Ohio-Meadville District Summer Institute
Unitarian Universalist Association

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
www.omdsi.org

OMDSI '08
Sunday July 13 - Saturday July 19, 2008

Summer Institute Milestone

The Summer Institute Planning Committee reached a milestone with the posting of the SI 2008 brochure and registration form online at omdsi.org and at ohiomeadville.org

The brochure will also be e-mailed to more than 200 past attendees of SI who have told us they would accept a brochure online vs. the more expensive and not-so-environmentally-friendly paper brochure sent via snail mail. It’s not too late to get the brochure via e-mail. Just drop a note to omdsi2008@gmail.com

Once you open the 2008 Summer Institute brochure I know you’ll be impressed with the variety of workshops, the entertainment options, and the quality of our Theme Speaker for 2008 – Meg Barnhouse.

We’ve kept all your old SI favorites, but added new experiences I hope you’ll like. The Planning Committee also listened to your concerns. We’re inaugurating The Canteen in 2008, an alcohol-free space where youth and adults can hangout after evening Vespers, drinking cool ice tea or hot java. There will be board games, card games, live music, and conversation. The Young Adult dorm will also have alcohol-free rooms available.

The small-group ensemble concert has been expanded to a second night, Tie-dyeing will be every afternoon, and OMD’s district executive, Joan Van Becelaere, will direct the reader’s theatre Katrina/Ultreya to benefit the rebuilding of the Unitarian Universalist Church in New Orleans.

There is so much more to experience at Summer Institute 2008 at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, from July 13 to July 19. Just double click on the link to the brochure and read all about it.

- Dave Murray, SI 2008 Chair

Brochure and Registration

• Download and read the SI 2008 Brochure (pdf)
• How to Register -- online or by mail.
• For additional updates and answers to your questions, visit the new OMDSI Blog.

Theme Speaker

• Our Omdsi08 speaker will be Meg Barnhouse, speaker, singer/songwriter and humorist. Meg is a commentator for NC Public Radio on a segment called “Radio Free Bubba.” She has also been heard on National Public Radio’s “Weekend All Things Considered.” Her books, “The Best of Radio Free Bubba,” "Rock of Ages at the Taj Mahal," “Waking Up the Karma Fairy,” "Return of Radio Free Bubba," and her newest, "Did I Say That Out Loud?" are available on links from her web sitehttp://www.megbarnhouse.com.
• Registration and details here in Spring 2008

Memories and pictures from past SI's  

• OMDSI and OMDWI archives. Programs and activities from past years.
• Pictures of OMDSI'07 (and past years) from
• Brad Bolton http://www.proftalon.smugmug.com/
• Revisit SI '07 with a the YouTube Slide Show
• Code your photos at Flickr with omdsi. Let's make it a group.

The 2008 OMD Summer Institute will be held July 13-19, 2008, at the Kenyon College.