Monday, June 6

            Yesterday I facilitated a small group discussion in my daughter’s youth Sunday School class, the topic was Harry Potter, Magic and the Bible - then I taught about the book of Revelations in an adult Sunday School class.  The Methodist church has a long tradition of Sunday School classes.  The Sunday School format and use of lay teachers became even more popular in America as Methodist ministers helped found the Chautauqua Institute in 1874 which was a place for summer fun and learning along a lake in upper state New York and helped popularize the outdoor lecture style of learning.  It was originally called the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly.  Today visitors enjoy a variety of performing arts programs and classes and lectures by world famous authors/scholars in a variety of disciplines.  I would like to take the family there one summer for a one week visit.