2015 Calendar of Events Brochure  

Lakeside's highly anticipated 2015 Calendar of Events brochure has arrived. The brochure is filled with highlights of the Chautauqua summer season.

To be included on our mailing list, email your name and home address to guestinfo@lakesideohio.com.  

In the meantime, check Lakeside's Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as future e-newsletters, for upcoming save the dates.

Photo Contest Winners

Throughout the year, Lakeside holds a Calendar of Events Photo Contest that encourages amateur photographers to submit their favorite photos of Lakeside.

This year, we received more than 390 entries, each representing a unique perspective of the Chautauqua community. Seven photos were chosen to be featured in this year's Calendar of Events brochure.

Congratulations to the following winners:

• Stephen Bailey
• Joy Carr
• George Bauman
• Crystal Jozsa (2014 Photo Contest entry)
• Betsy Kazee
• Susan Scharenberg
• Beth Sibbring (2014 Photo Contest entry)

Each winning photographer will receive a one-day Daily Chautauqua Pass. Each winning photo, with the name of the photographer, will also be featured on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram over the next few weeks.

Thank you again to all who participated in the contest, and congratulations to our winners. Stay tuned for details about this year's upcoming photo contest.

Retreat Offers Local Pastors the Lakeside Experience 

Last year, Lakeside Chautauqua hosted the first Fellowship of Locals Pastors & Associate Members Retreat from Aug. 24-26.

As a result of an idea sparked at a Religious Life Advisory Committee meeting, this retreat was a collaborated effort between the Rev. Doug Winner, East Ohio Conference Fellowship of Associate Members & Local Pastors (FAMLP) president; the Rev. David Weaver, West Ohio Conference FAMLP president; the Rev. Dr. Ned Dewire, Lakeside Chautauqua director of Religious Life & Church Outreach; and Shirley Stary, Lakeside Chautauqua vice president of Programming.

Together, they designed a retreat specifically for local pastors of the East Ohio and West Ohio Conferences.

"We found the Lakeside organization and staff so willing to extend their help and services to make this retreat a success," said the Rev. Winner. "It was a blessing to us."     

This three-day retreat experience provided nurturing opportunities, such as morning devotionals by the lake, an evening picnic in the park and free-time to be spent exploring Lakeside.

In February 1885, leaders of the Chautauqua Assembly of Chautauqua, New York held the first Florida Chautauqua Winter Assembly in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.

The Chautauqua New York leaders wanted to expand their programming into the winter months in a warmer climate.

The Florida Chautauqua Winter Assembly thrived until the 1920s when the Chautauqua Movement experienced a decline.

In 1993, a group of local citizens founded the Florida Chautauqua Center, now doing business as the Florida Chautauqua Association, to revive the Assembly after a 75-year hiatus.

The Florida Chautauqua Assembly is the only remaining Chautauqua in Florida, of the many that were prospering in Florida during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Similar to the original movement, the program focuses on education, art, recreation and religion.

In 2008, Chris Mitchell became president of the Florida Chautauqua Assembly and launched the first themed assembly, A Journey into the American Presidency.

Summer Employment & Internship Opportunities