All the exhibit tables are up and ready at the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace College and Seminary campus in Winona Lake, Indiana, and registration materials are awaiting the hundreds coming for Equip07, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.

Registration opens tomorrow (Sunday) at 2 p.m. at the OCC. The first event of the week is the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers (AGBM) annual meeting, to be held at the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, at 4 p.m.

The opening session of the conference will be in the 2,800-seat OCC at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a gala Open House and dedication service for the $9.1 million facility on the Grace campus.

More than 400 people have registered for courses throughout the week, and hundreds more are expected to attend the individual functions sponsored by the national organizations and the plenary sessions.

Monday evening’s plenary session will feature speaker Brad Powell and on Wednesday at 7 will be the moderator’s address, delivered by this year’s moderator, Pastor Jim Brown from the Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Indiana.

For more information on the conference log onto www.fgbc.org and watch this blog for photos and daily reports as the conference progresses. It concludes next Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.