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FC: July 24 - 28 2008

1: On the bus to Tennessee. | Lady Emilia wearing my locker dive jacket.

2: Arriving at the dorms, and waiting for our room keys.

4: Linsey and Tony trying to knock each other off the post.

6: Brianne looking tired at the end of our first day. | Tony and Linsey playing "Star Wars".

7: Cindy and Konrad looking tired, but not Jozzy! | Suzanne and PG looking tired too.

8: Setting up the Hunger Labyrinth.

10: Lost and Found entertained us with "This"and "Something". | "Oh those lions they can eat my body, but the can't, Slinky . . .

11: swallow my soul."

12: Lost and Found

13: The NYE House Band

14: Konrad, PG and Suzanne singing in the choir.

17: Living Green - Saturday Plenary Speaker, Julia Butterfly Hill Julia Butterfly Hill brought international attention to the plight of the world's last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a threatened 1000 year-old redwood tree and refused to come down. Her historic protest to the environmental destruction caused by the clear-cutting of ancient redwoods culminated after 738 days with an agreement that provided permanent protection for the tree known as Luna and a 3 acre buffer-zone around it.Julia Butterfly Hill is an activist, a writer and a poet. She is the author of the national best seller The Legacy of Luna and the co-author of One Makes The Difference, both published by HarperSanFrancisco. The audio release, Spiritual Activation, captures Julia's vital message as it is given at standing-room-only appearances across the country. All of Julia's books (and the packaging for the CD) have been published with 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks and chlorine-free processing, pushing the publishing industry to a standard of ecological sustainability. Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life (www.circleoflife.org) to promote the sustainability, restoration and preservation of life.

19: Living Love - Friday Plenary Speaker, Eboo Patel Eboo Patel is the founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based international nonprofit building the interfaith youth movement. He is the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Eboo holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. He writes "The Faith Divide", a featured blog on religion for The Washington Post and has also written for The Chicago Tribune, The Clinton Journal, The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin and National Public Radio. Eboo serves on the Religious Advisory Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee of the Aga Khan Foundation USA, the Advisory Board of Duke University's Islamic Studies Center, and the Board of the Chicago History Museum. He has spoken at the Clinton Global Initiative, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum and at universities around the world. Eboo is an Ashoka Fellow, was named by Islamica Magazine as one of ten young Muslim visionaries shaping Islam in America, and has been profiled by PBS and several other media outlets.

20: Brianne waiting for the extravaganza to begin. | Linsey and Jozzy making a bracelet at the Extravaganza.

21: Linsey and her comma. | Linsey counting to 6.

24: We are. . . Penn Southeast!

25: Blowing bubbles in the arena.

27: The sea of rainbow colored shirts in the arena.

31: A little bit of free time.

32: Valerie Tutson grew up in the First Congregational Church in New Milford, CT. Valerie was active in church. She sang in the choir, performed in church plays, was active in the Junior and Senior High Fellowship and taught Sunday school. Valerie has continued to volunteer at Silver Lake since 1986. She has been on staff at the intergenerational ecumenical women's conference for several years. She has worked with the Youth on Star Island for the Unitarians and the United Church of Christ and has been the Speaker of the Week for the Adults. Valerie has appeared at the National UCC Women's Conference and the New England Women's Conferences. She has developed an enthralling style of retelling the old Bible stories in a fresh new way. Valerie encourages others to try their hand at storytelling and has been called on to share her gifts at conferences, retreats and worship services across the United States. When she is not on the road, Valerie is a member of the Sheldon St. Church, the first Protestant Cape Verdean church in the country. She loves singing in the choir of this church, which holds dual alliance with both the United Church of Christ and the American Baptists. She loves to share the stories and songs of the faith that move us past the mind to reconnect us to the heart and soul. Valerie Tutson is graduated from Brown University with a Masters Degree in Theatre Arts and a degree in a self-designed major-Storytelling As A Communications Art. Valerie has been telling stories in schools, churches, libraries, festivals and conferences since 1991. She draws her stories from around the world with an emphasis on African traditions. Her repertoire includes stories and songs she learned in her travels to South Africa, her experiences in West Africa, stories from African American history. In addition, she is gaining quite a reputation for her exciting retelling of age-old Bible stories. She not only delights listeners with her tale-telling, she also teaches workshops and classes to students of all ages, and hosts an award-winning show for COX 3 celebrating the diverse cultures around us. Valerie has most recently served as the co Director of the National Black Storytelling Festival in Providence, RI.

34: Aaron Tracy

35: Lost and Found Outdoor Concert

36: Conference Evening Vespers

40: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies, including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday.

42: Time to go home!

43: Twins: Lisa and Leslie