BIG....BIG.....BIG.....Everything is BIG this week at Chautauqua and the United Methodist House.  BIG crowds, BIG names (Ken Burns), BIG parade (CLSC), BIG crowds at the Chaplain's  Chat on the UM House porch and our own BIG name Chaplain David Streets!

David & Toni

The residents of the UM House this past week:

Lone Stars

High school friends

Knows Mort

Warren wonders

Jay Hawks 

Chautauqua/UM House activities:

Alice in action

We will miss you Yuta

Youth singers & musicians - Ice Cream Social

Abrahamic youth presentation

Southern hospitality

Tea from Marienville

CLSC Day

Soft tunes for the ladies

Unlike any place in this world....

DEPRESSION IN BRAZIL DUE TO WORLD CUP LOSS BUT HAPPINESS ON THE PORCH OF THE UM HOUSE WHERE NO ONE EVER LOSES and PEACE IS A TOP PRIORITY:
We dedicate this week's blog to the NGO Knitting For Peace and it's founders Hal and Sue.  (check out their web-site for more details) They meet every Tuesday on the UM House porch.

Our Chaplain for the week was Dr. Robert Shelton and he also used PEACE as the theme of his sermon and Chaplain's Chat.  
PEACE FACTS: There is a Peace Pole at Chautauqua and a new Peace Institute in D.C.

Robert & Carolyn

Our guests this past week:

Special guest

Southern style

Family and friend

 Tar Heels 

                                                      

Blue Devils

 Activities at the House:

Ukrainian egg maker

Music maker

Friends in conversation

                     

Fairview Tea party people and a friend

                            

Our favorite NGO (Knitting for Peace)

A VERY SPECIAL PLACE:

THE AMERICAN WEST, WESTERN PA, WESTERN NY, WEST VIRGINIA. . . . . . the key word is WEST this week.  Our chaplain this past week is from West Virginia, Western PA and also is the chaplain at Allegheny College in Meadville.  It has truly, been a Western Experience at the UM House.

Chaplain Jane Ellen Nickell and her mother, Ellen

Our guests this past week:

Long standing (sitting) friends

Gracious guy

La Jolla lady

The upper porch patrons

Dear, dear southern friends

Week activities:

Ecumenical communion

Joy, Joy, Joy!

Saturday short order cooks

 

A history lesson by Jane

Karen's corn

Mother/daughter porch team

A QUIET PEACE SETTLES OVER THE PORCH EACH EVENING!

"Oh the West Virginia Hills, how majestic and how grand."  Yes, our chaplain brought these words to our porch this past week.  Dr. William Wilson, in his own words, is an extrovert and it was evident that the House benefitted from his and Jane's presence.

Our guests this past week:

Manhattan transfers

Former host & hostess

Mother with daughter

Active couple

Wonderful Warren women

The following activities took place:

Bill and Alice Ward spread joy

Our 'connection' cellist and family

The bakers from Baker

A moment with Bill

Cookies & punch

Come to the 'porch' and 'knit for peace'!