Sisters and brothers of the Pilgrim Holiness Church let us unite and claim our heritage. Im not sure what that means, but I do like the sound of it. Like many of you, Ive been captivated by Dr. Dieters theological/historical biography that hes recently been writing about here on Facebook (FB). A few days ago, I put this page together for him as an example of how his FB page might look if he was so inclined. However, part of my motivation is to create a digital way station where our history, told through photographs, bulletins, news article, stories, etc. can be saved, stored and displayed in perpetuity. Im sure at the Wesleyan Churchs headquarters there are boxes of archived PHC material, and if memory serves, Houghton is the depository of materials related to EPC, Central for SPC and Marion College for Owasso. But, for practical reason, who will ever see any of that material again save someone doing graduate work? Maybe my concerns of losing our history to the sands of time are unfounded. My friend Tommy Kinnan says Im a sentimentalist. Be that so or not, I think there is important PHC history out there that we need to gather before our children and grandchildren dispose of it simply because they have no clue of what theyre holding in their hand. Though this page was put together for Dr. Dieters review, in the last 24 hours it’s been hit over a hundred times, 51 marked Like, 12 left comments. I know that this isnt a large sampling, but it does suggest a few folks are interested in their history. I cringe when commentators or broadcasters plaintively cry out, “Let’s keep the conversation going.” But frankly, I don’t know what else to say, “Let’s keep the conversation going.” If the concern of getting hold of all our recorded history is only the concern of 2 or 3 other sentimentalists, then this ship will simply pass in the night. But, if there are more than a few, we need to get moving before all our photographs turn yellow.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:01:47 +0000
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