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Overflow Conditions
Ah…the mundane! How nice to find the place where the folding chairs are queued up in case there’s an overflow crowd.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Serbin, Texas
photographed 11.25.2019
In the spotlight
Most of these churches don’t allow access to the balcony, but this one did. So of course, I climbed right up those stairs. There were four rows of pews, running the length of the church, and so close together it was almost impossible to pass through them. I have no idea how it works when there are worshipers in them.
But anyway, it was more than worth the effort because that’s how I got to see the sunlight hitting the lectern.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Serbin, Texas
photographed 11.25.2019
15 old dudes
These sixteen portraits flank the doors in the church hall, illustrating all the pastors since the founding. There are fifteen men in a row, and then, at last! A woman!
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Swiss Alp, Texas
photographed 11.25.2019
Accoutrement
The older, smaller church had been transformed into the church hall. The resourceful church members kept all the old trappings in the apse of the church hall, because I guess you just never know when a spare communion chalice will come in handy. And, to be on the safe side, all the accoutrements are locked behind a gate. Fortunately for itinerate photographers, the gate’s grate is large enough to accommodate a camera lens.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Swiss Alp, Texas
photographed 11.25.2019
Window Treatment
The windows at this church were covered with heavy screens, which had an interesting moire pattern from the inside.
And look, there to the right of the window, where something used to hang on the wall. Only the nail and a lighter-than-the-wall rectangle remain.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Swiss Alp, Texas
photographed 11.25.2019
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