CBS to air special on Chautauqua Institution
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Photo by Bruce Fox, Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Institution, founded by Methodists in 1874, is featured in a CBS-TV special airing Oct. 8.
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Institution, founded by Methodists in 1874, is featured in a CBS-TV
special airing Oct. 8. The institution started as a summer retreat for
Sunday school teachers and is now a center for cultural and religious
retreat for people of all ages and faiths. The program will feature
discussions on dispelling faith stereotypes by religious leaders and
will offer tours of the institute, including the United Methodist House,
the oldest denominational house at the center. A UMNS photo by Bruce
Fox, Chautauqua Institution. Photo #061094. Accompanies UMNS story #562.
9/19/06 |
Sept. 19, 2006
By United Methodist News Service*
United Methodists will be featured in an upcoming CBS-TV special exploring
the Chautauqua Institution, an educational center in New York.
CBS will air the 30-minute interfaith program at 8 a.m. Eastern time and 5
a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, Oct. 8.
Both founders of the Chautauqua Institution ? the Rev. John Heyl Vincent, a
minister, and Lewis Miller, an inventor and manufacturer ? were Methodists.
Chautauqua started in 1874 as a summer retreat for Sunday school teachers
and later expanded into a summer cultural and religious retreat for people
of all ages and faiths.
Now a National Historic District, the institution operates as an educational
center, hosting approximately 7,500 a day during the nine-week summer
session. The summer school offers a variety of courses in the arts, and the
religion department presents distinguished religious leaders of various
faiths as preachers and teachers. The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, former chief
executive of the National Council of Churches, is director of the department
of religion.
During the program, the Rev. Ted Anderson, pastor of Hurlbut Memorial
Community United Methodist Church in Chautauqua, leads a tour of Palestine
Park. A visit also is made to United Methodist House, one of the oldest
denominational houses at the institution.
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A UMNS photo by Bruce Fox, Chautauqua Institution
The Bell Tower sits on the shores of Lake Chautauqua.
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Chautauqua Institution's Bell Tower sits on the shores of Lake
Chautauqua in western New York State. The center, founded by Methodists
in 1874, is featured in a CBS-TV special airing Oct. 8. The institution
started as a summer retreat for Sunday school teachers and is now a
center for cultural and religious retreat for people of all ages and
faiths. The program will feature discussions on dispelling faith
stereotypes by religious leaders and tours of the institute, including
the United Methodist House, the oldest denominational house at the
center. A UMNS photo by Bruce Fox, Chautauqua Institution. Photo
#061095. Accompanies UMNS story #562. 9/19/06 |
Others featured in the program include Campbell, Tom Becker, Chautauqua?s
president, and the Rev. Albert J.D. Aymer, president of Hood Theological
Seminary. Kevin Sixbey and four student leaders with the Abrahamic Youth
Program will talk about the program?s goal of dispelling the stereotypes of
the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith traditions.
The special is produced with the cooperation of the National Council of
Churches, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Islamic Society of North
America and a consortium of Jewish organizations. John P. Blessington is the
executive producer and Liz Kineke is the producer.
More information can be found at
www.interfaithbroadcasting.com online.
News media contact: Linda Bloom, New York, (646) 369-3759 or
newsdesk@umcom.org.
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