Fundraiser for Trinity Church
Date: December 14, 2019
Time: 10:00am
The Abbeville Artist Guild gathered for painting and drawing the Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday, October 19 beginning at 10:00 am during the Hogs and Hens BBQ Cook-Off in downtown Abbeville. The Guild is looking for other talented people who would like to join with them to create artwork that will be auctioned off to benefit the Church. This is a fundraiser for the restoration of the church. Preservation South Carolina named Trinity Episcopal Church to their Places at Risk List in April of 2018. Trinity’s iconic 125-foot steeple, the tallest structure in town, is in danger of collapse due to the growing rot in the wooden supports embedded in the masonry walls and is beginning to slightly lean. For safety reasons, Trinity is now shuttered and closed until the steeple can be stabilized.
This is a collaboration between the Abbeville Artist Guild and Divine Your Space Gift Shop. The guild members and guests will be set up in front of Divine Your Space to paint their own interpretation of the church. Anyone is welcome to join and donate their work to the restoration and saving of the iconic Trinity Street Church. We hope to see all mediums including acrylics, watercolor, and sketches of this beautiful church. The finished art pieces will be displayed at Divine Your Space and silent bids of the work will begin on the 19th and run through December 14th. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Trinity Church.
If you are interested in participating please email the Abbeville Artist Guild or email Divine Your Space. You may also call Design Your Space at 864-366-8463 for more information about the silent auction.
Christmas Caroling and Book Signing for Scared Spaces
Date: December 15, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Trinity Church: 171 Burn St., Society Hill, SC 29593
The Jamison Foundation will hold a Christmas Caroling and Book Signing at Trinity Church in Society Hill. The W. B. D. Simons organ will be playing and refreshments will be served!
Organ Recital, Meet the author and Sacred Spaces Book signing
Date: December 15, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church: 159 Burns St. in Society Hill, SC 29593
Join PSC’s Executive Director, Michael Bedenbaugh and author and photographer, Bill Fitzpatrick for a wonderful evening at Trinity Episcopal Church in Society Hill, SC. There will be an organ recital and you’ll have the opportunity to meet the author and have your copy of Saving Sacred Spaces signed! Please be sure to prepare for the weather as in true 1834’s style, the church does not have heat.
Clemson OLLI program: Sacred Spaces of the Upstate
Date: March 23, 2020
Time: 9:00 am- 4:45 pm
Location: Clemson Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Charles K. Cheezem Education Center: 100 Thomas Green Blvd, Clemson, SC 29631
Learn More about OLLI and the Sacred Spaces of the Upstate Tour
Tuition: $55; includes transportation and boxed lunch
Discover the Upcountry’s “sacred sites;” the churches of the Upcountry are more than just buildings. They are sources of strength and identity, centers of community life, and vibrant expressions of faith and hope. Their wooden walls, soaring steeples and historic graveyards reflect over two hundred years of history – from the simplicity and hardship of the frontier to the elegance of the Old South and the devastation of the Civil War. We will visit Trinity Episcopal Church (Abbeville), Long Cane ARP Church (Troy) and Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church in Mount Carmel, South Carolina.
Photographer and preservationist Bill Fitzpatrick is the author of several books, all of which reflect his interest in travel and history. His most recent effort, a 264-page coffee table book, South Carolina’s Sacred Spaces, has received much critical acclaim and is now in its second printing. All proceeds from the sale of this book go to Preservation South Carolina and its “Sacred Spaces Fund.”
Interested participants will need to be OLLI at Clemson members in order to participate. If they are not current members, they can join for the annual fee of $35. Registration will open on January 2. Visit the Clemson University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) website.
Taylors Public Library
Date: April 20, 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Taylors Public Library: 316 W Main St, Taylors, SC 29687
Please join South Carolina’s Sacred Spaces author and photographer, Bill Fitzpatrick for a wonderful presentation of his acclaimed book. You will be able to secure your copy and have it signed!
Travelers Rest Historical Society
Date: April 21, 2020
Time: TBA
Location: Location TBA
Learn more about Travelers Rest Historical Society on their website
Check back for more details as the become available.
Palmetto Scribe Event at the Irmo Public Library
Date: April 25, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Irmo Public Library: 6251 St Andrews Rd, Columbia, SC 29212