First-Ever Titusville Heritage Festival Slated for June 1
More than 25 local farms, artisans and organizations will come together at the First Presbyterian Church of Titusville to celebrate the customs and culture of Titusville at the first-ever Titusville Heritage Festival on June 1.
Titusville, NJ, May 16, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The first-ever Titusville Heritage Festival, which will feature booths by more than 25 local farms, artisans and organizations, will take place Saturday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Titusville. The festival, part of the church’s 175th Anniversary Celebrations, will give visitors the chance to celebrate the living history of the greater Titusville community, which the church has called home since 1838.
Festival goers will be able to visit displays by local farms and farm suppliers such as WildeWood Alpaca Farms, Gravity Hill Organic Farm, Shelterwood Farm, Shibumi Mushroom Farm, Fulper Dairy Farm, Cedar Hill Nursery, the Howell Living History Farm, Egomatic and Rosedale Mills; hear music by the Hot Taters, a Dixieland jazz band; sample food by Bitter Bob’s Barbecue and It’s Nutts; peruse the artistry of Titusville residents Cheryl Jackson, Ruth Sullivan and Bill Taylor; and learn more about local organizations such as 4-H of Mercer County, the Titusville Fourth of July Committee, Boy Scouts Troop 1776, the Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad, Pet Rescue of Mercer, Capital Health, the Central Jersey Choral Society, the Titusville United Methodist Church and Rolling Harvest Food Rescue. In addition, children and their families will enjoy crafts, old fashioned games and balloon animals in a child-friendly KidZone.
“No church exists in a vacuum,” said Pam Wynne, an elder at the church and coordinator of the festival. “From the time Joseph Titus developed Titusville in the 1830s and deeded land for a Presbyterian church in the village until this day, our congregation has shaped, and been shaped by, the larger Titusville community. We are beyond grateful to be able to honor this shared heritage between church and community at the Titusville Heritage Festival.”
The church, as part of its commitment to mission outreach, will offer during the festival craft items made by the Freeport, Bahama-based Karazim Ministries, which supports the forgotten poor of Grand Bahama Island and FEBA, or Woman, Cradle of Abundance, a Congo-based ministry which provides educational opportunities for women and street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In lieu of an admission price to the festival, the church will collect voluntary contributions of non-perishable canned goods for the monthly food pantry sponsored by its mission partner, the West Trenton Community Center, which provides services for residents of Trenton’s Stuyvesant Avenue neighborhood.
“For our church, this festival is about living out Jesus’s command to love God and love neighbor,” said the Rev. Will Shurley, pastor of the church. “We look forward to celebrating our beloved Titusville community with all our neighbors of all faiths, and, hopefully, as we enjoy ourselves together, we will also be able to continue the great Titusville tradition of supporting neighbors both near and far.”
Admission to the Titusville Heritage Festival is free; vendors may charge a nominal fee for food, goods or services offered. The main parking lot for the festival will be at the Titusville Academy, located at 86 River Drive, with overflow parking at the Titusville United Methodist Church, located at 7 Church Road. A complimentary shuttle will run from both lots to the church throughout the day. Parking at the First Presbyterian Church will be very limited, and visitors should not park on the Delaware River side of River Drive.
The First Presbyterian Church of Titusville, founded in 1838 and celebrating 175 years of loving God and neighbor in 2013, is located at 48 River Drive in Titusville, six miles south of Lambertville and one mile north of the Washington Crossing Bridge, on the banks of the Delaware River. The just-released, definitive history of the church, “Shall We Gather…175 Years Along the Delaware,” will be available at the Titusville Heritage Festival and online at titusvillechurch.com. For more information, call (609) 737-1385.
Festival goers will be able to visit displays by local farms and farm suppliers such as WildeWood Alpaca Farms, Gravity Hill Organic Farm, Shelterwood Farm, Shibumi Mushroom Farm, Fulper Dairy Farm, Cedar Hill Nursery, the Howell Living History Farm, Egomatic and Rosedale Mills; hear music by the Hot Taters, a Dixieland jazz band; sample food by Bitter Bob’s Barbecue and It’s Nutts; peruse the artistry of Titusville residents Cheryl Jackson, Ruth Sullivan and Bill Taylor; and learn more about local organizations such as 4-H of Mercer County, the Titusville Fourth of July Committee, Boy Scouts Troop 1776, the Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad, Pet Rescue of Mercer, Capital Health, the Central Jersey Choral Society, the Titusville United Methodist Church and Rolling Harvest Food Rescue. In addition, children and their families will enjoy crafts, old fashioned games and balloon animals in a child-friendly KidZone.
“No church exists in a vacuum,” said Pam Wynne, an elder at the church and coordinator of the festival. “From the time Joseph Titus developed Titusville in the 1830s and deeded land for a Presbyterian church in the village until this day, our congregation has shaped, and been shaped by, the larger Titusville community. We are beyond grateful to be able to honor this shared heritage between church and community at the Titusville Heritage Festival.”
The church, as part of its commitment to mission outreach, will offer during the festival craft items made by the Freeport, Bahama-based Karazim Ministries, which supports the forgotten poor of Grand Bahama Island and FEBA, or Woman, Cradle of Abundance, a Congo-based ministry which provides educational opportunities for women and street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In lieu of an admission price to the festival, the church will collect voluntary contributions of non-perishable canned goods for the monthly food pantry sponsored by its mission partner, the West Trenton Community Center, which provides services for residents of Trenton’s Stuyvesant Avenue neighborhood.
“For our church, this festival is about living out Jesus’s command to love God and love neighbor,” said the Rev. Will Shurley, pastor of the church. “We look forward to celebrating our beloved Titusville community with all our neighbors of all faiths, and, hopefully, as we enjoy ourselves together, we will also be able to continue the great Titusville tradition of supporting neighbors both near and far.”
Admission to the Titusville Heritage Festival is free; vendors may charge a nominal fee for food, goods or services offered. The main parking lot for the festival will be at the Titusville Academy, located at 86 River Drive, with overflow parking at the Titusville United Methodist Church, located at 7 Church Road. A complimentary shuttle will run from both lots to the church throughout the day. Parking at the First Presbyterian Church will be very limited, and visitors should not park on the Delaware River side of River Drive.
The First Presbyterian Church of Titusville, founded in 1838 and celebrating 175 years of loving God and neighbor in 2013, is located at 48 River Drive in Titusville, six miles south of Lambertville and one mile north of the Washington Crossing Bridge, on the banks of the Delaware River. The just-released, definitive history of the church, “Shall We Gather…175 Years Along the Delaware,” will be available at the Titusville Heritage Festival and online at titusvillechurch.com. For more information, call (609) 737-1385.
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609-737-1385
www.titusvillechurch.org
Will Shurley
609-737-1385
www.titusvillechurch.org
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