A message from the Co-Chairs of the 2026 Annual Event

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Matthew 22:36-40

In a pluralistic society where people are at odds with each other, anger lingers beneath the surface, and many are paralyzed about how to move forward, we’d like to invite you to conversations about how to bridge the divide that separates us. 

Love is not a sedentary word, it requires action.  When we ask ourselves whom we love we should also look inward to how we love.  Love isn’t something we collect for ourselves, but an action lived out in how we express it to others through serving, understanding, and growing together despite our differences.

The APCE Annual Event will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 21-24, 2026, either in person or via Annual Event Online. Each day of the conference we will address a different topic of love. How to love God, how to love self, and how to love neighbor.  

The Annual Event will be held at the Wyndam Grand in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Join us for, Bridging the Gap – Love God, Love Self, Love Neighbor.  

We hope you will join us for the 2026 APCE Annual Event!

-Lucy Jefferies and John Ryan