On Zion's Hill, by Anna J. Small Roseboro
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Angie and Ken who have just completed their first year of college, are committed to earning their degrees without the distraction of dating, but when they meet on Zion’s Hill, at their church camp meeting that August of 1963, they experience a strong attraction. During that week of camp, each is torn. They reflect on funny and frank, fanciful and faith experiences that helped shape them into the goal oriented woman and man they are today. Should they listen to their hearts? Must they avoid one another to reach the goal of finishing college? Can they trust that it is God leading them to one another now? By the end of the week, each must make a decision. What will it be?The illustrator for this book is Susan J. Osborn who created the colored pencil drawings for the book cover and the pen and ink cartoons for the interior. See her other work at http://osbornart.com/.
On Zion's Hill, by Anna J. Small Roseboro- Amazon Sales Rank: #2183417 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .74" w x 6.00" l, .96 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 325 pages
Review I found On Zion's Hill a fascinating look at one aspect of the religious foundations of African-American life and culture. While this is a subject ripe for research by students of American history and culture as well as by students of the American religious experience, this novel once again proves that fiction can often yield a fuller and more vibrant experience for the reader than can statistics and analysis. This rich novel is focused on the 1960s from the unique perspective of young, faithful Christians in the African American community.While most of the hymns are familiar to 20th century Christians, the experience of a church camp for all ages was a new one for me. As a white teen in the American South in the 1960s, I knew only church camps for youth where the counselors were the only adult mentors and role models. As I read On Zion's Hill, I was envious of this vibrant, multi-generational religious experience. No wonder the African-American churches have enjoyed such a long, vigorous and continuing role in the lives of members who were exposed to and who experienced living faith in action in their elders! Fortunately, the real camp of Zion's Hill continues its vital ministry today, a century later, adapting to changing times while maintaining the age-old wisdom of Biblical teachings. Long may it flourish! This is a mesmerizing view into the world of my contemporaries: we shared the common culture of the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam war movement, folk songs, rock and roll, dance rhythms, persons and personalities and we thought we spoke a common language of shared experiences. On Zion's Hills describes this heretofore hidden jewel that supported and enabled African American youth to embrace their faith at a time when many white youth were abandoning their churches in droves. --Brooke Johnson Suiter, Yale MAT, NC Court-appointed-child advocateOn Zion s Hill is a great lighthearted novel of a young couple who met at the West Middlesex Camp Ground. The inclusion of realistic youth testimonies and thought processes for coming to grips with their faith through the eyes of teens and young adults, makes it a usable guide for camp counselors, youth leaders, young converts and those who want to share their Christian experience. The vivid description of the campground, camp members and activities, brings back heartwarming memories for those who d been there and I wish I had for many others. --Verneal Y. MItchell, Physicians Assistant, Former Camp NurseFor many of us Zion's Hill was not just a place in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania; it was an addictive summer experience. On Zion's Hill is a nostalgic journey to a magic moment so real you almost cough from the dust raised by loaded cars and you can hear "the Saints"; singing as the author leads you up the winding hill. It is well written, sufficiently accurate and successfully captures a unique and wonderful history of a romantic and glorious time many of us still try to re-live for a precious few days in August every year. If you have never had the experience - read On Zion's Hill. It is well written, sufficiently accurate and successfully captures a unique and wonderful history of a romantic and glorious time many of us still try to re-live for a precious few days in August every year. If you have never had the experience - read On Zion's Hill. --Dr. M Tyrone Cushman, Pastor
