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The Summer News Weekly For All People… In All Seasons In all seasons

Craigville Village, Massachusetts

Labor Day Weekend 2013

Community Calendar Saturday, August 31st 12:30 PM Craigville Post Office Closes Sunday, September 1st 9:45 AM Worship in the Tabernacle Monday, September 2nd 5:00 PM CBA Beach Closes Wednesday, September 11th 9:30 AM Book Group Meets

THE OLD CRAIGVILLE POST OFFICE The Old Craigville Post office gift shop will close for the winter on Saturday the 31st. The Post Office Committee wants to thank all of the village residents for the continued support you have shown to us, as we do so appreciate it.

−Debbie Almy, Chair, Post Office Committee

Last Call for Singers The “Pick-Up Choir” Rehearsal will be from 9:00-9:30 AM on Sunday morning, September 1st, prior to the Tabernacle service with South Congregational Church. Come sing with Music Director Pam Wannie and the South Church folks! Copies of the piece, “We Are Called” are available at the Craigville Post Office or from Alice Brown.

CBA Beach Days Come to a Close The CBA Beach office will close on Labor Day. Please make certain your bathhouses are cleared and your guest fees are paid by the end of the day on Monday, September 2nd.

Craigville Bookies End the Season We are reading The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. Our final gathering will be at Linda McKinney’s home on Lake Elizabeth Drive at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 11th. We hope you’ll join us! For questions or for more information, please call Nancy Hansen at (508) 775-5667.

Cottage Owners Wish You Well The marked parking space immediately in front of the Craigville Post Office is for Post Office patrons only. It looks like it is a no parking spot, so please utilize it for stopping to pick-up your mail or make your Post Office purchases, not long-term parking. Please remember to call or e-mail me to put your events on the community calendar! The CCOA Board hopes that everyone has a happy and healthy winter.

Looking forward to next summer. -Lee Williams, CCOA President (508-775-3772 and lswhpyc@hotmail.com)

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The Reading and Meeting Room “Do we have some people who will look at the room and clean it up?” We said “sure”, thinking all it needed was a wipe down with vinegar to spruce it up. Well, we went to give the room a good look. It smelled musty. The paneling had staples in it. Pictures had been screwed into the walls. Paint had been splattered on the walls. It was going to need lots more than a scrub down. We went home and discussed it. The paneling needed to be refinished. The windows needed to be sanded, rubbed down, refinished or painted. The walls enclosing the bathroom had never been sealed and finished. This would be a big project. The Tabernacle is the center of the Village. The spot was chosen to build the meeting and worship tent because it was the highest point of the village. It continues to be a special place with over a hundred years of use and history. We felt that it needed some tender, loving care. Well, maybe I felt it more than he did, but we needed to do it together. The second week in August we started on the first wall. By working about two hours a day, except on Sundays, we have now refinished all of the walls, and will finish the windows by the end of the week. Then we need to wash the ceiling and paint the floor. It has been much more work than we ever anticipated. It has given us a chance to work together on a project once again. We have had good conversations during our working togetherness. We have discussed how and why we would do the project. I now, even more than ever, appreciate his love of wood and knowledge of how to care for it. We enjoyed seeing and meeting the visitors to the Tabernacle: the ten-year-old German girl who was attending Family Camp who came in one morning to play the piano while we worked; the singers from the Brockton congregation who were here on retreat and practiced their music while we where scrubbing shellac off the walls; the grown-up brother and sister who came in to see if the Tabernacle looked the same as when they visited it as children while attending day camp many years ago; the community members who came in to check-out the flood area map; those who came to use the TAB/BAB; those who came up to check on our progress and admire our efforts. The room is now clean, shining, worthy of being used for a reading and meeting room for the people of Craigville and their guests. It will be used and enjoyed by retreat guests, and visiting clergy and entertainers. It will be a space of which we can all be proud. Come to see the improvement. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to refurbish a part of our beloved Tabernacle.

-Nancy and Roger Hansen

Farewell to Mapleshade On Wednesday, August 21st, we bid a fond farewell to our family cottage. Mapleshade had been in our family since my grandparents, Ralph and Helene Harpole, bought the Fisher cottage (no relation) some 70-odd years ago; it was then passed down to my parents, Ainslie and Suzanne Embree, who passed it down to my brother, Ralph, and me about 10 years ago. Although it was a bittersweet day, we drove off with many happy memories of Craigville summers shared with family and friends and deep gratitude for the privilege of being able to pass on that legacy to our own children. We will miss being Craigville cottage owners—but we do not plan to leave Craigville behind. We hope to see all our old friends and neighbors in coming seasons, as we look forward to many future visits to this beautiful corner of God’s creation. We are especially grateful for the stewardship of all the people, past and present, who have volunteered their time, talents, and treasure to preserve and protect the character and mission of Craigville, ensuring that it remains a place for all people in all seasons.

