A complimentary copy of Schwenkfelder Heritage Sites in Southeastern Pennsylvania
was sent to all paid-up members as of April 1, 2013
Additional copies available at Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
at a cost of $15.00 plus $5.95 S/H
NEW TO OUR WEBSITE — Check out:
Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania / Immigrant Monuments (additional information)
Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania / Other Schwenkfelder Cemeteries
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The primary objectives of this Society are:
· The preservation of the history of the Schwenkfeldian religious exiles and their descendants in America.
· The promotion of social interaction among its members.
The Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles is not officially affiliated with the Schwenkfelder denomination, a religious body with four churches in Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, East Norriton, Worcester, and Palm, although some Society members are also active members of the Schwenkfelder denomination. The Society does, however, work with the denomination and the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073, in its efforts to preserve the Schwenkfelder beliefs and history.
Become a member! Download our Exile Society Membership Form.
Schwenkfeldian Exile Society | 105 Seminary Street | Pennsburg, PA 18073
Phone: 215-679-3103 | Fax: 215-679-8175 | Email: exile@schwenkfelder.com
UPCOMING EVENTS OF INTEREST TO SCHWENKFELDER DESCENDANTS
Annual Salford Pilgrimage, Sunday, June 2, 2013
6:00 p.m. — Salford Meeting House, 65 Fretz Road, Lower Salford, PA 18070
This memorial service celebrates the history and lives
of the Schwenkfelder pioneers buried in the adjoining cemetery.
Ice Cream Social immediately following the service.
2013 Exile Society Annual Fall Meeting & Presentation
Sunday, October 27, 2013
2:00 pm – Annual Fall Meeting & Election of Officers
Meeting Room, 1st Floor at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
2:30 pm – “Early Twentieth Century Photographs of Silesia and Germany”
presented by Allen Viehmeyer, Associate Director of Research, SLHC
Schwenkfelders traveling in Silesia and Germany prior to World War II took numerous photos, now deposited in our Archives, of the sites they saw and the people they met. While this was the subject of a Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Brown-Bag Lunch Lecture, it will be tweaked to include photos of particular interest to Schwenkfelder descendants. Come and experience a journey back to ancestral Schwenkfelder landscapes through a slide presentation of these photographs.
public invited / handicap accessible / refreshments follow
PAST EVENTS OF INTEREST TO SCHWENKFELDER DESCENDANTS
2012 Exile Society Annual Fall Meeting & Presentation
Sunday, October 28, 2012
2:00 pm – Annual Fall Meeting & Election of Officers
Meeting Room, 1st Floor at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
2:30 pm – “Flora Heebner and the China Mission”
presented by Candace Perry, Curator, SLHC
In 1904, a young, adventurous Schwenkfelder woman, Flora Heebner, traveled halfway around the world to reach out to women and children in China in Christian service. Her mission among these people in a nation so radically different from her own took great courage and strength. This presentation, in conjunction with the exhibit in the Fraktur Gallery, will tell the story of Flora’s work in China and the missionaries across China with whom she worked and influenced with her Schwenkfeldian ideals. The program will conclude with a visit by Flora herself, as a first person interpretation by Carol Spacht, who will tell us, in her own words, about her repatriation as the Second World War was just beginning.
Gedächtnistag (Annual Day of Remembrance)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
3:00 p.m. — Central Schwenkfelder Church, 2111 Valley Forge Road, Worcester Township; 610-584-4480
Annual Salford Pilgrimage, Sunday, June 3, 2012
6:00 p.m. — Salford Meeting House, 65 Fretz Road, Lower Salford, PA 18070
David Schultz Almanac
2011 Exile Society Annual Fall Meeting & Presentation
Sunday, October 23, 2011
2:00 pm – Annual Fall Meeting & Election of Officers
Meeting Room, 1st Floor at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
2:30 pm – “Treasures of the Collection”
Curator of Collections Candace Perry, Archivist Hunt Shenkel, and Associate Director of Research Allen Viehmeyer described some of the treasures of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center collection. Some of these treasures were on exhibit to see immediately before and after the presentation. This presentation gave us a peek inside the wealth of books, manuscripts, and three dimensional objects in the Heritage Center’s collection as seen through eyes of the staff. “Treasures of the Collection”
was an event free and open to the public.
“Early Library Directors”
Chester Hartranft (sitting, depicting the present)
Elmer Johnson (standing, depicting the future)
2010 Exile Society Annual Fall Meeting & Presentation
Sunday, October 24, 2010
2:00 pm – Annual Fall Meeting & Election of Officers
Meeting Room, 1st Floor at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
2:30 pm – “The World in Schwenckfeld’s Day and the World in Ours: Are There Lessons for the Present in the Past?” presented by Dr. Peter C. Erb
Faced as we are with changes so dramatic in the past quarter century that those born after 1989 find it difficult to imagine what life was like earlier, the question naturally arises: “What has a writer born half a millennium ago to say that can possibly be of interest or use to us today?” In his presentation, Dr. Peter Erb attempted to answer this question for Christians in 2010 by reflecting on paintings from Schwenckfeld’s day and our own. At the conclusion of the presentation there was a time for questions.
