Oct 1, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Sounds like fun, you can’t go wrong with many rich pies and things but umm….does anyone out there know what a quilt-shakying is? And I’m sure you’ve already figured it out but years ago the ‘s’s looked kinda like...
Sep 30, 2013 | Archives Committee, Building Project 2011, Conference fundraising project
The Rev. Mike Mugford offers this Moment for Mission which he wrote for the Kingston Pastoral Charge inviting a pledge to the Maritime Conference Archives Fundraising Project. He offered to share it as a ‘good idea’ with the rest of the conference. Moment...
Sep 17, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Ok, I’ve held off for long enough. It’s time to indulge our sweet tooth (teeth?)! The Ladies Aid Society of Hampton Methodist Church put out a lovely cookbook in 1899 which happened to include an extensive section devoted to all things sugary. Believe me,...
Sep 3, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The Pepper Box was a newspaper/newsletter published for the Pine Hill Divinity Hall residence. The newspaper was filled with jokes, illustrations, accounts of sports events, biographies, and photographs, and made fun of just about every resident at Pine Hill. The...
Aug 20, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
It may be hard to believe but church folk in the 1800s and early 1900s actually had a sense of humor. Granted, they didn’t smile in photographs and they wore a lot of black but that doesn’t mean they didn’t like their jokes. The Presbyterian Witness,...
Aug 13, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I know you have all been on the edge of your seats wondering which delectable dish the Archives would present this month. I must admit that I’m a bit disappointed that no one sent in a photo of their apple-walnut salad or salmon mousse from last time but this a...
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