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Click here to download a conference brochure & registration form The New Sweden Project is an educational and scholarly program sponsored by the Swedish Colonial Society, the American Swedish Historical Museum, and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. For Immediate Release: The Church of Sweden and the Delaware Valley: On Saturday, November 15, the New Sweden Project and Trinity Episcopal Church, Swedesboro, New Jersey, will sponsor the Third Annual New Sweden History Conference, at the church, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The conference, titled The Church of Sweden's Mission to the Delaware Valley: A Symposium to Celebrate the Tercentenary of Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') Congregation, Swedesboro, New Jersey, will examine the history of the Church of Sweden's Delaware Valley mission, 1697-1786, and the history of Trinity Episcopal Church. Its congregation was founded as a part of the Church of Sweden mission in 1703. The program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The New Jersey Historical Commission, New Jersey Department of State, has provided generous additional funding. The sponsors acknowledge with much gratitude Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Wawa's generous donation of drinks for the breaks and lunch. The conference's morning session will focus on the history of Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') Church. Peter S. Craig, the historian of the Swedish Colonial Society, will describe the establishment of a Swedish Lutheran congregation at Raccoon (now Swedesboro), New Jersey). James F. Turk, curator of cultural history at the New Jersey State Museum, will discuss Trinity Church's post-1770 history. Margaret Westfield, historic architect of Haddonfield, New Jersey, will conclude the morning session with an illustrated talk about the successful 1990s effort she led to stabilize and restore the church to its 18th-century condition. After lunch and tours of "Old Swedes'," the afternoon session will focus more broadly on the history of the Church of Sweden's mission to the Delaware Valley. Hans Gustaf Ling, National Heritage Board, Stockholm, will describe Sweden's reasons for establishing the mission. Bishop Ole E. Borgen, United Methodist Church, will discuss Carl Magnus Wrangel's encounters with pietism and Methodism while he pastored at Philadelphia's Gloria Dei church in the 1760s. Suzanne Geissler Bowles will conclude the program with a discussion of Trinity Church's-and all of the Swedish churches'-- transition to membership in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States The New Sweden Project and Trinity Episcopal Church are also sponsoring a seminar to help teachers use New Sweden's history to present to their students the history of 18th-century Delaware Valley religious diversity. The teachers' seminar will be on Tuesday, November 18, 4:30-7:00 p.m., at the American Swedish Historical Museum, in Philadelphia. The seminar costs $20 per person. History Conference registrants who also attend the teachers' seminar will receive a $5 discount on seminar registration and New Jersey and Pennsylvania in-service education credit. Registration Information: The November 15 conference is free to the public. Registration deadline: Monday, November 10. Attendees may bring breakfast and lunch with them. Registrants who wish to purchase the conference's continental breakfast and/or box lunch can do so for $2 per person for breakfast and $8 for lunch, or $10 per person for both. The November 18 teachers' seminar costs $20 per person. Registration deadline: Friday, November 14. Registration materials for and information about both programs: Trinity Episcopal Church, PO Box 31, Swedesboro, NJ 08085; 856.467.1227; or American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19145-5901; 215.389.1776. Links to related sites: Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') Church American Swedish Historical Museum Swedish Colonial Society McNeil Center for Early American Studies Recent articles: The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 5, 2003):
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