Dates TBA
Rediscover the important things in life while serving others.
Dates TBA
Rediscover the important things in life while serving others.
♦ Work with friends on their organic farms, helping with gardening and construction projects
♦ Spend time with our with differently-abled friends at the Galilean Children’s Home (Galilean Home TikTok)
♦ Work with our Amish and Mennonite friends and experience their culture
♦ Enjoy evening cookouts, live music, volleyball, and frisbee
♦ Activities may include: hayride, horse-and-buggy ride, flying (see info video), hiking, riding quads, and target shooting
“The most beautiful things in life aren’t things. The people in Liberty are amazing human beings who strive to lead happy and simple lives every day. I learned so much from witnessing their unique lifestyles. I can’t wait to go back!” – Past participant
Liberty is a small town about 3 hours south of Cincinnati, tucked into the hills of Casey County in central Kentucky. Venturing to Liberty is a way to escape city-life and to learn about simplicity and a chance to get in touch with nature and the beauty, and challenge, of growing food organically. It is an opportunity to share our lives with friends who live a very simple lifestyles in a faith-based community. We will work alongside our farming friends – working with them, not for them. Joining me in Liberty is an opportunity to meet some amazing people from around the world, folks with life stories that will stretch your mind. A Liberty trip will help you unwind, relax, and live in the moment.
Before coming to Blue Alliance, I spent 33 years as a high-school teacher. I began leading adults and teens on trips to Liberty in the summer of 1988. The frequency of the trips quickly grew into a quarterly venture, and I have been blessed to have led over 120 group trips to Liberty. Around 2000 different teens and 500 different adults have travelled with me to Liberty, KY, with most making multiple trips. People young and old frequently tell me they can’t wait to get back “home” to Liberty – to reconnect with each other, slow down, breathe, and get grounded.
Now that I am working at Blue Alliance, I am very excited to share the experience with a whole new group of wonderful people. I know that with our Service Grant, this trip will be a great opportunity to bring us together as we work to build community among our family of companies. Liberty will be an experience you will not regret – I guarantee it.
♦ Accommodations: We have various accommodation options available. Details to come once we firm up a date.
♦ Cost: Get yourself there and everything else will be free.
♦ Transportation: Carpool for Cincinnati or meet us there.
Galilean Home Links
Galilean Home – Today Show segments from 1989 and 1999
Dawn Shultz – Galilean Home Volunteer Coordinator
Quincy Burt – Worked at the Galilean Home
Jean Beaudelaire – Musician – Grew up at the Galilean Home
Galilean Home – TikTok
Other Links
Galilean Home Newsletter – My Story
Horse & Buggy Inn
Foxfire Farm – Aaron & Irina’s Farm
Pete Patton – His Story
South Fork Creek – Amish Country
Difference between Amish and Mennonites
Painting of Jerome Lange by Megan Pettit
Video Links
Christmas in Heaven – The Lindsey Family @ Strauel’s House
Emmanuel – The Lindsey Family @ Strauel’s House
Art & Diane Mize @ Strauel’s House
Jerome & Art – Music at the Strauel’s House
Paul Martin (age 80) – Stick Jumping
Jerome and Patrick – Blowin’ In The Wind
Jerome – I Love You 100 Song (with Tana Matz)
Jerome – Fiddling in the garden
Jerome Lange’s Songs – Audio Recordings
Tana Matz – Country Roads | Just Fly | Since Cincinnati
Powered Paragliding – The Strauel Boys
Strauel’s Bathroom Entertainment