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On Sunday June 29, Jason Biel will be guest organist in the absence of
Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, who are attending the American Guild of
Organists conference in Boston (Mass.), Jason is a recent graduate with a
Bachelor of Music degree from the Canadian University College in Lacombe. He
will be entering the Performers' Certificate Program at King's College and
will be one of Marnie's students. This past Sunday (June 22), Cari Astleford was guest organist. Cari has been a student of Marnie's at the University of Alberta and recently graduated with her Master of Music in Organ Performance. |
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Guest Organists
FPC's Historic Designation
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No
surprise, historic designations for a building are a complicated and
multi-layered undertaking.
Provincial The Province of Alberta designated FPC as a Historic Resource on November 19, 1978. Horst Schmid, the Minister of Culture at the time attended the morning Service of Worship and officially declared the Church a Provincial Historic Resource. In 1979, the province not only accepted the church building as an historic site, but also the parking lot to the south of the church. On July 26, 1981 to coincide with the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Church in 1911, the historic plaque signifying the designation was unveiled by the then Minister of Culture, Mary LeMessurier. Municipal In 1999, the process to designate the Church as a Municipal Historic Resource began. On Sunday, July 2, 2000 as part of Canada Day celebrations, representatives from the Mayor's office and the City of Edmonton Historic Board came to the Service of Worship and spoke about our church being designated a Municipal Historic site. |
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If you
want to learn more about FPC history, read Ken Munro's book "First
Presbyterian Church, Edmonton: A History". Use the links below to obtain
an e-copy.
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eBook & Soft Cover
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Hungry for History read Herzog on Heritage
In 2013, Lawrence Herzog wrote an excellent article about First Presbyterian Church. Within the article are excellent historic photos and architectural detail about our treasured historic building.
To read the article click on the following link:
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