Interested in FKPC history and/or genealogy, remembering those who have passed on, and/or helping others learn? We invite you to come help with the website…  join our website history research team for our birthday remembrances and virtual cemetery.

1. Do you have to attend meetings? No. 2. Will it cost anything? No. 3. Do I have to travel? No. 4. How much time will this require? Not much… your call! 10 minutes here and there or perhaps 10 minutes a week, or 10 minutes a month.  5. Doing what? I will provide a…

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Ye Olde History Snippets…  On this day, 22 September 1734, a group of 171 religious refugees landed in Philadelphia to enjoy the colony’s well-known religious toleration.

Known as the Schwenkfelders, they were “remarkable for their gratitude. Two days after they disembarked, they held a thanksgiving for their safe arrival to their new homeland. They have repeated this each year on or around 24 September.    Five congregations of Schwenkfelders remained in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Apart from…

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