"I still hold that it is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home...
as symbolic and significant to his own imagination as he can;
whether the home be in Notting Hill or Nicaragua, in Palestine or in Pittsburgh."-G.K.Chesterton, "The Artistic Side"

Monday, June 15, 2020

It's time for a June Meeting!

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians!

I am happy to announce that we will meet in person on Friday June 19th. Since I received word this weekend that the Community Center is still closed, we will meet at my home, holding as much of the meeting as possible outside on our deck. Please email me if you need directions/address, or more information.

At our last meeting before the shut down, we started reading Chesterton's autobiography. We will pick up with discussion of chapter 4, "How to be a Lunatic" for this Friday. (Somehow, this chapter sounds especially appropriate for discussion upon coming out of quarantine!)

Also, with Father's Day coming this weekend, we will watch a portion of the video presentation called “Chesterton: Husband... and Father”, given by Mr. Brandon Vogt* at the national conference last summer in Kansas City. You may remember that we were planning to view the entire video at our March meeting. This week, we will watch the last 30 minute section where Brandon discusses G.K. Chesterton as "father".

*(Brandon is the Content Director for Bishop Baron's Word on Fire Ministries, and serves on the board of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Along with his wife and six children, he lives on Burrowshire, a small farm outside Orlando, FL, with chickens, goats, pigs, rabbits, and a garden.)

At the meeting we will determine the plans for readings and meetings for July and August.

Please feel free to arrive anytime after 7:00, for a potluck of snacks and drinks. We will start the video promptly at 7:30, followed by discussion of chapter 4 in the autobiography. We will try to finish up around 9:30.

For planning purposes, please let me know if you are able to come.

Hope to SEE you on Friday!



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