On Saturday, June 19th, the Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore (HBNS) hosted a Juneteenth Jubilee, honoring 100 years since the founding of Wesley A.M.E. Church.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood for Wesley AME
On a crystal clear morning last Saturday, with the early sun casting a dramatic spotlight on the gold and red leaves of the autumn trees, a band of volunteers descended upon Wesley AME Church and immediately got to work disrupting the hushed stillness of Swarthmore’s Bowdoin Avenue. It was all part of the Garden Community Work Party hosted jointly by Wesley AME Church members and the Swarthmore Horticultural Society, aimed at improving and beautifying the church grounds.
Horticultural Society and AME Church Team Up for Work Day
Wesley AME Church and the Swarthmore Horticultural Society are hosting a Garden Community Work Party on Saturday, November 7, to improve church grounds and create new outdoor gathering spaces in advance of the church’s 100th anniversary in 2021.
Anchor of Historically Black Neighborhood Approaches 100
If you walk down Bowdoin Avenue in Swarthmore, it might escape your notice that number 232 is not a residential house. This is Wesley African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The building opened its doors in 1927, to serve the small black neighborhood that had grown up at the end of the nineteenth century around Bowdoin, Brighton, Kenyon, and Union avenues. We wanted to share a bit of the church’s story as it approaches its 100th anniversary.