Today in GYLI, our primary focus was religious plurality. We started off the day by practicing some yoga and stretches to warm up our bodies. We then discussed the multicultural identities of the students at MFS and demonstrated our thoughts and ideas onto puzzle pieces. We decorated the puzzle as well as observed and...
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Sacred Spaces: Arch Street Meeting House and Congregation Mikveh Israel
We started the morning with donuts and headed to Philadelphia. The first stop we made was at the Arch Street meeting house. There we learned about the history of the meeting house and people who potentially could have attended. Our tour guide informed of the many historical aspects of the house and small details...
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Today started off when we met Alex Van Meter (19) and Abigail Van Meter (14), who showed up to talk to us about handling and showing dogs with their champion English Setter dogs, Juniper and Haley. They are both prize winning Junior Handlers. Alex showed us how to pose the dogs and what was...
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From Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Day 2: Today we visited Habitat For Humanity’s Restore Center, and it was an extremely different experience than Palmyra Cove. We started off the day with a tour of the center by Mike. Mike showed us where we would be working and then we split up into groups. Some went to clean up carpeting,...
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Quilting: One Down, Two More to Go
Today Shelby and Jessica completed the first quilt. All of the groups are working incredibly hard to finish their projects. So far the day has been filled with laughter and smiles. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come for the new quilters....
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Quilting Day One: Learning the Missouri Star
On our first day of quilting we started off the day with a little bit of show and tell with the quilts that Mrs. Casne and Mrs. Reilly had made. After that we watched a video on how to make the pattern for the quilts. The pattern is called the Missouri Star. The first...
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Asian Culture: Kung Fu and Drumming in Chinatown
~ Yesterday we learned about Kung Fu, drumming, and traditional dragon dancing ~ We finally enjoyed a nice meal at Sakuza, a Chinese restaurant! ~ Quote of the Day- “I’m learning so much.”-Julia ~ “Raw chicken, raw experience.”- Anonymous Source Today we’re going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to learn about Korean culture. We...
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Rough Start, Strong Finish
3/28/16 We started our day early by arriving at Moorestown Friends at 5:45 AM to depart for the airport. From there we ate and socialized as the arrival time to Orlando, Florida had been pushed back by an hour due to delays caused by mechanical errors, thunderstorms, and even a 30-minute baggage claim delay. Following...
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Creating the elements of a totem pole
Today, we spent most of our time working with clay — getting to know how the medium works and then creating elements of our first community artwork. As an opening exercise to awaken our creative spirits, we each formed and imprinted nine clay “pebbles” with our palm prints. We then gathered in Stokes Hall to assemble...
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Exploring the World of Mandala
After our delicious lunch break, we explored the great outdoors, MFS’s backyard. We found natural elements and discards of the modern world (like tennis balls, lots of tennis balls) to use as elements of our art projects this week. We also found it necessary to pick up the trash and waste left outside for a...
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Global Youth Leadership Institute, Day One
Our first day of GYLI was great. We had a lot of fun playing games and doing activities. Today we talked about the 5Cs: character, context, culture, color, and class. We also took a test to find out what type of personality we would be. You could be a guardian, artisan, rational, and idealist....
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Our IL group spent the day getting familiar with the basics of sewing – patterns, pins, and sewing machines. We started our day off with the initial stages of bib-making. This included cutting the pattern and sewing our first stitches around the neck. After a quick snack, we dove right into sewing the rim around...
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Nicaragua: Building an outdoor classroom at Casa Del Niño
These kids are working hard. We are so proud of them....
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Taller Puertorriqueño: El Corazón Cultural del Barrio
Making T-shirts with Taino symbols and taking a walking tour of the barrio. ...
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Day One in China(town)
Last Thursday, we began to discuss what we will be doing this week. Each day we will be learning about a different area in Asia. First, today we will go to Chinatown to learn about Chinese culture. Tomorrow, we will visit an art museum to learn about Korean art. On Wednesday we will visit an Indian temple....
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