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Ecumenical services The Williamsburg Clergy Fellowship, in conjunction with Colonial Williamsburg, holds a Thanksgiving service on Palace Green each year. This year’s service is tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at the Play Booth Theatre. In December, the group sponsors a New Year’s Eve service to bring people together. This year’s service is tentatively set for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Bruton Parish Church in the Historic Area. The service will feature music, readings and shared stories. Several denominations will be represented.
Jamestown Island church The reconstructed 1639 brick church for James City Parish is marked by the original 17th century brick tower, the only aboveground remnant of the 17th century English beginnings. The building and 22 surrounding acres, as well as the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological dig, are owned by Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia offers rental of the Memorial Church as a membership service for events consistent with the building’s status as a church and a historic structure. Once you join, in addition to the membership fee, there is a rental fee. Those interested in receiving additional information about renting the historic church should call 229-4997 x 100 or visit www. historicjamestowne.org.
First Baptist Church
News to you A ride on Forge Road in upper James City County will bring you down a scenic route that is dotted with several horse farms and stables. Many farms offer riding lessons, boarding for horses and horse shows that are open to the public. 32
The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg originated in the 1700’s with a quest by courageous slaves and free black worshipers who simply wanted to worship their God in their own way. In their search, they left the church of the slave owners, Bruton Parish, where worship was restrained and segregated, and built the first brush arbor at Green Spring Plantation to gather secretly in song and prayer. Worshipers soon TREASURES 2014