We are delighted to share with you a film which has been made by one of our member churches - the Congregational Federation - to celebrate 400 years since the Mayflower set sail.
We share the following hoping and praying it will be an encouragement and an inspiration to us all!
Mayflower Fest is a collection of short films in which the Congregational Federation have chosen to mark the 400th Anniversary that the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth in Devon across the Atlantic to the New world in America.
Worship tent
This is a collection of clips from Congregational Churches all over GB with a reflection from Mike Fales Moderator Elect of International Congregational Fellowship
A Children’s tent
This tent tells the story of the Pilgrims reflecting on what it might have been like for the children on board and has lots in interactive activities for children to take part in.
Pilgrims and Promised
Lands tent
Including interviews with Rev Dr Peggy Bendroth, former director of the Congregational Library in Boston and Rev Dr Lottie Jones Hudd about her church in Detroit on the underground railroad escape.
Mayflower Art and Artifacts Tent
'We have a filmed conversation with the artist Rachel Carter who has created two life-size bronzes of a unnamed 'Pilgrim Woman' which will be sited in Doncaster, before moving to Austerfield and Gainsborough.
Missing Voices Tent
Telling the story of the Wampanoag Nation
Songs That Sustain Us Tent
Including the Mayflower hymn “The Lord has yet more light and truth”
Historical Voices Tent
Giving insights to William Bradford, John Robinson and Sara Willett Minter the Midwife to the Pilgrims
Please use these link to enjoy the Mayflower Fest: here and here
