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A new edition of the FM History Update newsletter went out today.  It continues our celebration of the 200th anniversary...
09/19/2023

A new edition of the FM History Update newsletter went out today. It continues our celebration of the 200th anniversary of B. T. Roberts' birthday. The newsletter describes the foundation of the Free Methodist Church in 1860 and its doctrines. It also tells of B. T.'s travels across the country during this period, the expansion of the new denomination, and missions B. T. and Ellen Roberts started.

You can read it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/b-t-roberts-and-a-new-denomination?e=fc6242dcfc

Giving these three a tour of the WMC and especially the Marston Historical Center was a lovely treat on a Monday morning...
09/11/2023

Giving these three a tour of the WMC and especially the Marston Historical Center was a lovely treat on a Monday morning. This was highlight of Pastor Daniel's visit to Indianapolis. Our Dominican friends were happy to be here!

A new FM History Update newsletter went out today.  It continues our celebration of the anniversary of B. T. Roberts' 20...
08/29/2023

A new FM History Update newsletter went out today. It continues our celebration of the anniversary of B. T. Roberts' 200th birthday. You can read about the period between when B. T. was expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858 and started the Free Methodist Church in 1860.

You can read it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/wider-fields-of-labor

08/28/2023
08/23/2023

As the FMC celebrates 163 years, Dr. Howard Snyder has us to pray "Lord Jesus, keep the Free Methodist Church faithful to you in these critical days of risk and opportunity. As members of the global family of Free Methodism, we celebrate together the faithful witness of our founders and renew our covenant to walk in your ways. Holy Lord, keep us faithful. Refine, renew, and use the Free Methodist Church for the exaltation of Jesus Christ and the full coming of your kingdom, we pray. All praise be to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.

The India display is getting a lot of attention. These ladies grew up near Umri & even found pictures of family members ...
08/17/2023

The India display is getting a lot of attention. These ladies grew up near Umri & even found pictures of family members among the photos in the FM Archive.!

Busy day with two separate research projects being conducted using the wealth of FM history preserved in the Archive.
08/16/2023

Busy day with two separate research projects being conducted using the wealth of FM history preserved in the Archive.

Bishop Shirish Ahaley and Mrs. Ahaley visited the MMHC last week. They were particularly interested in the display on In...
08/14/2023

Bishop Shirish Ahaley and Mrs. Ahaley visited the MMHC last week. They were particularly interested in the display on India and the Zahniser Chapel.

MMHC recap from GC23 to include B. T. Birthday celebrations!
08/03/2023

MMHC recap from GC23 to include B. T. Birthday celebrations!

Another historic election!
07/30/2023

Another historic election!

You can watch and share the full Plenary Session pertaining to the Bishops' Election, which includes all voting rounds, by visiting https://buff.ly/3DtUCya.

Friday Activities - FREE BOOKS - as many as you can carry & more!New WMC video tour - come on in!Flat B. T. & Ellen wate...
07/28/2023

Friday Activities - FREE BOOKS - as many as you can carry & more!
New WMC video tour - come on in!
Flat B. T. & Ellen water bottle stickers
FM History timeline - Journey Through the Years
Exhibit hall closes at 3 p.m.

Photo with BT! Find him in the hallway of the exhibit hall & show us your photo!
07/27/2023

Photo with BT! Find him in the hallway of the exhibit hall & show us your photo!

Thursday activities - *Find B. T. Prize drawing at 10 a.m.*Guess the Missionary Slide show - come on in!*Flat B. T. ;& E...
07/27/2023

Thursday activities - *Find B. T. Prize drawing at 10 a.m.
*Guess the Missionary Slide show - come on in!
*Flat B. T. ;& Ellen water bottle stickers
*Free Books! Including C*C!!
*Daily prize drawing - sign up!
*Photo Op with Flat B. T. & Ellen - post your photo on social media

Free books at the Marston Memorial Historical Center booth at GC23! Come get yours before they are all gone!
07/26/2023

Free books at the Marston Memorial Historical Center booth at GC23! Come get yours before they are all gone!

