Boston Baptist Social Union
A Christian fellowship of men, promoting love among all people.
Established in 1864
Agenda
Reception 5:30 p.m.
Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Meeting after Dinner
Meeting will be held at the Sheraton in Needham
Our Guests
| Sally Snowman, Ph.D. | U.S. Coast Guard Keeper of Boston Light |
| Jay Thompson | Coast Guard Auxillary Assistant Keeper of Boston Light |
| Rev. Matthew Rasure | Pastor First Baptist Church, Medford, MA |
| Rev. Sean Witty | Pastor First Baptist Church, Newton, MA |
| Douglas Rogers | Director Boston Baptist Social Union |
| Christopher Duncombe | Director Boston Baptist Social Union |
Program Details
| Welcome | President Robert Gaffney |
| Song | “Send The Light” Led by Richard Freeman |
| Invocation | Rev. Matthew Rasure |
| Dinner | |
| Business | Robert Gaffney |
| Christian Work Moment | Fred Drauschke |
| Program | Boston Light Dr. Sally Snowman |
| Benediction | Rev. Sean Witty |
Program
Richard Freeman led us in singing “Send The Light”.
Invocation by Rev. Matthew Rasure.
Christian Work Moment by Rev. Matthew Wigdon, Pastor at First Baptist Church in Rockport. The church has received a Christian Work Grant to help fund the youth outreach ministries.
Benediction by Rev. Sean Witty, Pastor at First Baptist Church Newton.
December 2018 Meeting
Boston Light
Dr. Sally Snowman
Boston Light, located on Little Brewster Island in Massachusetts Bay, is the last manned lighthouse in the United States. Dr. Snowman will share its and her story with us.
Sally Snowman is the 70th keeper of Boston Light, a post that dates back to 1716. She’s the last of her kind, every other Coast Guard Light Station in the country has long since reasssigned its full-time keepers in the wake of automation. Secluded on Little Brewster Island for weeks at a time; she’s one part watchman, one part caretaker, and one part historian. Over the summer she⁏s eager to share her island’s history with visitors who flock there and to impart a taste of the tranquility she’s found preserving this ancient lifestyle.
Boston Light, the first established lighthouse in colonial America began lighting the way for safe navigation into the fledgling maritime port of Boston in 1716 with its fog signal station established in 1719. Today. Boston Light is the last manned Coast Guard Light Station in the country located on Little Brewster Island at the entrance of Boston Harbor. A power point presentation comprising of illustrations and photographs chrnicling 302 years of service will be provided by the lighthouse keeper, Sally Snowman, Ph.D. She has co-authored with her husband two books Boston Light - A Historical Perspective (1999) and Boston Light - Arcadia Images of America (2016).