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Samuel Barber's "Chorale for a New Organ"

October 13, 2015
 
World-renowned composer Samuel Osmond Barber (1910-1981) had musical and family roots in Pennsylvania. His faith heritage was distinctly Presbyterian. [1]
 
Barber’s parents, Samuel LeRoy Barber and Marguerite Barber, were married at First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, PA, on October 17, 1905, the same church where Samuel O. Barber was baptized on June 19, 1910. Seventy-one years later, in 1981, Samuel O...
Author: 
Fred T
Tags: 
American History, News and Events
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Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

October 12, 2015

When most of us plan for Halloween, we think about costumes to wear, parties to attend, jack-o-lanterns to carve, or candy to hand out and devour. Sixty-five years ago, a Presbyterian minister had the idea to make the fun-filled holiday into something even more special: a way for young people to help families around the world.

From 1946 to 1951, Reverend Clyde M. Allison worked for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA) Board of Christian Education in...

Author: 
Lisa
Tags: 
American History, Holidays
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Portland Deliverance

October 8, 2015

Note: This is the third of three blog posts on Fundamentalism and Presbyterians to run in 2015. Read the previous posts here.

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Thousands of Presbyterians will gather in Portland over the next nine months for the PC(USA)’s Fall Polity and General Assembly, many traveling by plane across the country.

When Thomas Atherton, a commissioner from Lackawanna...

Author: 
David K
Tags: 
American History, Fundamentalism
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Samuel Davies, Patrick Henry, and the Gospel of Liberty

August 18, 2015

In a presentation given as part of the Historic Polegreen Church Foundation Lecture Series, Dr. Jan Swearingen explored how Presbyterian theology and rhetoric informed the actions of Presbyterian leaders in Virginia and throughout Colonial America. We are pleased to share these excerpts from "Presbyterians in Virginia 1740-1770: Samuel Davies, Patrick Henry, and the Gospel of Liberty."

The Reverend Samuel Davies (1723-1761), original print, RG414. Item No....
Author: 
Sam
Tags: 
Early Presbyterianism, American History, Immigration
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Board of National Missions crossword puzzle contest

July 23, 2015

In celebration of 1,000 facebook likes, we are offering you a printable PDF of a Board of National Mission crossword puzzle, circa 1925. Anyone who shares or comments on our facebook post will be entered in a drawing for a special prize! If you comment on the post with a picture of your completed puzzle, you will be entered 5 times!

The crossword puzzle was published in 1925 in a pamphlet titled "A few Cross Words about the Budget." In the pamphlet, the newly organized...

Author: 
Deana S
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American History, News and Events
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