for conducting a great week of Vacation Bible School for the children of Thornwell during the first week of August! This is the second year in a row that Youth Director Kelly Boone Sloan has brought her team to Thornwell’s campus to host VBS. The theme this year, Galactic Blast, took our cosmic adventurers on a journey through the creation story, and touched on several New Testament stories from the ministry of Christ. Each day our cosmic adventurers boarded the starship Galactic Praise to see the great universe God has created. In addition, every galactic mission included a Bible story in ...
Youth volunteers and their leaders from Grace Community Church, Boca Raton, Florida spent the week of July 26 on the Thornwell campus and in the local area offering their talents in service and learning about Thornwell’s beloved founder, Dr. William Plumer Jacobs. Equipped with a copy of Dr. Jacobs’ diary, edited by his son, Thornwell Jacobs, the youth discovered what it was like to be a young preacher in the post-Civil War South, and the sacrifices this brave and faithful man made to respond to God’s call. The group visited the sites of Bethany Presbyterian Church and Shady Grove Presbyterian ...
Twenty-three Thornwell youth had a wonderful time at the July 2010 Middle School Conference at Presbyterian College! The theme was Into the Wild, helping youth understand that no matter what wilderness we experience in life, we are never alone. During the conference, the keynote and worship leader talked about the Creation story and God’s call on each of our lives (Is. 43:1-4). Through sharing experiences that seem like “wild places” in our lives, we learned that God is always with us, even when we feel abandoned. We also learned that struggles can be a blessing. We heard about Jacob’s struggle with ...
Thornwell Trustee Mary Wain Ellison inspired the young men of TPH Cottage to become artists for a day with encouragements of "Go big - get your arm into it! Take the white off the canvas!" Mary Wain helped the guys take blank canvases and turn them into big, bold works of art. With a long hallway in the cottage that looked like a gallery awaiting the next show, the boys created large art pieces that will enliven and brighten the walls for today and for years to come. Mary Wain brought her brushes and paints, along with her ...
More than 250 alumni/ae and family members gathered on the campus June 25-27 to reconnect with one another and share their common story of growing up at Thornwell. There were plenty of hugs to go around, for first time returnees as well as veteran reunion attendees. At the registration table, the meal tables, and around tables in the Mayes-Dowdle Alumni/ae House, alums swapped stories from days gone by, poured over hundreds of photos, and updated one another on siblings, children and grandchildren. During the business meeting on Saturday, new Thornwell Alumni Association officers were elected. ...
Thornwell Trustee Mary Wain Ellison inspired the young men of TPH Cottage to become artists for a day with encouragements of “Go big – get your arm into it! Take the white off the canvas!” Mary Wain helped the guys take blank canvases and turn them into big, bold works of art. With a long [...]
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More than 250 alumni/ae and family members gathered on the campus June 25-27 to reconnect with one another and share their common story of growing up at Thornwell. There were plenty of hugs to go around, for first time returnees as well as veteran reunion attendees. At the registration table, the meal tables, and around [...]
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Thornwell youth attended the 2010 Montreat Youth Conference the week of June 6 and as usual, everyone had a terrific time. The conference theme this year was, “In These Waters,” using the week’s activities to remind youth that “God is present in both the stillness and tempests of their days.” Each evening, Thornwell youth enjoyed [...]
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for conducting a great week of Vacation Bible School for the children of Thornwell during the first week ...
Youth volunteers and their leaders from Grace Community Church, Boca Raton, Florida spent the week of July 26 ...
Twenty-three Thornwell youth had a wonderful time at the July 2010 Middle School Conference at Presbyterian College! The ...
Thornwell Trustee Mary Wain Ellison inspired the young men of TPH Cottage to become artists for a day ...
More than 250 alumni/ae and family members gathered on the campus June 25-27 to reconnect with one another ...
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