-Margot Embree and Mark J. Fisher

CCMA Membership Please pay your CCMA dues before you leave for the summer. If you forget, please send your check to the Christian Camp Meeting Association, 39 Prospect Avenue, Craigville, MA 02632. We thank you for your support of the village! -Nancy Hansen, Chair, CCMA Membership

Thought of the Week (from E.L.): “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

-President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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A personal note from Doppler Debbie (Almy) I want to thank the many readers of the Chronicle who have given me such positive feedback about my “Weather-Wize” and “Feather / Fun Facts” articles. I do so enjoy writing them for you and I am always interested to learn about any topics you would like me to research for you. A happy and safe winter to you all. -Debbie Almy

Craigville Retreat Center Has a Full Schedule

The buildings are ready and hopefully, the staff rested, because we are right out straight for a couple of months. Groups coming include the following:

Iglesia Christiana Renacer C.R.E.W youth group is in the Inn from Friday, August 30thto Sunday, September 1st - New Visitors to Craigville Retreat Center. North Street Community Chapel of the Nazarene Family group is in the Lodge and Manor from Friday, August 30th to Monday, September 2nd. Early Arrivals for the Sisters in Spirit Group are in Union and Andover Cottages starting Wednesday, September 4th. The rest of the group arrives on Friday, September 6th, staying in the Inn, and they all depart on Sunday, September 8th. They are 60+ adults. The Academy at Foxborough arrives Wednesday, September 4th and departs Friday, September 6th. They are in Groves. Sakonnet Book Club arrives on Friday, September 6th and departs on Sunday, September 8th. They are also in Groves. Linda Dolan and family members are in Boston Cottage, Manor Lower and Seaside Lower. They arrive between Monday, September 2nd and Thursday, September 5th, and all depart on Sunday, September 8th, after the Shoemaker wedding at the Tabernacle and on the Bluff. Greater Boston A.R.E. will be in the Lodge and Manor. They arrive on Friday, September 6th and depart on Sunday, September 8th. Karen Gniewek and family are in Yale cottage from Friday, September 6th till Sunday, September 8th.

Second week of September is Craigville's Senior & Fall Vacation weeks; Newton Country Day School with 85 freshman girls; Watertown Men’s Group; BC Campus Ministry; Assumption College (new to Craigville); and Kim Piculell, winner of the RLPP fundraiser for a stay at the CRC.

Third week of September: 75 adult attendees for The Worship Design Retreat (new to Craigville); Trinity College Class Reunion (Lee Williams’ classmates); Trinity Christian Academy (new to Craigville); Bridgewell non-profit (new to Craigville); Windsor School in Boston with 70 youth; Wellesley Friends 100+ family group; and Emmanuel College.

Fourth Week of September: Barnstable Land Trust; Independence House; Cape Sangha; Pilgrim Church of Sherborn; First Church of Ludlow; Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port; UCC Church of Walpole.

First Week of October: First Church, Cambridge; Emmanuel College; First Baptist Church, Arlington; Hingham Congregational Church.

Second Week of October: UCC retired clergy; Xaverian Brothers High School with 40 Juniors; Mt. Alvernia High School with 35 Freshmen; The Paulist Center 50 family group; Baptist Church in Bethany (new); UUA Church of Fall River; and the Parks Family.

Third Week of October: Boston Mycological Society (Mushroom Collectors); Central Congregational Church of Wellesley; Jewish Congregational Church in Falmouth; UCC Church in Dracut; Cong. Church of Acton; Cedar Hill Study Group.

Fourth Week of October: Evangelical Congregational Church of Grafton; Central Congregational Church of RI; Abbot Academy Reunion; Katy Shamitz Moms Group; Our Lady of Sorrow, with 60 youth.

As you can see we are very busy this fall! More in the November Chronicle edition. Does your church, school or nonprofit group visit Craigville? Check us out online at http://craigvilleretreats.org/

-Mary A Woodbury, Director, Craigville Retreat Center

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The Tabernacle: A Summer of Hospitality

TEN is a special number.

Imagine if humans had eight or twelve digits on our hands and feet. What would our decimal system be? Octomal? Duodecimal?

Fortunately, that’s not something we need to worry about!

In truth, we don’t need to worry about anything. We were reminded of this truth by the Scripture from Luke’s Gospel that we shared at last Tuesday morning’s Tabernacle Meditation time, entitled “In the Spirit of Julian of Norwich.”

