Restoration Trip

2011 Restoration Trip

Friends of the Restoration Tour
June 2011
Sponsored by Friends of the Restoration
Scott Harp, Tour Guide

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Alexander Campbell's "Light From Above" Study in Bethany, WV

MONDAY
Depart Goodman Oaks church of Christ, Olive Branch, MS at 6:30 a.m.
Arrive in Henderson, TN; Add Passengers;
Brief Tour of Henderson
To Nashville - Add Passengers - Tour of RM Locations
Spend Night Near Hendersonville

TUESDAY
Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, KY
Lexington Cemetery
Spend night in Lexington

WEDNESDAY
Broadway Christian Church
Transylvania College
Midway College, Ky - See Melodeon
Frankfort Cemetery - Daniel Boone’s grave, et. al.

THURSDAY
Cane Ridge Meetinghouse
Mayslick Cemetery
Lunch & Shopping In Old Washington, Ky

FRIDAY
Tour Bethany and meal provided, WV
Visit Wellsburg, WV and Washington, PA
Pittsburgh, PA for The Pirates and Cleveland Indians Baseball game

SATURDAY
Hiram College, Cemetery, Church
Cleveland, OH, Grave of James A. Garfield and home

SUNDAY
Depart for Memphis
Meaningful Worship Together

Cost
To be announced later

Midwest Trip

These are some of the places Scott Harp, Wayne Kilpatrick and Tom Childers visited on June 25, 2009. This is a five day trip through Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Tennessee.

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June 26, 2009, Scott Harp, Tom Childers, and Wayne Kilpatrick, visited some of the following graves: Celia Stone, second wife of Barton W. Stone, buried in Hannibal, MO, Jeremiah Vardeman who is buried near Center, MO, H. M. Osborne, Joel Headington, Sr. and Jr. who are buried near seven miles east of Jacksonville, IL.

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Bethany Church of Christ

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Photo taken in front of the Bethany church of Christ, Bethany, WV

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Photo taken in front of the Cane Ridge meeting house

2008 Restoration Trip

Friends of the Restoration Tour
June 16 - 22, 2008

Scott Harp, Guide
Scott is minister of the Buford church of Christ, Buford, GA, Instructor of Restoration History at Georgia School of Preaching, and Webmaster of
www.therestorationmovement.com.

MONDAY JUNE 16
6:30 a.m. - Depart Goodman Oaks church of Christ in Southaven, Miss. with a pick-up stop in Henderson, Tenn., at the tennis courts behind Loyd Auditorium at Freed-Hardeman University and Nashville, Tenn., at the Hendersonville church of Church. Lunch before arriving at the Comfort Inn Motel (859-299-0302) in Lexington KY for three nights. We will have dinner in the area.

TUESDAY JUNE 17
Breakfast in our hotel
8:30 a.m. - Depart our hotel for the Lexington Cemetery and Ashland, the home of Henry Clay. A sack lunch will be provided before we arrive at the Historic Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill for a self-guided tour. We will meet at "The Meeting House" for the music program at 4:30 p.m. After the program we will walk as a group to the dining room for dinner.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18
Breakfast in our hotel
8:30 a.m. - Depart our hotel for Frankfort, KY and the Frankfort Cemetery, the site of Daniel Boone's grave. Afterwards, we will make a drive-by tour the Christian Church in Frankfort.

11:30 a.m. - Arrive at the Toyota Plant in Georgetown, KY for a tour. Georgetown is also the home of Bacon College and the house of John T. Johnson. We will visit the library at Midway Collage to view the melodeon. We will have lunch before arriving at Cane Ridge for our midweek devotional in the Cane Ridge church building and a tour of the area. We will return through Paris, KY where Barton W. Stone was baptized. We will make a drive-by tour of the historical marker of the Main Street church of Christ in downtown Lexington where Alexander Campbell debated N. L. Rice. Our dinner will be in the area of our hotel.

THURSDAY JUNE 19
Breakfast in our hotel
7:30 a.m. - Luggage out

8:30 a.m. - Depart for Williamstown, WV, with a stop for lunch before arriving at Fenton Glass Company for a tour of the plant. The next two nights we will be in the Hampton Inn in Wheeling, WV (304-233-0440). Dinner in the area. Optional shopping at Cabela's Retail Showroom near our hotel. For more information, go to their website at
www.cabelas.com.

FRIDAY JUNE 20
Breakfast in our hotel
8:00 a.m. - Depart for Bethany College with a tour of the Campbell Mansion, Alexander Campbell's home, grounds, cemetery, Old Main, and Bethany church of Christ meeting house.

1:00 p.m. - Lunch will be served at Bethany in the 1840 style of Alexander Campbell's day. We will visit to Brush Run, the site of the first church in the area, and the printing press that produced the Declaration and Address in Washington, PA. Dinner will be served before returning to our hotel.

SATURDAY JUNE 21
Breakfast in our hotel
7:00 a.m. - Luggage out

8:00 a.m. - We will depart for Cincinnati, OH with a stop for lunch and a visit to Spring Grove cemetery. We will be staying at the Hampton Inn in Bardstown, KY (606-928-2888). Pizza will be served in the hotel lobby.

7:30 p.m. - Depart for our evening entertainment - The Stephen Foster Musical Production.

SUNDAY JUNE 22
Breakfast in our hotel
7:30 a.m. - Luggage out

8:30 a.m. - We will depart for home with a stop at Abraham Lincoln's birthplace at the National Historical Site. We will have lunch before arriving in Nashville, Henderson, and Southaven.