by Ellie | Dec 30, 2025 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. On New Year’s Eve, 1922, from 11 pm to midnight, four Pelham churches joined to celebrate a Watch Night Service, held at the Huguenot Memorial Church. Christ’s Church, the Church of the...
by Ellie | Dec 23, 2025 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. St. Francis of Assisi is credited with the first Christmas pageant in 1223. He created a candlelight service with a Nativity and live animals. Centuries later, to draw folks out of the pubs...
by Ellie | Dec 15, 2025 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Why did the Huguenot Church start celebrating St. Andrew’s Day in 1983? The St. Andrew’s Society was preparing for its 200th anniversary to take place in 1984. Huguenot member (and a...
by Ellie | Dec 9, 2025 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. It all started in 1958. The Couples Club (previously known as the Young Married Couples) began a Christmas tree fundraiser, held on the first Saturday in December. The first fundraiser sold...
by Ellie | Dec 2, 2025 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Joseph Kerr Johnson (1812-1894) and his two brothers were born in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. After their father died, their mother brought them to America. In 1820, they joined her...
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