Jesus’ words, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life.” resonated well with Julian’s words, “As the body is clad in the cloth, and the flesh in the skin, and the bones in the flesh, and the heart in the whole, so are we, soul and body, clad in the Goodness of God, and enclosed.”

Throughout the summer, Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly, from South Congregational Church in Centerville, has led this series of Tuesday morning Meditations in the Tabernacle. This Sunday, September 1st, he will be the tenth preacher to stand in the pulpit to share a message on this summer’s Tabernacle theme, “hospitality”.

It seems that the summer has flown by, and ten 2013 Sunday Tabernacle worship services will soon be remembered rather than anticipated. Last Sunday morning, with worship scheduled for evening, members of the Craigville community gathered for a “focused discussion” about the Tabernacle: past, present, and future; and some fascinating ideas emerged.

As we look back on this summer, (and look forward, too!), I thought for this final Chronicle of the 2013 Summer season I’d review the ten preachers, their scriptures, and their sermon titles. Over the winter, community members may wish to revisit the hospitable spiritual energy these ten preachers have brought to Craigville by re-reading their scriptures, month by month. They’ve all been very different—yet, the common theme of “hospitality” has provided continuity.

So, here are the summer scritpures and sermon topics for your fall, winter amd spring reflections:

June 30th: Rev. Dr. Herb Davis, Galatians 5:1-3, 13-25 and Luke 9:51-62; “The Pretty Good Church” July 7th: Rev. Dr. John Terry, 2Kings 5:1-15a and Luke 17:11‐19; “There is a Balm in Gilead” July 14th: Rev. Kenneth Landall, Deuteronomy 30:9-14 and Luke 10:25-37; “Views from the Side of the Road” July 21st: Rev. Lisa DePaz, 2Samuel 7:1-10 and Isaiah 41:7-20, “There is Still Room” July 28th: Rev. Dr. Andy Armstrong, Luke 19:1-10; “Standing Tall in the Grace of God” August 4th: Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, Genesis 9:8-17; “Hospitality, Henri Nouwen, and Creation” August 11th: Rev. Deacon David Akin, Hebrews 11, 1-3, 8-16, and Luke 12:32-40; “Opening the Doors” August 18th: Rev. Dayan Johnson, Deuteronomy 10:17-20, 1Peter 4:7-10 and John 4:5-15; “Rivers of Mercy” August 25th: Rev. Jennifer Munroe-Nathans, Genesis 18:1-15 and Luke 13:10-17; “The Laughing Community” Sept.1st: Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly, James 1:22-27; 2:14-26; “Holistic Spirituality: Doing the Word”

Ten Sundays. Ten Preachers. Ten topics, each based on different scriptures. We have also experienced (counting this Sunday’s “Pick-up Choir”!) ten Sundays of diverse, amazing, uplifting and inspiring music. One for each month: food for thought for the ten months until Sunday, July 6, 2014.

More reasons than we can count on all our fingers and toes to thank God for Craigville. -- Steve Brown, Interim 2013 Tabernacle Administrator

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CCMA President Jim Lane requested that we print the following resolution: CCMA Board Resolution on CBA Beach parking

Whereas, the mission of the CCMA in its stewardship of the Craigville community is to provide opportunities for spiritual growth, worship, service, learning, fellowship, retreat and rest -- in a unique place of grace by the sea;

Whereas, the CCMA in 1888 purchased the beach property as an integral part of its vision to develop a holistic program of worship, education, fellowship and recreation;

Whereas, the CCMA in 1939 created a corporate structure, the Craigville Beach Association, ”for the support of religious activities of the Christian Camp Meeting Association”;

Whereas, for many years CCMA has invited village residents and the wider Cape Cod community to use its facilities, including the beach, with appropriate fees;

Whereas, the CCMA By-laws assign to the Beach Committee the responsibility to “hire a beach manager, provide for the operation of the Snack Bar and the setting of rates, the establishment of necessary rules, along with a budget for the beach operation.” The committee is accountable to the CCMA board, as the board is accountable to the CCMA membership.

Therefore be it resolved that:

The CCMA board expresses confidence in the Beach Committee and management and commends the committee for its effort to deal with the problem of an underutilized parking lot and endorses open parking and increased access for persons with physical disabilities.

The board also appreciates the feedback that has come from participants in the beach program, most of which has been positive and constructive. The board also appreciates the beach committee’s responsiveness to concerns that have been raised about the proposed changes and the changes that have been made to its initial proposal. The board encourages continued dialogue as the Beach Committee implements the new pattern for parking.

