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The
Presbyterian Historical Society presents
The 2003 Montreat NC Summer Speaker Series
We are pleased to offer a variety of exciting topics this year. Come
hear one or come hear them all! Light refreshments will follow each program.
Admission is free. Advance tickets are available for limited seatingŌmust
arrive at least 15 minutes early with ticket to retain seat. Groups need
to call ahead (828-669-7061) to insure available seating.
- July 2nd, Wednesday at 2:00 pm
Lucy Hestir -- "Legend Has It: Some Early Montreat Houses
and Happenings"
For MontreatĖs Centennial in 1997, a group gathered stories of existing
homes built in the first 20 years and the families who owned them.
Lucy Hestir shares some of the tales and photos from the collection.
Bring your own Montreat stories as we remember together.
- July 9th, Wednesday at 2:00 pm
Erskine Clarke -- "Charles C. Jones, Georgia Slaveholder and
Evangelist to Slaves"
Jones, known by whites as the "Apostle to the Negro Slaves,"
was both a supporter of slavery and an advocate for reform of the
system of slavery -- for better housing, clothing, and food, for the
sanctity of slave family life, and for Sabbath rest. The lecture will
look at JonesĖs work from the competing perspectives of the plantation
house and the slave cabin.
- July 16th, Wednesday at 2:00 pm
Florence Fleming Corley -- "Sarah Elizabeth Fleming (1839-1916):
Reconstructing a MissionaryĖs Life and Times in Georgia and China"
Hear the fascinating story of a schoolteacher in Augusta, Georgia,
who went at age 53 to China as a Presbyterian missionary. In Soochow,
she adopted and raised two orphaned Chinese girls, founded a high
school for girls, and worked without furlough for the rest of her
life.
- July 23rd Wednesday at 2:00 pm -- "The Sunday
SchoolĖs Impact on Church and Society" (2 speakers)
Page Putnam Miller -- "Women in the Vanguard of the Sunday
School Movement"
In the early nineteenth century Presbyterian women were at the forefront
of the establishment of the Sunday School movement in the United States.
Changes in the church and society opened a whole new array of opportunities
for lay leaders, especially for women who served as directors, teachers,
and writers in this influential new movement.
William Bean Kennedy -- "The Sunday School: Molder and Mirror
of the Church"
For more than 200 years the Sunday School with its weekly meetings
has helped shape the faith and practice of people young and old. Its
study materials reflect what church leaders believe members most need
to know to become and be good Christians.
*Please note: If your schedule only allows you to come
to Dr. KennedyĖs part of the program, we suggest that you arrive before
3:00. Seating may be limited.
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