but since you asked, i do think involving yourself in any form of worship is a wonderful idea. & happen to know when certain services are held... just sayin. :)
okay so our first sunday driving to church in virginia we were shocked. from our house to the church house it is 2.8 miles. keep that number in mind as we pass how many other church buildings?? let us count:
#1. harvest church of the assemblies of God
#2. franconia episcopal free will baptist
#3. laurel grove baptist church, we think they're under construction?
#4. calvary road baptist church
#5. mount calvary community church
#6. franconia alliance church
#7. olivet episcopal church (adore how east coast this one feels)
#8. franconia united methodist church (my favorite building, the stained glass is a beauty!)
#9. virginia presbyterian church & there is a korean presbyterian church that uses the same building so really this could count as two.
#10. reality gospel church
#11. st. john's lutheran church
#12. franconia baptist church
#13. church of jesus christ of latter-day saints: mt vernon stake (our destination)
please excuse the quality of these pictures as they are taken while driving. i was actually kind of impressed with myself, though i did have to crop many a side view mirror out. :) i love our drive to church every sabbath checking out the other buildings & church goers. makes me happy that people take the time out to thank a higher power.
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funny that several
of them look like converted LDS chapels... and we would be LUCKY 13!! How fun!!
That's a crazy amount of churches in such a short distance! Fun to see them all :)
that's unreal, 13 in 2.8 miles?! it kinda reminded of eugene... i don't think it was quite that densely populated with churches, but the names of them were what threw me--churches every shape and size for just about everything under the sun (at least I've heard of the ones by you). but you're right, at least people are taking time for religion!
2:46 AM post???
Are you back to your old self?, not sleeping during regular sleep hours.
Looks like the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS is the newest looking model and I would wonder if it also has the most cars in the parking lot?
kind of misleading, pics were not taken on a sunday. i'm always doing my hair on the way to church so this was just on our way on a weekday for some random activity. :) all the parking lots are pretty near full on sunday mornings (or saturday, depending).
That's my daughter - we love to look at church buildings especially the older ones with the beautiful stained glass windows. And thank you for not doing both your hair and taking the pictures on your journey - although I have no doubt you could! (this is Dad BTW)
LOL i cannot wait. hahahaha
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