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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
Brown Bag Lecture Series calendar and description can be found here.
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
Visit our Summer camp 2010 webpage.
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
Brown Bag Lecture Series calendar and description can be found here.
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
Visit our Summer camp 2010 webpage.
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
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
Brown Bag Lecture Series calendar and description can be found here.
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.
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
Brown Bag Lecture Series calendar and description can be found here.
Sunday Afternoon Brown Bag Lecture: Ghost Stories with Charlie Adams
October 17, 2:00 p.m. noon
Open to the Public
Brown Bag Lecture Series calendar and description can be found here.
Symposium: The World in Schwenckfeld's Day
October 23, 2010
Open to the Public. Pre-registration and payment required.
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.
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.