Washington DC

The National’s Leadership in Ministry Retreat: Leaders uniting, One Nation under God will be held May 13 -15, 2016. This three-day conference, designed to inspire and educate religious, ministry and community leaders, will feature energized workshops and nationally acclaimed guest speakers. The program will give attendees the opportunity to collaborate with a number of national and community leaders in ministry.

There will be wine tasting, food pairing, and jazz music under a tent on the terrace of the Comus Inn with all proceeds going to L-Dub’s Love, Inc. (supporting families of children being treated at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center).

The Comus Inn will supply an array of hors de oeuvres to compliment wine from local vineyards, all while being serenaded by jazz musician Kerensa Gray. There will also be a silent auction with many wonderful items available.

 Ardeo+Bardeo would like to invite guests to enjoy a special kosher wine tasting on Wednesday, April 13 beginning at6:45 p.m., just in time for Passover. In this engaging session, guests will have the pleasure of sampling four kosher wines paired with two kosher hors d’oeuvres. 

In 1945, when the Allies convened the Nuremberg trials, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to understand the psychology of the Nazi leaders, using extensive psychiatric interviews, IQ tests, and Rorschach tests.  Their findings were so disconcerting that portions of the data were hidden and the research was bitterly disputed: Gilbert thought the war criminals exhibited depraved psychopathology; but Kelley believed them to be ordinary men corrupted by their situation. Who was right? 

In 1942, the Nazis were racing to build an atomic bomb. They had the physicists. They had the will. What they didn’t have was enough “heavy water," an essential ingredient for their nuclear designs.  That changed when they occupied Norway and took control of Vemork hydroelectric plant, the world’s sole supplier of heavy water.