The congregation at Friendship Presbyterian Church pose as they would have been seated in the 1800s - men on one side, women on the other.
Friendship Presbyterian celebrates 175 Years
There are hand-hewn pews, tall solid pine doors, the “bags on poles” to collect offerings and beautifully understated stained glass windows to remind members of the history of Friendship Presbyterian Church in Concord. Most of all, there are the memories.
Recollections of some members Aug. 8 at the homecoming celebration of 175 years in ministry included anecdotes about a great-grandfather, a rescued St. Bernard dog, a beloved elder and a musician’s early gifts to the church. Pastor Robin Humphreys’ computer slide show of old photos occasionally brought tears: “Oh! There’s my mama and daddy!”
Pastor Bob Matthews celebrated Holy Communion for all, from the church’s oldest member, 95-year-old Cornelia "Miss Connie" Enyart, to the young families who will be a part of Friendship’s renewal of children’s programs. Matthews says “there’s a lot of life here, more than you’d expect.”
The church was organized in 1835, as recorded in the minutes of the 1836 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. The first site of the church was on what is now Bottoms Road. In 1870-71, the present building was constructed about four miles away on Friendship Road, on land donated by Andrew Weir Blake and Eli Hood.
Well-respected elder Albert Turner recently passed away. Humphreys said Turner told her he was “inspired by Mr. Joe (Gaulding) and Miss Ivee (Adams),” a brother and sister who were “always there in church” when Turner was growing up. At his store, Turner kept a drinking gourd discovered in the foundation of the old church, said Humphreys. It is not back yet, “but he always wanted it to go back to the church.”
For more, read the Wednesday, Aug. 11 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
Pastor Bob Matthews celebrated Holy Communion for all, from the church’s oldest member, 95-year-old Cornelia "Miss Connie" Enyart, to the young families who will be a part of Friendship’s renewal of children’s programs. Matthews says “there’s a lot of life here, more than you’d expect.”
The church was organized in 1835, as recorded in the minutes of the 1836 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. The first site of the church was on what is now Bottoms Road. In 1870-71, the present building was constructed about four miles away on Friendship Road, on land donated by Andrew Weir Blake and Eli Hood.
Well-respected elder Albert Turner recently passed away. Humphreys said Turner told her he was “inspired by Mr. Joe (Gaulding) and Miss Ivee (Adams),” a brother and sister who were “always there in church” when Turner was growing up. At his store, Turner kept a drinking gourd discovered in the foundation of the old church, said Humphreys. It is not back yet, “but he always wanted it to go back to the church.”
For more, read the Wednesday, Aug. 11 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
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"For the Lord does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1Sam 16:7
Oh, come on now. You shouldn't be trying to pick up the preacher woman. She would never give into the devil and do something like that.
I am going to make it a point to ride by and see this church. I am sure it has an abundance of history attached to it too.
BTW, the lady to the far right behind the first pew is smoking too.....so many friendly faces in that picture.