Wednesday Activities - *Find B. T. Scavenger Hunt for Next Gen - Get all 12 stamps from vendors in the exhibit hall and ...
07/26/2023

Wednesday Activities - *Find B. T. Scavenger Hunt for Next Gen - Get all 12 stamps from vendors in the exhibit hall and return to MMHC, booth #36 to enter the prize drawing.
*Campmeeting slide show - all day -come on in!
*Free books - all day
*Daily prize drawing - sign up
*Flat B. T & Ellen water bottle stickers
*Photo Op with Flat B. T. & Ellen celebrating 200th birthday! Post on social media with

A new edition of the FM History Update Newsletter went out today.  As GC23 begins and we celebrate B. T. Roberts' 200th ...
07/25/2023

A new edition of the FM History Update Newsletter went out today. As GC23 begins and we celebrate B. T. Roberts' 200th birthday, you can read about what led up to B. T.'s expulsion from the Methodist Episcopal Church and his beginning a new denomination. It also contains information about activities happening during GC23.

Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/new-school-methodism?e=fc6242dcfc

Tuesday activities - *Find B. T. Scavenger Hunt begins for Next Gen! Get all 12 stamps and return to MMHC, booth #36 for...
07/25/2023

Tuesday activities - *Find B. T. Scavenger Hunt begins for Next Gen! Get all 12 stamps and return to MMHC, booth #36 for a prize.
*MMHC featuring a B. T. slide show. Come on in!
*Lunch with B. T. 11:30 -1:00 in Florida Ballroom 1,2,3
*Flat B. T. & Ellen visits the Next Gen Preschool 2 p.m.
*B. T. visits the Next Gen Kids 3:15 p.m.
*Free Books!
*Daily prize drawing
*Purchase Flat B. T. & Ellen water bottle stickers
*Photo Op! All day with Flat B. T. & Ellen take a picture and post it on social media.

First day of GC23. Today is the 200th Anniversary of B. T. Roberts birthday! B. T. will give greetings in morning worshi...
07/25/2023

First day of GC23.
Today is the 200th Anniversary of B. T. Roberts birthday! B. T. will give greetings in morning worship. Wear your party shirts! See you at 8:30!

Get your picture taken with   &   to celebrate his 200th birthday at  ! Show us your pictures!
07/24/2023

Get your picture taken with & to celebrate his 200th birthday at ! Show us your pictures!

The Free Methodist Church - USA 39th General Conference begins tomorrow.*Wear your B. T. Party like it's 1823 T-shirts.*...
07/24/2023

The Free Methodist Church - USA 39th General Conference begins tomorrow.
*Wear your B. T. Party like it's 1823 T-shirts.
*Stop in to visit with us at our booth in the exhibit hall each day for a different showing of FM history.
*We have extra books to share - they are FREE - take as many as you wish.
*See you at booth #36
Watch for daily activities posted here each morning at 8 a.m.

  &   flying to and arriving at   in Orlando! Safe travels everyone.
07/24/2023

& flying to and arriving at in Orlando! Safe travels everyone.

Flat B. T. & Ellen planning to attend the National Prayer Summit tomorrow. Praying for GC23!
07/23/2023

Flat B. T. & Ellen planning to attend the National Prayer Summit tomorrow. Praying for GC23!

Flat B. T. & Ellen stickers have made it onto the new FMCUSA water bottles! Look to purchase your own at GC23. Visit the...
07/22/2023

Flat B. T. & Ellen stickers have made it onto the new FMCUSA water bottles! Look to purchase your own at GC23. Visit the Light + Life Bookstore and the Marston Historical Center.

The World Ministries Center departments have been planning, preparing and packing for GC23 for over a year. Today Flat B...
07/21/2023

The World Ministries Center departments have been planning, preparing and packing for GC23 for over a year. Today Flat B. T. & Ellen oversee the trucks being loaded with everything for GC23. Pray for safe travels for our driver. Is Flat BT & Ellen traveling with you to GC23? Share your photos1

4 days until GC23! AND it is   day! Flat B. T. & Ellen got into the GC23 lollipop box to celebrate a few days early the ...
07/20/2023

4 days until GC23! AND it is day! Flat B. T. & Ellen got into the GC23 lollipop box to celebrate a few days early the 200th Anniversary of B. T.s birthday (July 25). Plan to wear your shirts, get your water bottle stickers, join us for lunch with B. T. and look for the lollipops at the evening receptions.

