Monday, July 14, 2014

UPDATE on Guided Building Tour (July 9)

Just a quick update on last week's guided history tours. First Church participated in the 18th annual Open Doors Edmonton Festival.  The festival is an exciting showcase of the rich history of greater Edmonton area and our contribution, through offering building tours, was a great success.

On July 9, during just a one hour period about 65 people toured our grand old church and took in a pipe organ demonstration offered by organists Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht and Dr. Joachim Segger (FPC Music Directors).  With such a short time window, this was a good turnout.  Thanks to Ken Munro, who lead the building tour along with Ian Scott who has been a member of FPC since the 1940s. Assistance from a number of other church members was vital. These included Darrel Babuk, an architect, who recently authored a new brochure on the history of FPC buildings, past and present, as well as Judith Strachan and Grant Nicol.

FPC was a proud participant and intends to offers guided tours again during the festival.  To learn more about the festival, visit Open Doors Edmonton Festival.  

Look in the foyer for the new brochure that was prepared for the event.

FPC History & Archives Brochure