#Williamsburg Methodist Episcopal Church

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The evangelicals in 19th Century Williamsburg and Greenpoint. A Journey Retro

The evangelicals in 19th Century Williamsburg and Greenpoint. A Journey Retro

Williamsburgh, 1834. Illustration from Eugene L. Armbruster’s Photographs & Scrapbooks. Source: Brooklyn Historical Society. The faith-flavored identity of New York City was decided on the frontiers of social controversy in religious places like the evangelical Protestant churches of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Early settlers in the area held private Sunday services in their homes or took a…

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Epilogue

Over eleven days in June, we walked, climbed, sailed, shopped, ate, and sang our way through the southeastern United States. We traveled over 2,600 miles on buses, trains, shuttles, boats, horse drawn carriages, and roller coasters. We descended nearly 300 feet into Mammoth Cave, ascended over 3,000 feet into the Blue Ridge Mountains, swam in the Atlantic Ocean at Tybee Island, learned country line dancing steps in Nashville, went on a ghost tour in Charleston, traveled back in time to 18th century Virginia at Colonial Williamsburg, stood atop Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, listened to the sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, met Thomas Jefferson at his home at Monticello, and watched the sunset as we cruised Charleston harbor. We saw alligators & peacocks on a South Carolina plantation, horses in the bluegrass hills of Kentucky, and aquatic life at the Tennessee Aquarium. We met LCC alumni at our concerts, more National Park Service Rangers than we can remember and tour guide, Joan. (Is someone talkin' over me?) We ate BBQ in Nashville & Charleston, shrimp & grits and Leopold's ice cream in Savannah, game hen in Williamsburg, Italian food in Lexington, countless boxed lunches and more desserts than we care to admit. From Mammoth Cave to Northbrook United Methodist Church in Roswell, Georgia to the Savannah Voice Festival at Christ Church Episcopal to historic St. Philip's Church in Charleston to Jefferson's home at Monticello to a log cabin in Appalachia to Wesley Village in Wilmore, Kentucky, we gave nine scheduled concerts and numerous impromptu performances. We touched people's hearts with our music throughout the southeast and in return, they touched our hearts as well. We made new friends, rekindled old friendships, and made memories that will last a lifetime. But most importantly, we made music together. "Kings have riches, widely lain. Lords have land, but then again, we have friends and song no wealth can buy." Here's to a great tour and here's to song...Tim & Susan

[nycreligion]

The evangelicals in 19th Century Williamsburg and Greenpoint. A Journey Retro

The evangelicals in 19th Century Williamsburg and Greenpoint. A Journey Retro

Williamsburgh, 1834. Illustration from Eugene L. Armbruster’s Photographs & Scrapbooks. Source: Brooklyn Historical Society. The faith-flavored identity of New York City was decided on the frontiers of social controversy in religious places like the evangelical Protestant churches of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Early settlers in the area held private Sunday services in their homes or took a…