b'\x04 Friday afternoon featured an awards reception and the introduction of Citygate Networks presidentelect, Tom De Vries. Dave Treadwell was given the Lifetime Achievement Award; Dwayne Benson took home the Outstanding Canadian Member Award; Lisa Chastain was presented with the Nehemiah Award; Yvonne Grant and Sandi Polzin were honored with the Women in Leadership Award; Justin Boles was honored for 12 years as vice president of the association; 11 ministries received their accreditation certificates; and scores of media innovation awards were handed out.\x04 The conference brought out every imaginable emotion for the 1,200 people attending.JULY/AUGUST 2023 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 29'