Chautauqua Sunday

The photo is the Sunday morning congregation for worship at Chautauqua Institute in New York. I'm
on study leave here this week. The amphitheater holds 5000 people. It wasn't quite full this morning.
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin is the preacher for the week. He is a pastor in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He gave a fine sermon from Exodus 3.

The theme of this week is ecology and evolution. The preacher reminded us that every time we go to
throw something away we ought to remember that there is no 'away.' Everything stays in our ecological
system. Where is 'away'?

Christians have to fall in love with the earth. Christian stewardship of the environment is just
an idea unless we actually have a relationship with God's creation. The earth doesn't belong to
us; we belong to it.

The largest outdoor pipe organ in the world and a fantastic choir help make worship at
Chautauqua a sacred experience.