5 more days until GC223! Flat B. T. & Ellen are helping volunteers pack boxes for GC23. Thankful for good workers!
07/19/2023

5 more days until GC223! Flat B. T. & Ellen are helping volunteers pack boxes for GC23. Thankful for good workers!

Our latest FM History Update Newsletter went out today.  This one continues the series leading up to GC23 celebrating B....
07/18/2023

Our latest FM History Update Newsletter went out today. This one continues the series leading up to GC23 celebrating B. T. Roberts' 200th birthday. It is about the first ten years of B. T.'s time as a Methodist preacher and his publications in the Methodist press during that time. It also contains information about next week's GC23.

You can read it here:
https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/ten-years-a-methodist-preacher?e=fc6242dcfc

7 days until GC23! Flat B. T. and Flat Ellen have been reading and listening about the 2023 nominees for bishop. You may...
07/18/2023

7 days until GC23! Flat B. T. and Flat Ellen have been reading and listening about the 2023 nominees for bishop. You may read these as well on the GC23 website. Click here https://www.gc23.org/nominees

8 days until GC23! Today Flat B. T. and Ellen are reading through the resolutions on the GC23 website. You can too! http...
07/17/2023

8 days until GC23! Today Flat B. T. and Ellen are reading through the resolutions on the GC23 website. You can too! https://www.gc23.org/resolutions

8 more days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen are happy to celebrate   Show us your Flat B. T. & Ellen and you with some yu...
07/16/2023

8 more days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen are happy to celebrate Show us your Flat B. T. & Ellen and you with some yummy ice cream 🥳

9 days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen are viewing the 200th birthday celebration opportunities on the Marston Historical...
07/15/2023

9 days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen are viewing the 200th birthday celebration opportunities on the Marston Historical Center website. https://historical.fmcusa.org/ show us what your Flat B. T. & Ellen are up to!

10 Days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen discovered new shirts that will be available at GC23! Be watching for them in the...
07/14/2023

10 Days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen discovered new shirts that will be available at GC23! Be watching for them in the exhibit hall. Show us what your Flat B. T. & Ellen are up to 😀. To download, print, and color your own Flat B. T. & Flat Ellen click here https://historical.fmcusa.org/

11 Days until GC23! Here is a peek at the first three slides of the Free Methodist Timeline. Plan to visit the Marston H...
07/13/2023

11 Days until GC23! Here is a peek at the first three slides of the Free Methodist Timeline. Plan to visit the Marston Historical Center booth in the exhibit hall to see more.

12 Days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen visit the garage at the World Ministries Center. Packing is underway! What are yo...
07/12/2023

12 Days until GC23! Flat B. T. & Ellen visit the garage at the World Ministries Center. Packing is underway! What are your Flat B. T. & Ellen up to?

GC23 begins in 13 days! Save room in your luggage for free books. We will be sharing from our extras. At GC19 crowds wer...
07/11/2023

GC23 begins in 13 days! Save room in your luggage for free books. We will be sharing from our extras. At GC19 crowds were gathering to get theirs. Stop each day at booth #36 in the exhibit hall.

14 days! The 39th General Conference of the Free Methodist Church starts in 14 days! Visit the MMHC staff in the exhibit...
07/10/2023

14 days! The 39th General Conference of the Free Methodist Church starts in 14 days! Visit the MMHC staff in the exhibit hall, join us for "Lunch with B. T." on Tuesday, July 25. Celebrate B. T.s 200th birthday!

Do you wish you had a B. T. Birthday shirt? There is still time. 4 days left! Go to https://bonfire.com/celebrate-b-ts-2...
06/30/2023

Do you wish you had a B. T. Birthday shirt? There is still time. 4 days left! Go to https://bonfire.com/celebrate-b-ts-200th Order yours today and wear it to GC23 along with 103 other attendees.

