Lake Junaluska has hosted the Western North Carolina conference of the United Methodist Church for decades. For many of those years, its felt more like a family reunion than a convention. But this year was a little different. Kids play in swimming pool on the edge of the lake while adults get ready for another long day of voting. This is Robin Tate Uhl’s first annual conference at Lake Junaluska in Haywood County. She’s up for election as a laity delegate. That means if elected she would go to