This Week in Christian History: Second Vatican, First Pilgrim Worship Service, Georgetown Founded

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Pilgrims Hold First Worship Service in America - January 21, 1621

National Geographic will premiere 'Saints and Strangers,' a four-hour miniseries about the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrims to the New World, just in time for Thanksgiving. It premieres on Novemner 22, 2015.
National Geographic will premiere "Saints and Strangers," a four-hour miniseries about the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrims to the New World, just in time for Thanksgiving. It premieres on Novemner 22, 2015. | (Photo: Different Drummer)

This week marks the anniversary of when the Pilgrims held their first-ever public worship service in North America.

William Brewster, a Mayflower passenger who was also an elder in the church, led the worship service at a square blockhouse in New Plymouth.

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Several months later, the Pilgrims would hold an autumn harvest celebration along with the Wampanoag Indians, inspiring the creation of what became the Thanksgiving holiday.

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