Plymouth Faith & Freedom Tour Day 1

  As I ponder this Thanksgiving Day on the things in my life that I am grateful for, I am reminded of how grateful I am to have actually been in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  With all of the talks about the Pilgrims we’ve been listening to this week and the books we’ve been reading, it’s amazing to be able to actually picture where these things took place and how they would’ve lived.

  I realized that I’d never posted photos from the Plymouth Faith & Freedom tour back in 2009, so I sought to cure that right now.  I also have some video that I’ll edit someday and post here as well.

  This post picks up where this post ended: “Sight Seeing in Plymouth June 28

  On the first morning we gathered in the hotel lobby and then stepped out side where Mr. Phillips led us in some psalms that had been sung many times in Plymouth-by using the Pilgrim method of “leading worship.”  He’d sing a line and we’d all repeat it.

 

 

Trekking through the damp New England morning to Plymouth Harbor.

It “happened” that Marshall Foster was also in Plymouth, so even though it wasn’t planned, he taught during the Faith and Freedom tour as well.

The Mayflower was just to the left of us…more on that later.

This is the canopy where the rock is housed

Gathered around Plymouth rock

Anyone else heard the story about the “Pen of Destiny?”

You can see where the rock was cemented in 1880.

 

Pilgrim Mothers Monument

Massasoit Statue – with a peace pipe in his hand

The colony had a 50 year peace with Massasoit and the Wampanoag tribe

This is a sarcophagus for those who died during the first year of the colony.  Some of their bones had been discovered and this was erected during the tricentennial celebration in 1920.

Statue of William Bradford

As we walked to the next destination on the tour we got to walk past all of these wonderful New England houses.

Anyone have some veggies?

Our next stop was the Jenney Grist Mill where we got to take a tour through a mill the early colonists would’ve used to grind up wheat.

 

 

 

 

“And this is the origin of the term, ‘Keep your nose to the grindstone.’

The demonstration and teaching inside the mill was fantastic and was certainly a highlight of the tour.

We ate lunch at the Jenney Grist Mill

After lunch we headed up to Old Burial Hill where most of the early settlers are buried.

Many of the the gravestones had angels of death and skulls and crossbones on them-they did this to remind those who’d see the stones that the day of death comes to every man and that it quickly approaches.

William Bradford’s grave

The next stop was one of the best parts of the entire trip…anyone seen Monumental?

The Forefathers Monument

 

This post is a work in progress!

CHEF 2012: Speakers

The lineup of speakers at this year’s conference was truly unprecedented.  They included Chuck Bentley, Douglas Bond, Dr. Marshall Foster, Col. John Eidsmoe, Wade Meyers, Dr. Joe Morecraft, Doug Phillips, Dr. Paul Jehle, and Kevin Swanson.

Dr. Morecraft speaking on the legacy of the Scotch-Irish

 

Chuck Bentley helps us plan for future financial crisis-both nationally and internationally.

Discussing how our own families can prepare and save.

 

Dr. Paul Jehle discussed the the nature of Biblical Law and common confusions and heresies about the differences between the New and Old Covenants.  Dr. Jehle is one of my top 4 favorite speakers and his ability to speak to both the young and the old is extraordinary.  He teaches high school students on a regular basis and in his presentations he’s able to get a simple concept across to a 8 year-old, but in the context of a lecture about the nature of Biblical law! A truly gifted educator.

Mr. Note-Taker

  Kevin Swanson’s passionate and engaging talks absolutely hit the ball out of the park.  He showed how America has been declining year after year because of the nation’s absolute disregard for God or His Law, but showed the hope of a “Second Mayflower” for our families.

  His lectures were very personally convicting and showed just how much of a statist I am and what a small vision I had compared to God’s plan for a family.  Would love to write more on this, but it’ll require a little more study on my part.

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