Category: Remembrances
Remembering Carol Kathleen (Steppe) Slemmer, a beloved member of the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala, FL on today her birthday, August 16.
Photographs courtesy of Carol’s daugher, Martha Kemp Slemmer.Photo right, is Carol in her office. Carol was Rev. Prerston’s Administrative Assistant. The office was located in what is now our Hope House.
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.
Ye Olde History Snippets… On this day, July 29th in 1974, fifteen hundred people crowded the sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia to witness the ordination of eleven women.
Historically, the position of women was typically secondary to that of men in the Christian Church. On this day, July 29th in 1974, fifteen hundred people crowded the sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia to witness the ordination of eleven women. The eleven women were ordained to priesthood by three retired bishops: Daniel Corrigan,…