Winchester Quarterly Meeting
Oct. 17, 2010
6:00 PM
Unveiling of Indiana Historical Marker honoring
Randolph County Quakers
in front of the Meetinghouse
Comments from Ron Ferguson
(Taken from Sunday morning worship)
Unveiling of Indiana Historical Marker by
Walter Mills, from Winchester Friends, past QM Clerk
Deborah Thornburg, as Winchester Quarterly Meeting Clerk
Greg Hinshaw as Indiana Yearly Meeting Clerk
text of marker
Randolph County Quakers
When this meeting house was dedicated 1898, membership in Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Winchester was largest in the world. Migration of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) into this area began 1814 with the arrival of families from southern states seeking good farm land; population grew and significantly influenced development of the county. Men and women participated in humanitarian and social reforms including temperance, woman suffrage, and education for American Indians and blacks. Area Quakers protested slavery and assisted nearby black settlements; county was one of only four that voted against adoption of Article XIII, 1851 Indiana Constitution, prohibiting blacks from entering the state.
6:15 PM Program
Prayer – Deb Thornburg
Choir “Come Let Us Sing”
O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
O come, let us sing to the Lord. O come, let us sing to the rock of our salvation. Come, let us sing and make a joyful noise, a song of grateful praise!
O come let us sing to the Lord. O come let us shout and resound with jubilation. Come, let us sing. Come, let us sing. Come, let us sing to the Lord. Sing to the Lord. Come, let us sing, sing unto the Lord.
Come, let us kneel before our Maker, Come, let us bow before the Lord, for God is worthy of our praise. We are His people; He is our God and we are in His care. Come, let us sing, let us sing to God. Come, let us sing to the Lord......
--based on Psalm 95; David Angerman, Joseph M. Martin (CCLI 649965)
Welcome & Comments - Deb Thornburg, Clerk of WQM
Congregation Hymn # 292 God of Grace and God of Glory
Comments on Marker and introduction of Greg Hinshaw- Pam Ferguson
6:15 PM Program
“The Quaker Influence on Randolph County”
By Greg Hinshaw,
Historian and Clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting
Comments from Jonathan Edwards from Central Yearly Meeting
Comments from Doug Shoemaker, Superintendent of IN Yearly Meeting
Prayer – Doug Shoemaker
(Doug and Kris above during the fellowship time.)
7:00 PM Brief Quarterly Meeting for Business
Refreshments
Sugar Cream Pie
Apple Dumplings
Coffee
Apple Cider
Cheese and crackers/cookies
Other Photos......taken by Andrea Long and Terry Reynard
Pam Ferguson with Walter Mills on Oct. 18, 2010