Click here to view our photo gallery of last year’s event!
Please mark your calendar for Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:15 pm!
It’s our biggest event of the year–and a major fundraiser!
HERE IS A LINK to our secure online portal for ticket sales, ministry display and sponsorship applications.
There’s nothing quite like our annual banquet “family reunion” anywhere in Connecticut! The banquet dinner is served “family style, and includes:
–Garden Salad
–Penne Bolognese
–New York Strip Sirloin
–Chicken a la Kathryn
–Green Beans
–Roasted Rosemary New Bliss Potato
–Rolls and butter
–Cookies and Brownies for dessert
“I wish…”
Each year, when attendees are leaving the event, we greet them at the door and thank them for coming. As they walk out, many of them say something like,
“It was a great night. This was so good, I wish I had helped to promote it more.”
“I wish I had encouraged my family, friends and church to come.”
“I wish a ministry I know had a display inside the Expo.”
“I wish my organization had been a sponsor.”
NOW is the time to be proactive and get involved. It will be worth it! Join the hundreds of Christ-followers who will be Celebrating Jesus and celebrating how He is working through WIHS. We look forward to seeing you there.
Our 2026 keynote speaker will be Bonnie Sala, President of GUIDELINES. Her topic will be The Gospel Is For All.
GUIDELINES has been airing on WIHS since we went on the air in October of 1969! Harold Sala’s daughter, Bonnie, is now President and is our keynote speaker during the Celebrate Jesus Gala & Expo at the Aqua Turf Club. Her message “The Gospel Is For All!” will focus on evangelism.
In recent years, Bonnie has taken GUIDELINES global in its second generation, expanding the ministry through enthusiastic cultivation of Great Commission partnerships among the body of Christ worldwide. Bonnie writes and voices the daily Reset audio devotional which comes from her favorite time of the day—early mornings spent with Jesus and His Word.
Reset is heard on-air in the U.S., Philippines, Macedonia, Ukraine, Singapore and throughout Africa, as well as online and podcast. An international speaker and author, Bonnie enjoys traveling anywhere with her husband, Kevin Condrin.
Please see below for LAST YEAR’s mix of sponsors and exhibitors, and a copy of last year’s Expo display layout to get a feel for the scope of this unique annual “trade show” of non-profit ministries.