Voted August 24, 2013

Falling Leaves As the summer winds down on the banks of Red Lily Pond, future planning gains momentum. Here are three things to keep an eye on over the winter: First, the Watershed-based Working Groups of the Cape Cod Commission’s Section 208 Area-Wide Water Quality Management Plan will meet throughout the fall, winter, and spring. Cape-wide, there are eleven major watersheds; ours extends from the Centerville River to the Three Bays area of Osterville and Marstons Mills. The Red Lily Pond Project is lending its expertise to the local Working Group in the hope of negotiating equitable and affordable local solutions to wastewater treatment. One thing is certain—because everyone creates wastewater, the problem will not magically disappear over the winter, and major hurricanes or winter storms can devastate antiquated septic systems and clogged waterways. Thus we plan for the future: (http://watersheds.capecodcommission.org/) Second, we’re hoping that the Cape Cod chapter of AmeriCorps will bring many energetic and enthusiastic young, environmentally-astute volunteers to the ponds and the herring run, to clean out phragmites, purple loosestrife and other invasive plant species. We are putting a proposal forward to them; if it is approved, watch for news and pictures online at www.craigville.org. Last but not least, we are hoping to install the bridge across the herring run at the bottom of the Forty Steps, for dedication next summer. We have retrieved the picture of a bridge which the community voted “best in class” through the Lily Pad Newsletter back in 2008, and are in contact with an engineer to a design safe, sturdy, and vandal-proof bridge. The Red Lily Pond Board of Directors has expressed interest in a “Lily Pad” Newsletter before Christmas, which will have more news—and pictures! Stay tuned—and to all our summer friends, we wish you a safe, healthy and prosperous winter. -Steve Brown, President, RLPP

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FEATHER/FUN FACTS: MOSQUITOES BY DEBBIE ALMY I am sure you have been annoyed to distraction by the buzzing of a mosquito hovering around your ear in the middle of the night. How do they manage to do that? What do we really know about these annoying little beasts that can manage to spoil an outdoor party, ruin a good night’s sleep and now threaten us with West Nile Virus? There are about 2,500 different species worldwide and 150 in the United States and found as far North as the Arctic Circle. They weigh about 1/25,000th of an ounce, so light they can walk on water, which is necessary for them in order to lay their eggs on the surface. Any standing or stagnant water is an ideal spot for them: an outdoor pet dish, fish ponds, rain gutters etc. They never go far away from their shallow water source. The female lays 100-200 eggs on the surface of the water (which must be still, not moving) after she has had a blood meal. The next two stages of development are the larva and pupa which also need to be in water. It only takes one pint of water to nurture 500 mosquito larvae. The final stage is the adult, and this whole process can take as little as two days or up to two weeks to complete depending on the temperature. The word "mosquito” is from the Spanish or Portuguese for "little fly". Mosquitoes use exhaled carbon dioxide, body odors, body heat, and movement to focus in on their victims. Only female mosquitoes have the mouth parts necessary for sucking blood. When biting with their proboscis (mouth part), they stab two tubes into the skin: one to inject an enzyme that inhibits blood clotting, the other to suck blood into their bodies. They use the blood not for their own nourishment, but as a source of protein for their eggs. For food, both males and females eat nectar and other plant sugars. The mosquito bite itches because of an allergic reaction to the saliva put into the skin at the bite sight. The head is where all the sensors are located, along with the biting apparatus. The head has two compound eyes, antennae to sense chemicals and the mouth parts. The thorax section is where the two wings and six legs attach. It contains the flight muscles, compound heart, and some nerve cells. The abdomen contains the digestive and excretory organs. So what can we do to keep these devils away? Some suggestions: a few sprigs of rosemary on the hot grill grid, put fresh basil in a muslin bag and hang it off the porch, for most flying insects hate the basil smell. Grow lemon grass (or Thai grass) as it contains citronella, grow bamboo plants, which attract dragonflies who can consume 100 mosquitos in 30 minutes. Get a bat house, for bats eat thousands of insects every night and may only swoop into your birdbath but will not hurt you. Hang a Bounce dryer sheet out of your pocket or rub it on your skin, or spray the surface of any standing water with peppermint or any aerosol oil to prevent the larvae from surviving. Electric zappers are not effective at all, for the mosquitoes stay away from any magnetic field. The only silver lining to that cloud of mosquitoes in your garden is that they are a reliable source of food for thousands of animals, including birds, bats, dragonflies, and frogs. In addition, humans are actually not the first choice for most mosquitoes looking for a meal. They usually prefer horses, cattle, and birds.

