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Pine Barrens: Bogs and Burns

March 24, 2014October 13, 2015Pine Barrens

Day Two Today we ventured to the Pine Island Cranberry Company facilities, where we met the owner, Bill Haines, and Kristina. They broke down their process of harvest throughout the seasons and showed us what each season entailed. They also took us out into the field to a dormant bog that was preparing for...

Dispatch from Coope San Juan: All is well!

March 24, 2014October 13, 2015Diana Day

I just received this text from Mrs. Barna in Costa Rica: “All is well in Coope San Juan. We have very little service.” Cheers to our global travelers! We can’t wait to hear about your adventures. ~Ms. Day...

Tempe, AZ: Meeting and service

March 24, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day Three The day began with an excellent Meeting for Worship with the community of Tempe. We were treated to a potluck lunch and then primed, painted, and caulked a near by home. ...

Costa Rica: Painting the playground

March 22, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day Three Annie Today was amazing! We started out our day by visiting a small school after breakfast. We helped paint a playground and also some classrooms. We got to play with some of the local children. We all had an excellent meal of rice, salad, chips and pineapple juice together. When we finished...

Exploring Art: Enlivening the ruins

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One Today in our Exploring Art intensive learning trip we traveled to Fairmount Park in order to address the remains of a former home as a location for site-specific art. The structure was a mere ruin with visible entrances, however there were no doors or windows. Many street artists have taken advantage of...

Improv with Issues: Building community through games

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One Today was all about building trust and getting to know each other better as a group. We started the day by talking about the definition of theatre, and then we started building up energy through games. We did trust activities like trust falls and leading “blind” people through activities. We explored how...

Exploring Art

March 12, 2014March 12, 2015Blog Editor

This Intensive Learning year our group will be traveling to local destinations to create ephemeral art that relates to the environment in which we are standing–from improv and street art to using trees to draw. Our three trips will include Philadelphia, Pakum Pond in the Pine Barrens and the beaches in Ocean City, NJ....