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Friends and Family Gather to Honor Andrew Baker
In June, my family had the opportunity to go on a mini-pilgrimage of sorts to Kanuga. A place where I, as well as Andrew, are very familiar. A place synonymous with our upbringing and truly our spiritual home and thin place. I’ve long thought of Kanuga as being akin to an older sibling, as did...
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Kanuga Staff Day in the Garden
It takes a lot of love and attention for Kanuga’s Foster Education Garden to yield fresh and ample produce for the summer harvest. Staff planted this month, but a lot of groundwork was required first, much of it completed by Kanuga volunteers during two service weekends. In early November, these volunteers “put the garden to...
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Kanuga’s Legacy of Sustainability: An Earth Day Reflection
During the early days of Kanuga, almost 100 years ago, self-reliance and resourcefulness was integral to our mission. The leaders at that time knew the importance of being good stewards of the resources that God had given them. They started a vegetable garden and raised livestock to keep food costs down. They felled and milled...
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Winterlight Deepens Personal and Spiritual Lives
by Susan Vickery-Mercer, Youth Minister, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina St. Paul’s Episcopal Church high school students savor the annual opportunity for Kanuga’s Winterlight Youth Conference, held this year December 28-January 1, to connect and reconnect with students from Episcopal churches across the Southeast, while exploring avenues for personal and spiritual growth. The...
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