.
He has earned a college degree and three seminary degrees, the last a Doctor of Ministry degree from Westminster Theological Seminary. John served as a missionary (Singapore 1963-68), associate evangelist with Bible Evangelism (1968-71), associate professor at Biblical Theological Seminary (1971-82) and as director of the Middle Georgia Pastoral Counseling Center in Macon, GA (1982-89.)
John has served three PCA churches as senior pastor: Westminster in Butler, PA (1989-96), Westminster in Gainesville, GA (1996-2001) and Grace Presbyterian in Blairsville, GA (2003-2009). He has been married to Marjorie for 50 years, and the Grauleys have three married children and nine grandchildren. They thank God for His faithfulness to them and their family, and look forward to what God would have them do in the future.
Rick Lindsay
Rick Lindsay was born and raised in South Carolina, grew up in the Presbyterian Church, came to a saving knowledge of Christ while at college and has been married to his wife Julie for 29 years. They have two grown children and one granddaughter. Rick has a BS in Forestry from Clemson and a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary. Prior to getting into the ministry, he worked for a timber company. He started his ministry at Edgefield PCA where he pastored for 7 years and now serves at Scherer Memorial PCA where he has been for the past 22 years. In addition, Rick has served faithfully on the Ridge Haven Board of Directors for 3 terms.
