LABOR DAY WEEKEND FAMILY CONFERENCE
AT GENEVA POINT CENTER
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Since 1946 families have been returning generation after generation to this annual mini-vacation at the end of the summer. Below are links to the past and the present.
MY STORY: My family first attended the Labor Day Weekend conference in the early 1950s when I was in elementary school. It was a magical pilgrimage for us year after year. I forged lifetime friendships and found great comfort and time for reflection sitting on the stones at the edge of the lake. When I was approaching college-age my family could no longer drum up enthusiasm in my siblings and I, so my parents opted to attend Elder Hostels world-wide instead. Over the years I went back off and on. In 2007 I was under the impression that the conference no longer was being held. I felt an overwhelming need to sit on the rocks and be peaceful. So I drove to Geneva Point on Labor Day Weekend and arrived just as the conference -- the SAME conference -- was filing into the dining hall for dinner. I joined them for dinner and vespers, and reconnected. The following year I returned as a seminar presenter and became part of the Board of Directors. It has been an enriching experience opening up to old traditions as an adult.
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This is the LINK to the official Geneva Point Conference Center website.
| This is the LINK to the Labor Day Family Conference website... current, up-to-date and still happening.
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This LINK will take you to a vast collection of old postcard images of Geneva Point.
| My own personal family photos date back to 1955. This is the LINK to view them.
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The Labor Day Weekend Family Conference
at Geneva Point Center
will be held next year
Friday, September 4 to Monday, September 7, 2009
(For more information CLICK HERE)
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