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The Presbyterian Historical Society has announced that its 28th annual
Seminar on Local Church History has been scheduled for April 24-28 at its facility
in Montreat, NC.
The seminar provides
training for congregations in Presbyterian history,
oral history, writing a congregational history, managing and preserving
congregational records, exhibit planning, disaster preparedness
and tips for celebrating a congregation’s anniversary.
A scholarship
is available to a seminar participant who comes from a congregation
of fewer than 250 members that is at least 50 years old and has
a demonstrated financial need. The scholarship covers the seminar
fee and housing at the William Black Lodge at Montreat.
A second scholarship
that also covers housing and the seminar fee is available only
to a participant from a congregation in the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic.
The deadline
for scholarship applications is Feb. 15, 2006.
For more information
about the seminar and the scholarship opportunities, contact the
Presbyterian Historical Society by mail at 425 Lombard St., Philadelphia,
PA 19147; by phone at (215) 627-1852; by email at refdesk@history.pcusa.org;
or visit the Web site www.history.pcusa.org/cong/lchs/.
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