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Festival Of Young Preachers Underway In Louisville

By Sheila AshThe 2nd Annual National Festival of Young Preachers will be held in Louisville this weekend.Nearly 130 young preachers from across the country including Kentucky and Indiana will participate in the event. The preachers range in age from 14 to 28.      Dwight Moody, President of the Academy of Preachers, says the festival is the only one of its kind in the nation."That’s designed to identify, network, support and inspire young people who want to preach. We have present here for the festival young preachers from Roman Catholic, Greek Antioch and Orthodox, Pentecostal all the Evangelical traditions all the Protestant traditions," he said.The morning sessions are at the Seelbach Hotel and afternoon sessions are at the Cathedral of the Assumption.The festival, which began today and runs through Saturday, is free and open to the public.

Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.