50th Annual DuPage County Christmas Prayer Breakfast

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dawn Holt Lauber, Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church

Rev Dawn Holt Lauber is an ordained minister, a recording artist, and a professional musician. She has served as a worship pastor and as a chaplain, and currently is the Associate Pastor of Congregational Life at the Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church. Hailed as “exquisite” by Howard Reich of The Chicago Tribune for the world premiere performance of William Russo’s Jubilatem with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Lauber also performed with the CJE in Russo’s Chicago Suite 2 and Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts. On the big screen, Lauber plays the role of Carol Davis in “The Rocket,” the 2018 inspirational sports film by director Richard Blake.  She has performed her music for numerous benefit concerts including for World Vision, World Bicycle Relief, the Jimmy Carter Foundation, and the Student Global AIDS Campaign.

Emcee: Dr. Gene A. Frost Jr., Executive Director, Wheaton Academy Foundation

Gene Frost has been involved with Wheaton Academy since he began there as a freshman in the fall of 1967! He has been a faculty member (teaching Bible and psychology), a coach (boys’ soccer and girls basketball), board member, school parent (Mark ’99; Peter ’01; Robin ’03; Amy ’07), and finally Head of School from 2006-2018. He now serves as the executive director of the Wheaton Academy Foundation and the Wheaton Academy Institute. When Gene is not traveling, or visiting alumni, or speaking at Christian schools around the country, he enjoys golfing and spending time with the family at their lake house at Lake Holiday.