Yesterday our homeschool group, and several other people from our church, went to visit the old meeting house of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, established in 1755 by Shubal Stearns and a small group of believers, and from which hundreds of other Baptists church sprang out of, creating the southern "Bible belt."
We met first at our church building and Pastor gave a short history lesson about the place, and how, amazingly, it all tied into our own country's independence. Really quite fascinating, and sad that it's rarely taught today. Baptists have a rich history that is little known.
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| the old meeting house |
We went inside the little building and sang several hymns, and Pastor presented a short devotional. It was neat to sit in there and see how little they had, in our modern minds, and how much they did.
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| Daniel |
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| Beth, Elaina, Leah, and Lauren |
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| Daniel and Caleb |
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| Megan, Me, and Amber |
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| Tabitha must be cold =D |
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| Lauren and Megan |
It was a beautiful sunny day, and we, of course, had to pull out the cameras and get a ton of pictures!! =D
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| Me and Megan |
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| Meg |
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| Amber |
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| Love this one of the three of us! |
looks like fun...love the pics. I love your new profile pic too!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the pictures...especially the profile one! miss you:)
ReplyDeleteYes, it is very intersting where Baptist's have held their meetings. It is possible that here in Gainsborough at the old hall Baptist's met secretly for services. It is very intersting. Glad you had a good day. Like all the photos of you and Megan and Amber!
ReplyDeletegreat pictures
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