Community At Lakeside
Lakeside is fortunate to have active community organizations, which lend support to the mission, while adding another dimension to the Lakeside Chautauqua experience.
Lakeside is fortunate to have active community organizations, which lend support to the mission, while adding another dimension to the Lakeside Chautauqua experience.
Lakeside Chautauqua is a nonprofit organization that relies on the generosity of families, friends, volunteers and its dedicated staff. Our Chautauqua programming and upkeep of the facilities and grounds are made possible through the philanthropic support of generous Lakesiders like you.
As Lakeside celebrates its 150th Anniversary, we’re exploring seven dynamic practices that nurture a vibrant community. Our visiting speakers, preachers, artists, authors and performers will encourage us to dive deeper into and live out the essence of community. Each program and experience this summer will help you reflect, learn, explore and expand your perspectives about the seven community practices.
Decade after decade, leaders, staff, board members, volunteers, individuals, families, homeowners and supporters have deepened their connection to the Lakeside community and the timeless mission. Through community, we flourish and become our best selves.
Building community deserves our best thinking, care for one another and our best human effort. Join us on a journey as we explore community this Chautauqua season.
To enrich the quality of life for all people, to foster traditional Christian values, and to nurture relationships through opportunities for renewal and growth – spiritually, intellectually, culturally and physically – while preserving Lakeside’s heritage.
For 150 years, Lakeside has created a thriving community. Through learning about and appreciating our foundation, we develop a stronger connection to our values, heritage and culture as we continue to build momentum toward a vibrant future.
Lakesiders engage with and care for one another as we grow meaningful relationships and create a sense of belonging in our community. When we come together at Lakeside, we feel at home.
We recognize the unique dignity, individuality and equal humanity of all in our community. Through meaningful dialogue and civil discourse, we seek to understand one another and find common points of agreement while also honoring the rights of each person to respectfully disagree.
We engage and collaborate together to nurture a vibrant community by investing our time, talent and treasure to support and sustain the Lakeside experience. In doing so, we ensure that current and future generations will continue to flourish and be blessed here.
Our Board of Directors and staff strive to faithfully steward the founders' vision for Lakeside. Through our community forums, one-on-one meetings and community messages, we experience our Lakeside leaders in action as they seek to lead with compassion, integrity and transparency.
Throughout our history, Lakeside has created timeless places and spaces that invite us to slow down and cherish the beauty of our community. We continue to ensure safe, well-designed and aesthetically pleasing spaces and a healthy ecosystem in which we gather and live.
The founders of Lakeside pitched the first tent on our shoreline and gathered together to grow in their spiritual journeys. To help us build community today, we too can challenge ourselves to step away from the hustle and bustle to refresh and renew -spiritually, intellectually, culturally, and physically.