Excursions
Optional excursions have been planned for the 2012 ARBCA GA. Transportation
to/from all destinations is included in the price. Attendees will depart
PVBC at 1pm and return by 4:45pm. You may sign up for excursions when you
register. Space is limited.
Please contact Daniel Smuda at je1740@comcast.net if
you have any questions.
-No admission cost
This tour will be a once in a life time opportunity to
spend one hour under the guidance of a Jonathan
Edwards manuscript expert, seeing some original manuscripts and
other materials of Jonathan Edwards
at the Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in New Haven, CT. This
is a specially arranged tour for the ARBCA GA, which is not available to the
public. There will be no handling of the material or any cameras, including
cell phones allowed inside the viewing area. Because of the limited space in
the viewing room, there is a limit of 22 people for this tour. Because
of the traffic on the return trip, the Theological Discussion will be
missed.
Tuesday, April 17, 1:00pm-4:45pm
"Yankee
Candle Flagship Store\Magic
Wings Butterfly Conservatory"
Yankee Candle Store:
Free Magic Wings
Butterfly Conservatory: $12- Adult,+ $8 Child
(3-17), $10 Senior (62+)
This trip will be take place on the same day as the
Yale trip. There will be a stop at the Yankee Candle Flagship Store, with an
optional trip to the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory.
Wednesday, April 18,
1:00pm-4:45pm "Jonathan
Edwards\Calvin
Coolidge Presidential Museum Northampton Tour"
-No
admission cost
This tour will include a stop to
see the gravesite of the missionary David Brainerd and some of the family
graves of the Jonathan Edwards family. The other tour stop is at the
Forbes Library in
Northampton,
MA. Guided by an
expert staff library employee, the group will be given a specially prepared
viewing of some original Jonathan
Edwards\Stoddard materials. Included in this material is the letter written
by Jonathan Edwards to Eleazar Wheelock, where he
mentions the future coming of George Whitefield to
Northampton. There will be no handling of this material or
picture taking (including cell phone pictures) of this material. As part of
this viewing, the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Museum will be available for
browsing. Because of the limited space in the viewing room, there is a limit
of 54 people for this tour.
Thursday, April 19, 1:00pm-4:45pm
"Jonathan
Edwards\Asahel Nettleton South
Windsor\Enfield Tour"
-No admission cost
This tour will include a stop to see the stone marker on the site of the
preaching of Jonathan Edwards
famous sermon “Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God” in Enfield, CT.
There will be a visit the gravesite of the Timothy and Esther
Edwards, the parents of Jonathan
and well as the marker on the site of the Edwards house. Other graves which
will be seen include the graves of Asahel Nettleton, famous preacher during
the second great awakening, and Bennet Tyler,
president of the Theological Institute of
Connecticut. The houses of Nettleton and Tyler will be seen
from the outside only.
Friday, April 20, All Day Tour
"Plimoth
Plantation,
Mayflower II, and
Plymouth Rock"
Admission: Adult - $29.50, Child (6-12) - $19.00,
Senior (62+) - $26.50
The Plimoth Plantation,
Mayflower II, and Plymouth Rock trip will be an all day trip on the Friday
after the GA is done. The trip will include a visit to the Plymouth Rock,
the Mayflower II, and the Plimoth Plantation.
If there is enough interest, a bus will be provided by the church, otherwise
there will be carpooling.