Help to celebrate B. T.s birthday by purchasing a t-shirt. Order deadline-June 25.. Proceeds from the shirt will go to further preservation and access to the 163 year...

Do you wish you had a B. T. Birthday shirt? There is still time. 4 days left! Go to https://bonfire.com/celebrate-b-ts-2...
06/30/2023

Do you wish you had a B. T. Birthday shirt? There is still time. 4 days left! Go to https://bonfire.com/celebrate-b-ts-200th Order yours today and wear it to GC23 along with 103 other attendees.

100 orders strong! Last Chance! Order your B. T. Birthday T-Shirts by 7-4 in order to receive prior to GC23. Go to https...
06/23/2023

100 orders strong! Last Chance! Order your B. T. Birthday T-Shirts by 7-4 in order to receive prior to GC23. Go to https://bonfire.com/celebrate-b-ts-200th Several sizes, and colors available.

Help to celebrate B. T.s birthday by purchasing a t-shirt. Order deadline-June 25.. Proceeds from the shirt will go to further preservation and access to the 163 year...

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A little moving stress relief
Just saw the announcement about selling the WMC and moving the historical center, but it doesn't say one word about moving to WHERE?
I sang in a quartet from Seattle Pacific College called the Jubilaires that was recorded for a Light and Life Hour radio broadcast about 1967 -- any information you have would be much appreciated, Paul Winslow -- [email protected]
UPDATE: Regarding the title, I think I'm going to go with the witty "FM History All Decked Out" headline suggested by John Waldo. Thanks, John!

I'm preparing to write a news story for Light + Life Magazine in the next few days about the Free Methodist Timeline game -- the last article still needed for the August issue that will be sent to the printer before GC19. Before I write the article, I'm needing to come up with a catchy title/headline so I can complete the issue's cover and highlights (table of contents) pages and send to the designer and for Spanish translation. The best I've come up with is "FM History Is in the Cards." When I look up the phrase "in the cards," it could be traced to tarot cards. My first question is: Would anybody in this group be offended by the use of the phrase in association with the game? I think the phrase is common enough that it's not necessarily tied to tarot, but I'd like this group's take. ... My other request is that if you've played the FM Timeline game already and enjoyed it, I'd appreciate it if you would send me a brief endorsement/testimonial that I could potentially use as a quote in the story; I would need this by Sunday evening. If you were involved in creating the game, I’d love to hear from you too about your role and your thoughts on the completed game. If you're my Facebook friend, you could send it via Messenger, or feel free to email me: [email protected] Thanks for your feedback and help!
Jen Finley and I met with BT Roberts and Ellen Roberts today at the Marston Memorial Historical Center’s Zahniser Chapel.
From the front page of the August 24, 1910 issue of the Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, Vol. 56, No. 201
While doing research on the Pentecost Bands I came across this article from the January 12, 1890 edition of The Indianapolis Journal. Many such incidents are recorded in Dake's biography, "The Life and Labors of Rev. Vivian A. Dake," which can be found at https://archive.org/details/lifelaborsofrevv00nels_0/page/n8
Here's another newspaper report about a "tabernacle meeting" that took place in Sullivan, Illinois in 1913. Note that the leader of the meeting, Bersha Green, was an ordained deacon. Five other women served with her. The "lady from Indianapolis" mentioned was probably Miss Minnie K. Hessler. This article is from the June 21, 1913 edition of The Saturday Herald in Sullivan, Illinois.
Photo of S. Ada Hall from the January 3, 1921 edition of the Riverside Daily Press.
Here's a follow-up to yesterday's post with notes on one of S. Ada Hall's sermons, published in the January 3, 1921 edition of the Riverside Daily Press. Click to expand the text.
When doing research for a Free Methodist Timeline game (more on that later), I came across this article about FM evangelist S. Ada Hall from the December 31, 1920 issue of the Riverside Daily Press from Riverside, California. Pay particular attention to the last sentence!
This just popped up in my Free Methodist Google alert.
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