Happy almost new year! We're excited to gather together with loved ones in a couple of weeks to sing "Auld Lang Syne." As PHS reflects on the last twelve months, we acknowledge the fruits of our labor with pride and the support of our friends with gratitude.
We cannot wait to see all that 2026 brings, and all that we might accomplish in the name of collecting, preserving, sharing, and transforming Presbyterian history. Now is your chance to make one last gift to PHS that will help propel us forward into the new year!
PHS staffers Luci Duckson-Bramble and David Staniunas were in and around Charlotte, North Carolina in late June to join the biennial gathering of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus. Our thanks go out first to the organizers of the event, especially to our colleague Lynne Foreman. Here’s a snapshot of our time there.
“Brothers and sisters, FBI agents. People within the church structure who helped to support us. Racist white Christians” began James Forman, leader of the Black Economic Development Conference, author of the Black Manifesto, speaking to the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in December 1969.
Jimmy Stewart, born James Maitland Stewart on May 20, 1908, is best known for his distinctive drawl, his everyman screen persona, and his performance as George Bailey in the classic holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The Pennsylvania native was a born-and-raised Presbyterian who attended church all his life.
Artists across the globe have been drawing, sculpting, weaving, and painting renditions of the nativity story for centuries. We're sharing a few of our favorite Nativity-themed artworks that live in the archives at PHS.
