First Sunday Program at Priestley Chapel on Sunday, February 2, 2014

Priestley Chapel Associates presents an informal program of words and music from 9:30 to 10:10 am on Sunday, February 2 at Joseph Priestley Memorial Chapel, 380 Front Street, Northumberland, PA.   This first Sunday Program includes the poems of Carl Dennis from the 2002 Pulitzer Prize winning book Practical Gods.  Guest Poet is Carol Ann Heckman.  Ms Heckman is a member of the River Poets and frequent reader at their events and elsewhere.   The music portion of the program will be provided by the Bloomsburg Early Music Ensemble.  The Ensemble enjoys playing music from the 12th to the 18th century, both sacred and secular. They use wind instruments such as recorders and stringed instruments such as lute, theorbo, viol and vielle. The group has played for religious services, charity fundraisers and music classes.

Priestley Chapel Associates is a secular, non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation established in 1977 to care for and manage the Joseph Priestley Memorial Chapel, the beautiful memorial garden and the historic 1811 John Wind organ located in the chapel. This lovely country chapel was built in 1834 by descendants of Joseph Priestley and members of the Unitarian congregation in Northumberland. Currently, the chapel is open to the public the first Sunday of each month for a program of words and music. The chapel is also used for wedding ceremonies, memorial services, and community events. For more information visit: www.priestleychapel.org.

Charles Phelps
(1930-2013)