Adult Programs
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center offers a wide variety of Adult programs from group tours, symposia, lectures, and special events related to the history and culture of the Schwenkfelders, PA Germans, and the local area.
Brown Bag Lunch Lectures
Bring your lunch and join Dr. Allen Viehmeyer and guest lecturers the second Wednesday of each month for a closer look into the SLHC collections, local, and Schwenkfelder history. Lectures are repeated the following Sunday at 2pm.
Upcoming Programs
The Exile Society and the Friends of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center host special guest lecturers, groups, and events at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center.
- Combined Meeting of the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles and the Schwenkfelder Church
- The World in Schwenckfeld's Day and the World In Ours: Are There Lessons for the Present in the Past?
- Dr. Peter C. Erb
- October 24, 2010 2:00 p.m.
- Free, Open to the Public
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The Exile Society's Annual Meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. Dr. Erb will present The World in Schwenckfeld's Day At the conclusion of the talk and questions (at 4:00 p.m.) the Fall General Conference of the Schwenkfelder Church will be called to order by the Moderator, Mr. H. Drake Williams Jr. The day will conclude with a light supper about 4:30 p.m. While official actions will be taken by both organizations, non-members of either group are more than welcome to enjoy the program and stay for the meal. A free-will offering will be received to help defray the cost of the meal.
Workshops
- Art Weekends at the Meetinghouses!
- Kraussdale Meetinghouse
- June 26, 2010 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
- June 27, 2010 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Raindates July 10 and 11, 2010
- Register by June 12, 2010
- $75 per person, must bring your own materials
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Inspired by the current exhibit Scenes of the Perkiomen Valley by George Bockius, participants will discuss the way artists preserve and interpret history and culture of the local area through their work and engage in making their own works of art through their medium of choice at the meetinghouses and at the Heritage Center. Visit our page devoted to our art weekend. Contact Rebecca Lawrence for more information.
- Hosensack Meetinghouse
- August 21, 2010 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
- August 22, 2010 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Raindates August 28 and 29, 2010
- Register by August 7, 2010
- $75 per person, must bring your own materials
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Inspired by the current exhibit Scenes of the Perkiomen Valley by George Bockius, participants will discuss the way artists preserve and interpret history and culture of the local area through their work and engage in making their own works of art through their medium of choice at the meetinghouses and at the Heritage Center. Visit our page devoted to our art weekend. Contact Rebecca Lawrence for more information.
- German for Reading Knowledge, Adult German Language Course
- Month by month, October 2009 through May 2010
- $80.00 a month, Thursday evenings, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
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Join our Associate Director of Research, Dr. Allen Viehmeyer, for a month by month course to acquire a reading knowledge of German. Courses cost $80.00 per month, Thursday evenings from 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. in our Library. Interested participants should contact Rebecca Lawrence or Allen Viehmeyer, 215-679-3103 or rebecca@schwenkfelder.com to register and receive information on the required text.
Symposia
- Symposium: The World in Schwenckfeld's Day
- October 23, 2010
- Open to the Public. Pre-registration and payment required.
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This symposium is designed for the general public curious about life in a former time. Dr. Peter Erb will moderate a day of presentations by Emmet McLaughlin, Rev. Luka Ilic, Dr. Jill First, Dr. Ann Tlusty, Dr. Michael Baylor, Dr. Hilda Binford, and Dr. Lisa Norris. Topics to be explore include printing, religion in everyday life, art, music, taverns and food, rebellion and war.Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the Ladies Aid Society of the Central Schwenkfelder Church. Visit our symposium webpage for registration information.
Heritage Tour 2010
Dr. Allen Viehmeyer and Rev. David Luz have finalized plans for a Schwenkfelder Heritage Tour in 2010, July 25–August 9. See Berlin, Dresden, and the city of Luther: Wittenberg. A group of 20 participants will travel off the beaten track in eastern Germany and western Poland. They'll walk where our forefathers and mothers walked as they left their homes and came to Pennsylvania. In Poland they will visit monastery and castle ruins, Legnica (Liegnitz), Osiek (Ossig), Zlotoryja (Goldberg), Twardocice (Harpersdorf), and more! Along the Elbe river they'll take passage on a river board from Dresden to Meissen, then stop at the small cities of Torgau, Magdeburg, and Tangermünde. If you are interested for next year's trip please contact David Luz at the Heritage Center for a tentative itinerary and additional information. Tour is limited to 20 persons. Participants will be limited to a first come, first served basis. Contact Rev. David Luz at info@schwenkfelder.com for hard or pdf copy of detailed tour itinerary.
Follow the participants on the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center's blog.