Upcoming Events
For more information on any of the events listed below, please be sure to read
our latest Heritage Headlines Newsletter.
- Brown Bag Lecture: History of the Red Hill Band
- July 14, 2010, 12:00 noon
- July 18, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
- Open to the Public, Light refreshments provided
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- Summer Camp:Heritage Tour at Home
- August 2-6, 2010; 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Register by August 11, Ages 6 through 10
- $90 per participant
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- Brown Bag Lecture: Pa German Folk Healing
- August 11, 2010, 12:00 noon
- August 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
- Open to the Public, Light refreshments provided
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- Summer Camp:Summer Scapes! Landscape Art
- Summer Scapes II: August 18-20, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Register by August 11, Ages 6 through 12
- $70 per participant
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- Art Weekends at the Meetinghouses
- August 21, 2010, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
- August 22, 2010, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Raindate: August 28, 29; Pre-registration and fee
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Inspired by the current exhibit, Scenes of the Perkiomen Valley by George Bockius participants will discuss the way artists
preserve and interpret history through artmaking and engage in making their own works of art off site at the meetinghouses.
Registration information.
- Brown Bag Lecture: Pa German Barnstars: Celestrial Symbolism
- September 8, 2010, 12:00 noon
- September 12, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
- Open to the Public, Light refreshments provided
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- A Fund-Raising Dinner to Honor Dottie Heebner
- Sunday, October 3, 2010
- Bay Pony Inn, Rt 113, Lederach, PA 19450
- Cost: $65.00 per person, advanced reservations required
- Socializing at 5:00 p.m.; Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
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Reservations only with the receipt of a check or credit card info. Please contact Michelle Pritt for additional information and
reservations. Dottie Heebner has made a tremendous contribution to the Schwenkfelder Church for nearly 40 years. Please consider
joining the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in recognizing Dottie for the tremendous contribution she has made to the
Schwenkfelder church by attending this fund-raiser event. Learn more about Dottie Heebner here.
- Brown Bag Lecture: Funerary Practices in a Pa German Community
- October 13, 2010, 12:00 noon
- Open to the Public, Light refreshments provided
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- Sunday Afternoon Brown Bag Lecture: Ghost Stories with Charlie Adams
- October 17, 2:00 p.m. noon
- Open to the Public
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- Symposium: The World in Schwenckfeld's Day
- October 23, 2010
- Open to the Public. Pre-registration and payment required.
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This symposium is designed for the general public curious about life in a former time. Dr. Peter Erb will moderate a day of presentations by
Emmet McLaughlin, Rev. Luka Ilic, Dr. Jill First, Dr. Ann Tlusty, Dr. Michael Baylor, Dr. Hilda Binford, and Dr. Lisa Norris. Topics to be explore
include printing, religion in everyday life, art, music, taverns and food, rebellion and war. More details to come this spring!
- Combined Meeting of the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles and the Schwenkfelder Church
- The World in Schwenckfeld's Day and the World in Ours: Are There Lessons for the Present in the Past?
- Presented by Dr. Peter C. Erb, SLHC Associate Director of Theology
- October 24, 2010 2:00 p.m.
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The Exile Society's Annual Meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. Dr. Erb will present The World in Schwenckfeld's Day
At the conclusion of the talk and questions (at 4:00 p.m.) the Fall General Conference of the Schwenkfelder Church will be called to
order by the Moderator, Mr. H. Drake Williams Jr. The day will conclude with a light supper about 4:30 p.m. While official actions
will be taken by both organizations, non-members of either group are more than welcome to enjoy the program and stay for the meal.
A free-will offering will be received to help defray the cost of the meal.
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