Pronunciation Class

I was asked to teach and English Pronunciation at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell to Vietnamese nuns and brothers and Colombian brothers. I had previously set up a program at Covenant Village of Cromwell where I live. The sisters would come over on the bus and I paired them up with residents so they could practice conversational English with a native speaker. They now wanted a pronunciation class that would be specific for the Vietnamese speakers. I was happy to oblige but when the Colombian brothers heard about the course they wanted to come too. No problem! I used Pronunciation Contrasts in English by Nilsen and Nilsen from Waveland Press. The course was for 10 weeks with an hour for class and an extra half-hour for individual or small group work. We had an amazing time.

The last day of class was November 20th and this was Teachers' Day in Vietnam. What a coincidence and the students were so proud to share this honor with me.

GLAD @CVOC Gala

GLAD, the a cappella quintet, will be the featured performers at the CVOC Gala on Sunday, October 11th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, CT.

Hope you will be able to attend. It is a wonderful evening to benefit the Benevolent Fund of the Covenant Village of Cromwell where I live.

Details to follow...

Invite your Pastor to Lunch...

Today is the 'Invite your Pastor to Lunch' day. So Pastor John Endler joined me here at Covenant Village of Cromwell. CVOC has been my new home since this last August.

Since this is a Christian Retirement Community, CVOC is reaching out to area churches to show what we have to offer. This is a very popular addition to our marketing ventures and shows us off to good advantage. Lunch is always very good [as is dinner].

Pastor John and I sat with Burt Johnson, Executive Director of CVOC, and had a very enjoyable lunch. Burt and John had friends in common and John knew several of the pastors at other tables.

bloginfo: check out the CVOC website
blognote: I reviewed last month's Birthday dinner at my restaurant site

CVOC Presentation

My presentation this afternoon during the '3rd Friday at 3' series here at Covenant Village went very well. There were between 50 and 60 in the audience.

I started with three disclaimers: not a missionary, not a poet, not a photographer. So I interspersed my report with 'word pictures,' [actually my attempt at blogged poetry]. There was a suggestion at the end of the talk that I put my notes and poems into a folder and leave in the library. This way, people can reread it at their leisure and those unable to attend can visit it also.

bloginfo: The title of the presentation was 'Mission Travels and Poetry: JAMI 2007-2009'
blognote: I am giving the same presentation the first Sunday of May at church, Central Baptist, in Hartford.