RURAL HISTORY DAY
Saturday July 26th 12pm - 1:30pm
Location: Church Service will be held in the Mt. Tabor Church in the Rural Heritage Village
7313 Sharpsburg Pike Boonsboro, MD 21713
Location: Presentation and Refreshments: inside the Washington County Agricultural Education Center Conference Room.
Location: Church Service will be held in the Mt. Tabor Church in the Rural Heritage Village
7313 Sharpsburg Pike Boonsboro, MD 21713
Location: Presentation and Refreshments: inside the Washington County Agricultural Education Center Conference Room.
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Are you curious about a little known church tradition, rooted deep in Maryland's among some branches of Christianity(and others) but rarely practiced in its most conservative format? Find out by joining us on Saturday July 26th! You will experience this tradition first hand.
The Mount Tabor United Brethren Church was built in 1853 north of Huyetts Crossroads in Washington County Maryland. It is representative of many country churches that dot the Washington County Maryland landscape. Prior to it being donated to the Friends of the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum and moved to their Village at the Washington County Ag Education Center, it was listed on the Maryland Historic Sites Inventory.
Volunteers have worked over this past year to build a low dividing wall in the church. As was common for the Brethren and the Mennonites, women and men entered this church through separate front doors. In this building, they were also seated separately for worship, with a low wall dividing the interior into men’s and women’s spaces.
You are invited to attend this special Rural History Day celebration and learn more about what it took to save this piece of county church history.
If you are attending the service, drive to the church which is in the Village behind our museums.
If you are only attending the presentation which begins at 1:00pm, park in the parking lot between the first museum on your left and the Heritage Farm Museum. Enter through the glass doors in the first museum.
12:00pm - 12:45pm Special Worship Service in the Mount Tabor Church located in the Rural Heritage Village, pastor Steve Wagoner(retired) will lead the service.
1:00pm - 1:30pm Photo journey and history of the church to be presented by the David Resh family who were instrumental in saving the church and relocating it to its permanent home at the Rural Heritage Village. Refreshments served during the presentation.
The Mount Tabor United Brethren Church was built in 1853 north of Huyetts Crossroads in Washington County Maryland. It is representative of many country churches that dot the Washington County Maryland landscape. Prior to it being donated to the Friends of the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum and moved to their Village at the Washington County Ag Education Center, it was listed on the Maryland Historic Sites Inventory.
Volunteers have worked over this past year to build a low dividing wall in the church. As was common for the Brethren and the Mennonites, women and men entered this church through separate front doors. In this building, they were also seated separately for worship, with a low wall dividing the interior into men’s and women’s spaces.
You are invited to attend this special Rural History Day celebration and learn more about what it took to save this piece of county church history.
If you are attending the service, drive to the church which is in the Village behind our museums.
If you are only attending the presentation which begins at 1:00pm, park in the parking lot between the first museum on your left and the Heritage Farm Museum. Enter through the glass doors in the first museum.
12:00pm - 12:45pm Special Worship Service in the Mount Tabor Church located in the Rural Heritage Village, pastor Steve Wagoner(retired) will lead the service.
1:00pm - 1:30pm Photo journey and history of the church to be presented by the David Resh family who were instrumental in saving the church and relocating it to its permanent home at the Rural Heritage Village. Refreshments served during the presentation.