On July 22, sixteen of us traveled to Storm Lake, Iowa (six of us in a rented mini-van) to join over 600 fellow Presbyterians at Synod School. As a “first timer” I was promised an exceptional experience and so it was. We were an intergenerational community at worship, study and play. It was stimulating, enriching and fun.
Convocation was “our van’s” favorite time. The speaker was Carol Bechtal, Professor of Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary. She also wrote the 2008 Presbyterian Women’s Bible Study on Jonah and Ruth. Great!
Over 60 workshops gave a lot of choices – “heavy” (Spiritual Transformation Reformed Theology) “medium” (Bad Girls of the Bible, Luke’s Gospel) and “light” (Rug making, Tye-dying).
Multiple activities went on all day long, from 6:30 breakfast until 10:00 p.m. close of the live music coffeehouse. This first timer never made it to the coffeehouse – but they said it was great fun!! I’ll get their next year!
–Anne Dropp