This graphic is from the American Treasure web site. See link below.
If you go to the American Treasure Campaign web site (link above,) you will find a pitch by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association to raise money to rebuild the pier in addition to other projects. The CMA plan is to continue the “150-year legacy of fulfilling the vision to be a seaside community where all generations can know and grow in Jesus…” They also say that they want to fund an enhanced year-round presence in the Grove.
The details are spelled out at the web site, but one item is especially interesting: contributors can purchase blue fish “on the boards” where memorials and advertising can be expressed.
Graphic from the CMA fund web site
Some of the money will go towards repairing the Tabernacle and installing a new sound system in the Great Auditorium.
In addition, and this has been discussed on Blogfinger before, there is a confusing mix-up of nomenclature: “Ocean Grove” or the “Camp Meeting Association?” Read the web site to see the interchangeability of names.
No doubt much of the proceeds will go towards goals that can be enjoyed by everyone, but we are referring to accuracy in the use of language. As Shakespeare said, “What’s in a name?” He thought that multiple names were just fine for a rose; it would smell the same regardless of the name. But it’s different when the conversation is complicated.
It has been our contention that the name “Ocean Grove” should be reserved for the town itself rather than the religious faction which should consistently refer to itself as the “Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association.” That usage will provide more clarity.
This interchangeability of names seems contrived and reflects a time when the two names were indeed synonymous, but that is no longer the case.
Here is a link to a recent BF article about the linguistics of the situation:
BILLY JOEL:
Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
I don’t agree with splashing “advertising “ all over the boardwalk. It looks junky. And by the way, the purchase price for an engraved fish? Get real!
They just don’t get it. There isn’t a person moving in here anymore who even knows what the “Camp Meeting” is. Nor do they care. Religious draws to this town left a long time ago, save for the dwindling summer speakers and concerts. People come for the beach and free parking.
They want to make this a year round town? Pardon me, but there aren’t enough earring places to draw people here, there definitely isn’t enough parking, and what would people do for activities in the cold, go to the boardwalk? (And $5-something for a bage & cream cheese? How will that survive when the New Yorkers aren’t here?) Not even mentioning where is the consideration for the people who live here and pay hefty taxes….. do we ever get a weekend “just for us?”
CMA/Schmee-Ma.