About the Author ANNA J. SMALL ROSEBORO is a wife, mother, and veteran educator. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Anna attended camp meetings on Zion’s Hill as a pre-teen and teen where she met in 1963 the man she married in 1966. Once a parent, she returned to the grounds with her children and stayed in her mother’s cottage, located on Phillips Lane across the road from the tabernacle. A National Board Certified Teacher, Roseboro has taught middle school, high school and college students, served as chair of an English Department, coached a competitive speech team, and directed an academic summer program for students in grades five through twelve. She is active in her profession serving on state and local boards, and as a mentor in the Early Career Educators of Color Award program and the Emerging Leaders Fellowship, both part of the National Council of Teachers of English. During her nearly fifty years as an educator, Roseboro has lived and taught in five states from Massachusetts to California, has authored three books on pedagogy, a number of articles for professional journals, and has had her poetry published. She is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences and for chapel talks. A member of a group exchange of educators sponsored by Rotary International, Roseboro represented the United States in four East African countries, and in 2009 was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the California Association of Teachers of English. Now retired with her husband, Roseboro has returned to her home state where she devotes herself to supporting the ministry of the New Covenant Community Church of God. She maintains a professional website, Teaching English Language Arts and is collaborating on a project to gather and publish stories of other couples who met on Zion’s Hill in West Middlesex, PA and later married, to be released in a collection, Sweethearts of Zion’s Hill in the summer of 2016.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Read to Experience. Read to Understand. By Nancy Genevieve On Zion’s Hill, Anna J. Small Roseboro’s first novel, is a story of truths conveyed through fiction. Zion’s Hill is a real place in western Pennsylvania’s hills; its founders, the Brothers and Sisters of Love, were devout Christians, some of whom mortgaged their own homes in the 1920s to help purchase the land so that Negroes from across the nation could gather each summer “to rekindle their faith and renew their friendships . . . where families could spend a week with other Christians, singing, praying and hearing sound preaching, and sharing fellowship” (15). The novel conveys these truths with the attention to details Zora Neale Hurston used in her Mules and Men, details gathered by someone immersed in a culture. Roseboro was a witness and a participant at Zion’s Hill, and her observations, enriched by her reflections over several decades, are compelling. Her fictional characters also convey truths—truths about love. Young readers will be enchanted by the traditional love story of girl-meets-boy, Angie-meets-Ken. More experienced readers will be enamoured by the ever-widening, ever-welcoming circles of love revealed in the interlaced vignettes: Angie’s grandparents, Ken’s parents, Angie’s employer, Ken’s campers to name but a few. A broader circle of love includes those who came before and those who will come after, those who share similar history, dreams, and mores: the people not known by name but understood by experience. The widest circle of all is also the inner-most core of this novel: shared, personal Christian faith. This is the bedrock truth which threads through each character and includes the readers who may not have participated in the other truths but who can vicariously experience them. Roseboro’s first novel is an invitation to experience this joy of the love of God that is writ large in the universe of time and place.Nancy Genevievepoet and teacher2015
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. AMAZING GRACE By Laury Isenberg It was wonderful reading ON ZION'S HILL just after President Obama's recent AMAZING GRACE eulogy where he spoke about the importance of the Christian religion in the African American culture referring to the church as a safe and sacred sanctuary, a place of refuge from racism and a gathering spot where the faithful could embrace their faith while enjoying the company of neighbors, friends, and family. Anna describes her sacred Church camp as a place for worship, social connections, and even romance. Anna Roseboro, who has received accolades for her contributions in the classroom and in the publishing arena. Now readers have a chance to observe her very personal poetic and spiritual side. Her seeming alter ego wistfully muses shortly after arriving at ZION'S HILL where she has begun her part time job scooping ice cream between prayer meetings, "Dust mutes the colors of cars trudging up the unpaved road between the Pennsylvania state highway and the rural camp site, but the smiles on the faces of the passengers glow with delight to be back up on ZION'S HILL."
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ON ZION'S HAS HEART AND SOUL By Jesse Perry On Zion's Hill is an historical novel set in a religious encampment in Philadelphia; the story takes over eight days. An annual event, the writer draws on her religious fostered by her grandparents to tell a story that is funny and heartwarming. Ms. Anna Roseboro captures the spirit and powerful worship experiences of the participants in this annual religious retreat. A telling moment of this event is when theguest preachers arrive; some are erudite because of their seminary training and others are not as sophisticated. The congregants mostlyprefer the latter; the author captures the vernacular speech of many participants while at the same time not demeaning that language.Her description of Angie's and Ken's relations is funny at best and yet lovingly mature at most. If one is interested in a story with a religiousovertone and a love affair that is funny and instructive, this that book
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