For those not wanting to register for the entire 9-week series you have the option of purchasing individual sessions: Below are the titles of the presentations for each week. (Please note: These may be subject to change should the speaker's availability change.) You can find the complete updated schedule on our website at www.ephratacloister.org.
February 4th - Ephrata Cloister as a Tourist Destination & The 18th Century Reading Amish Congregation & The Nicholas Stoltzfus House.
February 11th - Avoiding Compulsory Military Service in the American Revolutionary War - A Study of Appeals Court Decisions & Illuminations in Ephrata and Snow Hill Manuscripts and Prints
February 18th - "She do preach up terror alarmingly" The Publick Universal Friend, Jemima Wilkinson & Celebrating Place: How WPA Posters from the 19302 Put a Spotlight on Ephrata.
February 25th - House Blessings Stones: A Pa Dutch Tradition of Establishment & A Look at the 1966 Dallas Fisher Gift to Ephrata Cloister.
March 4th - Anthony Benezet: Educator and Abolitionist & The Making of A Hymnal: Zionitischer Weyrauchs Hugel
March 11th - Joseph Bill Packer: Adventures in Metallurgy, Healing, Alchemy and Counterfeiting & Ora Labora, Michigan's Early Communal Society
March 18th - An Overview of Early PA Transportation, From Colonial Times Through Most of the 19th Century - Parts I and 2
March 25th - Origin and Beliefs of the Community of True Inspiration, Communal Life and Beyond at Amana, Places to Pray: The Worship Spaces and Meetinghouses of the Community of True Inspiration, & Bringing Truth to Light: The Inspirationists and the Print Media.
April 1st - The Word in the Wildnerness Part 1 and Part 2, with the author of the book by the same name -Alexander Ames.