For those interested in preserving their
history we offer two helpful guides.
Writing a Congregational History
Archives for Congregations
Your rector has appointed you to write your parish history, or organize your parish
archives, but you don't know where to start. These practical books will tell
you what you need to consider before you proceed, then how to proceed and where
to obtain further help. Great for workshops.
ARCHIVES
for
CONGREGATIONS
AN
INTRODUCTION
AND
GUIDE
WRITING
A
CONGREGATIONAL
HISTORY
By Laurence D. Fish
Lovers of the Episcopal Church's
history
and architecture will love
2010 Historic Episcopal Churches
Engagement Calendar
With photographs (28) in color) and historical vignettes, our engagement calendar
for 2010 features 53 Episcopal churches. Ranging from Maryland's St. Paul's,
Centreville, founded in 1692 to Utah's Resurrection, Centerville, founded in 1961,
each congregation has a unique story. A new York Church, whose roots date
to 1704 and the work of a former galley slave, was by 1950 the largest congregation
in the Episcopal Church. A church in South Dakota is a memorial to Alexander
Hamilton. In the 1950's, an Alabama church's dances for teenagers were considered
the first step on the road to perdition. A century
earlier, a Delaware vestry considered the spiritual benefits of serving the church
adequate compensation for its deacon! To the astonishment of the town, a missionary
in Oregon refused funds raised by "bellying up to the bar." Packed with delightful trivia, our spiral-bound,
week-at-a-glance calendar will serve you through the year, then find its way to your library shelves. Major feasts, fasts,
and hioldays noted.
The Episcocats
The 2010 Episcocat Calendar
Offering whimiscal commentary and sage advice, the month-at-a-glance, wall-hanging
calendar includes major and minor feasts and fasts and the appropriate liturgical
color for each day, November 2009 through January 2011. Secular holidays noted.