Photo Challenge #8: churches
Feel The Love
The last photo is somewhere? in Pennsylvania... I have no idea where-it was just right on the way to our destination. What you must envision with this picture though is that the church sits a top a hill...all alone with the cemetery. Its just plopped right there on the side of the road with the autumn hills all around it. The hill side kind of reminded me of God's outstretched arms around that little simple church. It was very quiet and still with a subtle breeze there. So serene. And so welcoming to just "be still".
This was a fun category. I didn't have a lot of time to put into it but can you just imagine a portfolio of all of the churches and their beauty! They are everywhere. And there is something about a church. I think its because people know there's so much more than the building. Its a safe haven. It represents love and unity and most of all...it is God's House.
*I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
P.A. Churches
This is the front of the church. Built in 1798, San Luis Rey is the largest of the 21 California Missions. It's nickname is "King of the Missions"; it covers 56 acres. It is a historic landmark, and is operated by the Franciscan Friars. They receive no funds from the Catholic Church or State or local governments.
These are the flags of welcome, at the Mission, U.S.A., California, Mexico and Spain.
The grounds of the Mission are full of wonderful flowers, too. Most of the flowering plants survive on little water, this is arid California, after all.