New York Landmarks Conservancy
Sacred Sites Open House
Saturday May 18th &
Sunday, May 19th
10:00am -4:00 pm
"Welcoming Our Neighbors"
The First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton is pleased to participate in the
2024 Sacred Sites Open House.
Your invited! Special Programing will be happening all weekend.
Participating churches throughout New York State will be hosting open houses on Saturday, May 18th and Sunday May 19th.
St. Luke’s Church in East Hampton is also participating.
The First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton will be “Welcoming Our Neighbors” with special events all weekend: hear talks on the church’s history, hear the organ and a history of popular hymns, learn about the church’s mission in Cuba, watch a slide show of church activities thru the years, learn the history of the Session House, watch/or participate in the bell choir, attend the Sunday Worship Service followed by a Coffee Hour, and see a demonstration of the Carillon, that plays the church bells heard throughout the village. Refreshments and children’s activities will also be available.
Travel back in time - hear two historic sermons, preached in the 19th century, by Rev. Stephen L. Mershon, (1827-1874), reenacted by Donald Smith: the 1858 sermon preached at the burial of the crew of the shipwrecked John Milton, and the 1861 sermon titled: Causes for Thanksgiving in the Midst of the Civil War.
Our village neighbors may notice the church chimes, played from the steeple, on the quarter hour, will be playing a little longer during this special Open House weekend.
Saturday, May 18th 10-4pm
Church History 10am-12 Noon
Barbara Borsack
Organ & Hymn History 1pm
Harriet Edwards, Linda Child, Joan Osborne
Rev. Mershon Historic 1858 Sermon 1:30
“Funeral Sermon Preached at the Burial of the Crew of the John Milton”
reenacted by Donald Smith
Organ & Hymn History 2pm
Harriet Edwards, Linda Child, Joan Osborne
Rev. Mershon Historic1861 Sermon 2:30pm
“Causes for Thanksgiving in the Midst of the Civil War”
reenacted by Donald Smith
Cuba Mission-3pm
Barbara D’Andrea
Church Life Slide Show, all day -Session House
Ministers thru the years & History of the Session House, all day-Session House
Kids Craft, all day-Session House
Coffee & Refreshments-all day- Session House Kitchen
Sunday, May 19th 10-4pm
Sunday Worship Service, 10am-11am
Rev. Jon Rodriquez
Bell Choir 11:30-12:30pm
Watch or join in and give the bells a try
Carillon Demonstration 12:30 pm
Jane Hastay
Rev. Mershon Historic 1861 Sermon 2:00 pm
“Causes for Thanksgiving in the Midst of the Civil War”
reenacted by Donald Smith
Cuba Mission 2:30 pm
Barbara D’Andrea
Rev. Mershon Historic 1858 Sermon 3:00
“Funeral Sermon Preached at the Burial of the Crew of the John Milton”
reenacted by Donald Smith
Sea Shanties 3:30
David Cataletto, Hugh Brown and Al McCready will sing Sea shanties,
old local working songs of the sailors that might have been sung on the Milton.
Church Life Slide Show, all day -Session House
Ministers thru the years & History of the Session House, all day-Session House
Kids Craft, all day-Session House
Coffee & Refreshments-all day- Session House Kitchen
New York Landmarks Conservancy -Participating congregations will showcase their buildings, histories, cultural and community programs through lectures, musical performances, and special guided tours. Sacred Sites Open House is a free, state-wide event giving visitors an opportunity to discover New York’s remarkable and diverse religious institutions and view their artistic and historical treasures.
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