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Are we almost there daddy?

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Mh-mm. Just around this next curve.

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The Southeastern Jurisdictional Council

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 of the Methodist Church presents:

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This is the story of Lake Junaluska.

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 High up in the Great Smoky Mountains of
 North Carolina

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 where Methodists from all over the world
 meet together for fellowship,

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inspiration, and worship.

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[music]

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To the new administration building 
they go for information and registration.

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Here, too, the staff meets to welcome the
 good news of the great summer season.

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A summer to be filled with lectures and
 sermons,

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 music and melody, fellowship and fun.

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 Much of it centered in the 
George R. Stuart Auditorium.

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Many Methodists have built permanent
 homes at Lake Junaluska,

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but for those who prefer hotel
 accommodations

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 the assembly operates Lambeth Inn,


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named for the famous missionary, Bishop 
Walter R. Lambeth.

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The Terrace Hotel is also operated by
 the assembly.

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The Colonial Hotel is privately owned.

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And the popular Junaluska
 Apartments provide

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 for families who prefer housekeeping
 facilities.

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For others, there is Friendly Lakeside
 Lodge.

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Recently constructed as the 
World Methodist Council Building,

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which will also be the home

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 of the Methodist Historical Society.

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The new Paul B. Kern Youth Center 
now gives young

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 people a place for fun, fellowship, and
 serious study.

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Under cloud filled skies at the 
end of World War II, 

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formal groundbreaking ceremonies

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initiated the building of Memorial Chapel.

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Each year since the first great
 missionary

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 conference in the summer of 1913,

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 Methodists have met at the lake in
 conferences,

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 schools, workshops, institutes,

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 and camp meetings for training,

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for education, and soul dedication.

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Lake Junaluska was originally a dream in

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 the minds of a few Methodist laymen

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 who in 1908 first felt the need for

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 an assembly where 
Minister Layman could meet

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 in a common cause.

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Years ago, this dream captured the minds of

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 men like John R. Pepper,

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Bishop James Adkins, Dr. George R. Stuart, 

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and Bishop James Cannon Junior.

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These all helped bring the 
assembly into being.

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Later, men like Dr. W. A. Lambeth

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who led in the debt paying

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movement during the Depression.

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And today we're indebted to men like

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Bishop Arthur J. Moore and Dr. Elmer T. Clark, 

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who have stood by the lake in
 hours of great need.

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Then forget not the efforts of all our
 bishops,

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 ministers, laymen, women, and young people,

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 all who work today with Mr. Edwin L. Jones,

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Chairman of the Board of Trustees,

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in the creative task of building 
a greater assembly

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 to serve the people called Methodists.

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Methodists all gain at the lake

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 fellowship, knowledge, and inspiration.

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Dreams come from fellowship, ideas

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 from inspiration, and challenge from the
 preached word.

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Memories of great moments 
in Memorial Chapel

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 will live through long years 
and dark hours.

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Peace and quiet

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come in the beauty of farm and field

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 as one discovers the glory of God's
 growing things

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and the blue sky above.

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From deep in the mountains above Junaluska

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 comes a stream

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which divides on rocky ground,

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yet meets again in [?] hills

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 to become a twin waterfall.

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By these waters, young people meet

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 to become one again

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in their search for life's great meaning.

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Beyond Soco Falls is the look out

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 over Maggie Valley.

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Some record its compelling beauty in
 photograph,

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 others in memory alone.

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Three trees on a hill become a constant

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 reminder of another hill and another
 day.

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Young people meet here, too, at Shackford Hall,

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 the Educational Center for Study and
 Conference.

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After a day of study comes a moment 
of prayer and meditation,

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and perhaps a dream

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 that a call may come to be God's
 minister and preach the gospel.

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Even as John Wesley, who said,

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 "I look upon the world as my parish."

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Another finds a challenge in the face of

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Francis Asbury, first bishop 
of American Methodism,

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who in his long journeys across the wilderness

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 holding conferences, establishing churches,

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 and appointing ministers, often rode
 from

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 Agusta or Charleston up the Cherokee trail,

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stopping for the night near to

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the Junaluska Valley

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and on across the mountains to 
churches in the Holston Hills.

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Today on many of these selfsame trails,

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 young people may ride and 
prepare for life's

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 new roads that are equally as rough as
 those

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 Francis Asbury conquered.

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For the very young life, too, is adventurous.

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This playground, where children 
make their memories

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 of golden hours, was made available by

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Mr. and Mrs. Ivey, always beloved,

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ever young in spirit.

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For young people, the swimming pool
 affords one

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 of the luxuries and some of the
 pleasures of a summer vacation.

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For small sized people, 
there's a small sized pool. 

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Shh! This may be a record shot.

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A swimming pool for the young people,

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a wading pool for the children,

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a golf course for the adults.

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These are all yours at Lake Junaluska.

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For here is rest of body
and relaxation of mind.

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These with an afternoon stroll are good
 preparations

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 for days of work and study.

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Best of all for a summer afternoon 
is a cruise on the Cherokee.

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 A quiet hour among

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 friends, both old and new, adds much

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 to the pleasure of a trip.

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Here in the quiet afternoon, there is
 more than

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 this day or this summer.

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For young people, here is training for the
 serious

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 task of piloting their lives over waters
 rough and smooth.

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For older people, 
the shore slips past like time

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and there are memories of long

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 toil and hard won achievements.

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Lake Junaluska

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through the years has been a place 
of dreams and memories,

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dreams of battles

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yet unfought and victories yet not won.

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Memories of moments when God and man

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met beside the lake shore blue.

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 A place where dreams become realities

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 and memories of constant joy.

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The thoughts of youth are long, long
 thoughts.

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A word or two.

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A touch of the hand.

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A soft glance.

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A quiet stroll by the lake at evening.

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And who will say that this, too, is not a
 part of Lake Junaluska?

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This place of achievement, 
where God's hand has touched,

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is in the Junaluska Valley 
in the Great Smoky Mountains

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 of North Carolina in America.

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This is the Junaluska story.

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