PC|Bluestocking

Although insanely small and creepily exclusive, the PC bubble is indeed mobile. How can we be so sure? This past weekend, several of us students scooped it up and moved it over the state line for the college’s annual Winter Conference. The event was held in the beautiful little mountain town of Montreat, North Carolina, which serves as a conference center for all kinds of church groups. Over 100 PC students attended the conference and stayed, played, and ate  in the cozy Assembly Inn which overlooks Lake Susan. Goofy-in-a-good-way energizers were performed, Powerful songs were belted out by the extremely talented band full of PC’s own, and inspiring speaker Lucy Cummings shared her thoughts on faith. The weekend theme was Creation, but Cummings touched on different ideas each day. One relative and interesting issue was how sites like Facebook and Twitter are disconnecting us and making real life contact “awkward.”  She encouraged everyone to take a chance, look someone in the eye, and legitimately ask and care how they are doing. What a frightening, but genius suggestion.

On Saturday night, a delightful talent show was put on full of music, dancing, comedy, and dramatic readings. The awesome madness ended with Lee Catoe and Ellison Cavedo’s  acoustic version of Beyonce’s hit “Halo.”  Overall, the weekend was a nice getaway with no painful popping of our precious bubble. And hey, all attendees got rockin burnt orange t-shirts out of the deal too. Jealous a little?

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