May 12, 2021

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A Methodist pilgrimage

I’m headed back to Lake Junaluska. Do not ask me to get in an innertube.

In 2016 — although I refuse to believe it was that long ago — the youth from First United Methodist Church in Shelbyville, Tenn., traveled to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, and I was one of the chaperones.

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A Methodist pilgrimage

I’m headed back to Lake Junaluska. Do not ask me to get in an innertube.

More from John I. Carney

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