Celebrate America 250 with the City of Hartford, CT Humanities & Center Church!

Even though Hartford’s Long Weekend is over, the celebrating is not! Center Church, an America 250 CT affiliate, has been celebrating America’s 250th all year long, and will continue to do so well into the next year. Some of the featured events have included:

• Deaf History and Center Church, a lecture by historian and activist Kim Silva.
• America’s Potluck: A Free Community Meal, on July 5th from 12 PM to 4 PM, 675 Main Street.
• Open Tours of the Historic Meetinghouse at 675 Main Street, Downtown Hartford, July 1-5 from 11 AM to 1 PM.
• Sermons and Lectures for Collective Liberation, a series of presentations and readings at noon from July 1 through July 5; featuring works by Rev. Joel Hawes, Rev. James C. Pennington, Frederick Douglass and more.
• Curated Exhibits featuring the life and times of Rev. Joel Hawes, our ongoing preservation of our two historic properties and America’s foundational years and Center Church.
  
  Upcoming events will include two lectures in our Fred & Elizabeth Boyajian Lecture series, “Lest We Forget,” a sermon series in the fall featuring some historical sermons from Center Church’s past, music concerts and more! Watch this space for information as it becomes available and don’t forget to subscribe to our E-News for a weekly update on all that’s going on at Center Church.