A Thread On Church Pictures?

JonDouglas

JonDouglas

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Church Pictures? As a kid, I never liked going to church. Instead of being out playing baseball or doing fun things on a day not in school, there was the agony of sitting for hours on a hard seat, listening to people who couldn't sing make noise, accompanied by some long-winded preacher telling me I was going to hell that was full of fire and brimstone. Since then, a better understanding of the historical and social significance of a town church has emerged. In the early days of this country, the town hall was also the church and vice versa. It was the social and governing center that got this nation moving and often the thread for the fabric of society. It would seem you wouldn't have to be "religious", a "believer" or church goer to at least understand their societal importance. As such, many of us find church structures to be interesting at the very least. You should be aware that one of the world's largest motorcycle forums, which is also one of the most "rough and tumble" and devoid of "shrinking violets" types has a thread on church pictures. So, to that end, we continue. . . .!

An Old Stone Church: Built in the 1890s, this Baptist church was abandoned when the area around it was flooded as a water reservoir.

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Now empty, with bare stone walls, the interior of the church looked like this back when it was built.

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After being abandoned, the church fell into ruin. In 1973 the roof collapsed into a pile of rubble. Since then, the stone walls were repaired and a new roof structure built. It was a community effort. The interior was never refinished and is bare.

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Today, the stone church is a local area attraction that also hosts weddings and, sometimes, special Sunday services.

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The church continues to attracts a good number of couples, picnickers, walkers and photographers, especially in the fall.

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If you've a picture of a church you like, post it. My first post was, perhaps ironically, somewhat long-winded but yours needn't be.
 

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Jon, that's probably the most scenic and prettiest church I've ever seen.....

Our churches are all small where I live here in the countryside.. so they're all village churches...I'll see what I have, certainly nothing as spectacular as that... ^^^
 

hollydolly said:
Jon, that's probably the most scenic and prettiest church I've ever seen.....

Our churches are all small where I live here in the countryside.. so they're all village churches...I'll see what I have, certainly nothing as spectacular as that... ^^^
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Thank you, @CinnamonSugar for posting those. Having been through some of the great cathedrals of Europe, I have a greater appreciation for what the smaller town and community churches has done in deeds, if not size. Some people might find it odd that grizzled old motorcycle riders would like to take pictures of church structures and architectures, but there are a good number of us. I will be posting more and hope you and others do the same. Churches can be peaceful, restful and helpful places (without long-winded preachers yelling negative vibes).
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Great thread, @JonDouglas ! Love churches and church architecture

here’s a few of the mission church in San Diego:

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Thank you, @CinnamonSugar for posting those. Having been through some of the great cathedrals of Europe, I have a greater appreciation for what the smaller town and community churches have done in deeds, if not size. Some people might find it odd that grizzled old motorcycle riders would like to take pictures of church structures and architectures, but there are a good number of us. I will be posting more and hope you and others do the same. Churches can be peaceful, restful and helpful places (without long-winded preachers yelling negative vibes).
 
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One more for the road tonight. Below is the 1766 Congregational Church in Shrewsbury, MA, where we used to live. The picture was taken on Dec. 25 some years back. In the summer, it becomes difficult to photograph the church for the trees.

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Below is a picture of the sanctuary.

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This is Sanctuary dedicated to Santa Maria Magdalena, situated in the hamlet of Novelda near Alicante, Costa Blanca Spain...

It's 100 feet high, and built in beautiful Art Nouveau style...on the day we visted the church was closed, and there were no tourists.. but I've since learned that inside is Bare and bland with the exception of an organ totally made from Marble...
 
At the opposite end of the spectrum of churches, this is a little country church/graveyard that was built in north Idaho in 1903. When I lived about a mile down the road from the church, it had been closed for a while; but the building was open now and then for revivals, and other religious activities.
Out behind the church is the old cemetery, with the old style monuments, rather than the flat ones like most cemeteries now have. I have family members who are buried in that graveyard, so for me, this is a very special church .
The community has done remodeling work on the church, so it can now be used again, if someone wants to have an event (like a wedding) at the church.

We lived in a little cabin that didn’t have running water, so we drove our old pickup truck down to the church, and filled up the 55 gallon drums with water for ourselves and the livestock we had. There was even a small orchard along side of the church, so the kids picked up apples when we were getting water sometimes.

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Happyflowerlady said:
At the opposite end of the spectrum of churches, this is a little country church/graveyard that was built in north Idaho in 1903. When I lived about a mile down the road from the church, it had been closed for a while; but the building was open now and then for revivals, and other religious activities.
Out behind the church is the old cemetery, with the old style monuments, rather than the flat ones like most cemeteries now have. I have family members who are buried in that graveyard, so for me, this is a very special church .
The community has done remodeling work on the church, so it can now be used again, if someone wants to have an event (like a wedding) at the church.

We lived in a little cabin that didn’t have running water, so we drove our old pickup truck down to the church, and filled up the 55 gallon drums with water for ourselves and the livestock we had. There was even a small orchard along side of the church, so the kids picked up apples when we were getting water sometimes.

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Personally, I think a church like that is just as good as any other and I would probably enjoy it as much as any other, assuming the minister wasn't long-winded preachy :) .
 
Below is the church in Leverett, MA, at coordinates 42.452141, -72.501529.

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The view from the north side, above, is almost pastoral, so it was back from here where I launched the drone.

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I then rolled left toward the road and got a more frontal pic

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I feel an attack of fall color pics coming on. Get the smelling salts.
 

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