Happy Birthday to Daniel Banks!
Month: August 2022
Ye Olde History Snippets…… “All Things Bright and Beautiful”.
Our first hymn today is “All Things Bright and Beautiful”, which was composed by Cecil Frances (Humphries) Alexander. Cecil composed over 400 hymns, including the popular hymns, including “All Things Bright and Beautiful” and the Christmas carol “Once In Royal David’s City”. As a small girl, Cecil (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote…
Some help at the Zoom desk last Sunday and next week!
Many thanks to Annette George for taking time to refresh her skills at the Zoom desk today. She did a fine job. Annette will be running the Zoom desk without me, next Sunday. Many thanks to Jon Ohlman who is learning!
Interesting article from the New Yorker; “When Black History is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?”
Some may find this article of interest. It was published infrom the New Yorker and is titled “When Black History is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?” I stumbled across it while researching for my long-time involvement in “Friends of Potters Fields” and volunteer contributions to findagrave.com. Over the years, I’ve cataloged and…
Remembering Martha Almira (Kemp) Slemmer, a beloved early member (#281) of the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala, FL on today her birthday, August 5.
Photograph courtesy of Martha’s grandson, Bill Slemmer.
FKPC Worship Zoom link & Bulletin for Sunday, August 7, 2022
***Zoom opens early at 10:00 AM, for anyone wishing to test audio/video connections and pre-worship chat. Worship Service starts at 10:30 AM. Click here for Zoom link Meeting ID: 861 2754 3353Passcode: Micah6:8
Ye Olde History Snippets… On this day in 1708…
Francis Makemie (1658–1708) was an Ulster Scots clergyman. He established the first Presbyterian church in America and is considered to be the founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. Makemie’s acquital in New York for preaching without a license, obtained with the help of leading New England Congregationalists, is viewed as a landmark in freedom…