Craigville in 2020 – A season-ending editorial We sometimes say that a situation or an event can be seen clearly in hindsight, or “20/20”. It means that we can comprehend how it came to the ultimate resolution or conclusion that seems fairly obvious when looking back. Well, we are wondering about Craigville and thinking that, if we look ahead rather than back at, say, the year 2020, which is 7 years out - and biblical, too, so it seems somewhat appropriate - what do we see? As we engage in a little reflecting upon this summer 2013, we are wondering what you see. The Village and the Beach saw some great activities: several festive social gatherings, a patriotic parade, a dinner including auctions, important community clean-up days, a few meetings, movie nights, Halloween and Christmas/Illumination Night in July, a number of wonderful musical events, many worship services and several other services, as well as other events also held in the Tabernacle. Yet this review doesn’t cover what we, the people, have to offer in Craigville. In addition to these events, the Craigville Chronicles contained news about our dedicated readers’ interests, revealing who they are: writers, painters, photographers, musicians, and scientists. In our midst are current and former teachers, college professors, university leaders, athletics directors, ministers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, journalists, investment advisors, business owners, real

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estate agents, accountants, development people, non-profit personnel, military officers, lobbyists, graphics designers, architects; and those are just the people who immediately come to mind. This doesn’t even include their varied non-professional interests and knowledge. The Family Camp touched upon the local resources that abound in Craigville. We feel compelled to ask, “Is there ample opportunity here for sharing of skills and talents for those who wish to do so?” We hope that there may be somewhere a Long Range Plan that recognizes all the amazing human resources that we have available right here in our Village. We notice that the Long Range Planning Committee has not filed any report for the past 2 years, since the consultants produced a comprehensive report, “Master Plan 2010” that has never been shared with the community outside of the CCMA Board. So, we cannot comment on that document, except to say that we would encourage an examination of the structure of the community that can foster its healthy growth into the future. As we consider the current demographics of Craigville, this is not “our mother’s and father’s Craigville” in many ways, perhaps beginning with the haven for retired Protestant ministers for which it was known 50 years ago. We also agree that, as author Scott Peck writes in The Different Drum, “Community does not solve the problem of pluralism by obliterating diversity. Instead it seeks out diversity, welcomes other points of view, embraces opposites, desires to see the other side of every issue. It is wholistic. It integrates us human beings into a functioning mystical body.” This could sound like a promising, exciting future dynamic to promote. A good recommendation offered in that report was for a Village Council (wait – who leaked that information to “the press”?) comprised of representatives of the various Craigville groups. And we have so many capable citizens in this community well-qualified to counsel on a variety of programs. Consider this very special, fragile environment of Craigville that we want to preserve, for example: how many lessons are there to be learned from its study? How many people and groups enter the Tabernacle and comment on its transcendent feeling and such a unique, special edifice in our Village? Are we making our best efforts to manage, market and share what we are stewards of here? We have much to offer as a community in the way of human and natural resources, and most of us recognize and appreciate it. Perhaps it’s better to not dwell on a knee-jerk reaction to the loss of designated parking spaces, but rather to focus more on the future and where we want to see our Village, through the scope, in 2020. Granted, it’s a lot more difficult to negotiate the winding channel into the future, but if we want to keep our Craigville ship afloat, it would seem pretty necessary. Let’s keep talking – and writing! Our communication keeps us connected. Please continue to share your news with us, so that we can do our part to reinforce the neighborly relationships that help make Craigville a Village where we care FOR and ABOUT one another. And, as the Latin proverb states,

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. (Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe.)

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This is the final edition of the Chronicle for Summer 2013. We hope you have enjoyed this summer’s publications, and we truly value your many kind expressions of appreciation. We hope you will enjoy the Fall, and keep us in mind for the November issue. Don’t forget our festive annual Craigville Christmas party the first Monday in December.

On a personal note, I could not do this job anywhere near as well without the ongoing support of my “editorial staff” (proofreader, partner, best friend,…), Steve Brown. Thank you, my love, for pointing out those little grammatical errors as well as rubbing my stiff neck.

REMEMBER, we are always on the web at Craigville.org (postings to info@craigville.org) and for the CCOA page “friend” us on Facebook (postings for FB page to Geoffrey Underwood dgunderwo@gmail.com)! The Craigville Chronicle is sponsored by the Christian Camp Meeting Association and the Craigville Cottage Owners Association, and is produced weekly from the last week in June through Labor Day weekend and off-season once during the Fall (November), Winter (February) and Spring (May). Please e-mail your news to Alice Brown, editor, at craigvillechronicle1872@gmail.com. Craigville Retreat Center information can be found 24/7 at www.craigvilleretreats.org. −Alice Brown, Editor