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Month: March 2022
Ye Olde History Snippets…
In March 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., (a Baptist Minister) led a great march of nonviolent black protesters on a long four-day march. More than three thousand civil rights demonstrators from Selma marched all the way to Montgomery, Alabama. Scores of demonstrators join along the way, totaling twenty-five thousand marchers upon their arrival in Montgomery. Image courtesy History.com
Mr. Rogers… Did you know…
Fred Rogers was an ordained minister of word and sacrament for the PC(USA) and was a notable public figure whose work around peace and reconciliation is worth remembering. Rogers was also a pioneer in the world of Christian Education and formation of young children. March 20 was his birthday and the day that the PC(USA)…
Update on the 14th Street apartment…
Yesterday morning five amazing members from Fort King Church (Marianne, Sally, Steve, Margaret and Mary Beth) met our new friends who will be moving into an apartment on 14th Street. They are Chastin and Jose. They are both delightful people, and very excited about moving into a home. Move in date is April 1. Before that, some…
Ye Olde History Snippets…
On this date 120 years ago, George William Warren, of New York City, an outstanding organist who served at several large Episcopal churches in Albany, Brooklyn, and New York City in the second half of the nineteenth century passed away. Mr. Warren was well-known as an organist and composer in the nineteenth century and still remembered…
FKPC Zoom Worship 03-20-2022
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Crossroads link for 03-20-2022
Barbara Fitos will again lead the discussion on Part II of The Fourth Gospel by John Shelby Spong. This week our focus will be on chapters 13-16. It is not necessary that you have read the book to be able to participate in the discussion. During this time of Lent, we hope you will be a member of…
Answer to our quiz about St. Patrick
St. Patrick was born in Britain, not Ireland. He only came to Ireland at age 16. St. Patrick’s Day is observed each year on the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death, believed to be March 17, 461. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in 1601 in St. Augustine, Florida, not Ireland.