{"id":3033,"date":"2024-06-12T11:25:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2024-06-19T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:45:20","slug":"250th-anniversary-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/250th-anniversary-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"250th Anniversary Celebrations!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For people attending the Parish celebration \u201cThey Arrived\u201d on 30<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of June, the following is the program for the day\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a worship service&nbsp;led by Right Reverend Sandra Fyfe, Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, at 11 am followed by a luncheon for the parish.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 1:30pm afternoon activities will get underway.&nbsp;&nbsp;There will be displays of artifacts and information on Island genealogy all afternoon, as well as games of the settlers\u2019 period for the kids and other fun activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a program of four historical talks commencing at 2:00 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each talk will run for approximately 20 minutes and be followed by a 10-minute Q+A session.&nbsp;&nbsp;There will be breaks between the speakers and light refreshments provided.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first speaker just after 2:00 pm will be the Parish\u2019s own Thomas Haslam, who will speak on early Anglicanism on the Island and provide an idea of what the church looked like at that time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Cousins, who wrote the important study of the New London Settlement,&nbsp;The Lost Dream, will speak at approximately 2:45 and provide an overview of the Settlement and the pioneers who arrived 250 years ago in the summer of 1774.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, Dr. Edward MacDonald OC of UPEI will talk at approximately 3:25 about the overall social and economic context in both the UK and the Island.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will conclude with a talk by the ministry of the Parish at approximately 4:05 that will look at the legacy of the settlers and what their voyage and struggles mean for the community today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come join us at St. Thomas\u2019 Anglican Church, which is located at 5559 Route 20 in Springbrook, 5 min. by car west of the LM Montgomery birthplace on Route 20.\u00a0\u00a0For further information, contact the Parish Office at 902-836-3303 or by email at\u00a0sjcole61@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For people attending the Parish celebration \u201cThey Arrived\u201d on 30th&nbsp;of June, the following is the program for the day\u2019s activities. There will be a worship service&nbsp;led by Right Reverend Sandra Fyfe, Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/250th-anniversary-celebrations\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3045,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/3045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nlparish.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}