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SUMMARY:A Cause Sprinkled with Blood: The Life of Owen Lovejoy\; Aboli
tionist\, Pastor and Congressman with Rev. Owen Bryant Lovejoy and Rev
. Elijah Patrick Lovejoy
LOCATION:Hayner Library\, 132 Alton Square\, Alton\, IL 62002
DESCRIPTION:A Cause Sprinkled with Blood: The Life of Owen Lovejoy\; A
bolitionist\, Pastor and Congressman with Rev. Owen Bryant Lovejoy and
Rev. Elijah Patrick Lovejoy\n\nMonday\, November 9\, 2026\n\n7:00 p.m
. – 8:00 p.m.\n\nHayner Genealogy & Local History Library\n\n401 State
Street\, Alton 62002\n\nReverend Owen Bryant Lovejoy\, the great-grea
t grandson of Owen Lovejoy\, and his son\, Reverend Elijah Patrick Lov
ejoy\, with special guest Alton School District Superintendent Elaine 
Kane\, will be presenting a reader&#8217\;s theater piece to mark this
year’s Lovejoy Day. Hayner Library and the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial
are co-hosts for this program.\n\nOwen Bryant Lovejoy was born in Ill
inois but most of his childhood and youth were spent in Indiana. After
a dramatic conversion\, he attended Asbury Theological Seminary in Wi
lmore\, KY. and Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West\, SC. He has 
pastored churches in Kentucky and North Carolina. Owen and his wife\, 
Anita\, have been married for fifty years. Black Mountain\, NC has bee
n their home for most of their married life. Owen recently retired fro
m mission work in Honduras. Anita retired from teaching ESL in public 
elementary schools. Since his retirement\, Owen has written a book abo
ut his great\, great\, grandfather: A Cause Sprinkled with Blood: The 
Life of Owen Lovejoy\; Abolitionist\, Pastor and Congressman.\n\nElija
h Lovejoy and his wife\, Brandi\, have been married for 25 years. They
live in Hope Mills\, NC with their five children\, ages 8-16\, dog\, 
cat and flock of chickens. They have travelled extensively on internat
ional mission trips and study abroad opportunities. Elijah has served 
as the Pastor of Resurrection Church for nearly ten years\, where he w
orks to lead\, build up\, revitalize and plant local churches in the A
nglican context.\n\nPlease call 1-800-613-3163 to register.\n\nEvent d
etails: https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=57953
URL:https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=57953
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