Churches Ring Bells to Recognize 400 Years of Slavery

This coming Sunday, August 25, at 3 p.m. Episcopal churches across the country and in our area will ring their bells for one minute to remember and honor the first enslaved Africans who landed in English North America in 1619 by tolling their bells for one minute on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 3:00 pm.

Below is a breakdown by county of which churches are participating. (*One of the churches below is the first African Episcopal Church in the country founded in 1792.)

Bucks County

• Doylestown: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84 E. Oakland Ave., Doylestown
• New Hope: St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 10 Chapel Rd., New Hope
• Yardley: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 47 W. Afton Ave., Yardley

Chester County

• Oxford: St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 116 Lancaster Pike, Oxford (They do not have a steeple but will be ringing bells outside.)
• Valley Forge: Washington Memorial Chapel, Route 23 at Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge

Delaware County

• Prospect Park: St. James Episcopal Church, 732 11th Ave., Prospect Park (The congregation from St. John’s the Evangelist in Essington will also join in handbell ringing and observing a moment of silence as well.)
• Swarthmore: Trinity Episcopal Church, 301 N. Chester Rd., Swarthmore

Montgomery County

• Ardmore: St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 36 Ardmore Ave., Ardmore
• Fort Washington: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Bethlehem Pike & Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington
• King of Prussia/Gulph Mills: Trinity Episcopal Church, 966 Trinity Lane, King of Prussia
• Lower Gwynedd: Episcopal Church of the Messiah,  1001 Dekalb Pike, Lower Gwynedd Township
• Pottstown, Christ Episcopal Church, 316 E High St, Pottstown
• Rockledge, Holy Nativity Episcopal Church,  205 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge
• Villanova: Christ Church Ithan, 536 Conestoga Rd., Villanova

Philadelphia

• Chestnut Hill: St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martins Lane, Philadelphia
• Germantown: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 5421 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia
• North Philadelphia: St. James the Less,  3227 W Clearfield St, Philadelphia
• Old City: Christ Church, 20 N American St., Philadelphia
• *Overbrook: The Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, 6361 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia
• Rittenhouse Square: Church of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1904 Walnut St., Philadelphia
• Roxborough: St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 5720 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia
• Society Hill: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Third and Pine Streets, Philadelphia
• West Philadelphia: St. George St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 520 S. 61st Street, Philadelphia
• Queen Village: Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal Church, 916 S. Swanson St., Philadelphia