After a very windy, cloudy and chilly Wednesday we got all the beauty of Lake Chautauqua and LCLC lined up for us today! The day could not have been more beautiful. This is looking down the hill past St. John's Dining Hall where we eat all our meals. Directly across the lake from us is Chautauqua Institution and in moments of stillness you can hear the Miller Bell Tower chime.
On the teaching side it was Team Brauza - Liz and Mother Ellen will do the teaching for the end of the week. Liz is leading another "real life" exercise, this year it's a food pantry simulation. The youth are given "families" of various sizes and with various circumstances and have to figure out how to feed and clothe those family members. Inevitably one of the conference members will ask if life is really like this. To which, sadly, we have to say "No, it's actually a lot HARDER than this".
Meanwhile Mother Ellen is leading the class on issues of sex and sexuality out under the trees where it is traditionally held. This year LCLC offers more than the usual number of places for class. This is a great little circle of chairs in the grove just outside our front door.
Of course Thursday night is the Dance Night. And as usual some very impressive threads were brought out for the event. I'm not sure LCLC is used to having things rock out quite that much but a great time was had by all.
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