The church is in the middle and left of this photograph; the West Hartford town library is the brick building to its right. From the 1940s through the 1980s, this was one of the most successful Protestant churches in New England, with a huge congregation. In the last two decades, rifts developed within the congregation and some of the senior ministers turned over in just a couple of years, so the congregation today is a bit smaller. It is working to regenerate itself.
This looks like a scene suitable for Currier and Ives.
ReplyDeleteFantastic postcard!
ReplyDeleteThis Church is beautiful and your picture just perfect!
Léia
A very colonial look!
ReplyDeleteWhat a magnificent steeple against the blue sky. A really nice shot with the snow and bare trees.
ReplyDelete☼ Sunny
You live in a picturesque and historical area!
ReplyDeleteLove this image in the snow.
ReplyDeleteJack, glad that you filled in the reflection for us... Beautiful setting and church. I am pulling for their "regeneration."
ReplyDeleteBises,
Genie
It wouldn't be a church if it didn't have rifts!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous building, but best of all, your photograph does it justice. Superb work, Jack!
I posted a church on The Villages today, but it ain't nothing like this one!
Thanx for the info on the bike ride...it is sounding better and better. Heck, I could probably do something like that. Hopefully, you'll have something to carry your cameras in and not have to hang them around your neck. :-)
I love the steeple! It sounds like this church is going through what a lot of Episcopal churches have been experiencing the past few years.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Jack: Re your question on Images ... what you are seeing at the end of the tunnel is the green and surrounding area of the 9th hole of the Stone Creek golf course. The big stone wall in the background is where we lock up recalcitrant and slow golfers!
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm just kidding. It's a retaining wall to hold back the earth from falling on the 9th hole. It you happen to hit a duck hook and hit the retaining wall, all kinds of interesting things can happen to your golf ball. In fact, sometimes you can never find your golf ball!
It's a beautiful church Jack, and beautiful photo (even with the snow!!!)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful small Church in the middle of a delightful village in winter.
ReplyDeletePerfect composition, professional photo (like all your photos).
This looks so "New England," Jack! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteEG stole my comment. Quintessentially East coast;
I agree, pretty enough for a postcard! Looks like a couple bucks went into making that place.
ReplyDeleteThis beautiful, brick colonial church very much reminds me of our own Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul, MN!
ReplyDeleteIt certaintly does deserve its own post. I love that classic church style.
ReplyDeleteWell, I made here by way of Explorer, a bit of a bumpy ride, as it does not seem to like my computer, but a lot shorter distance than actually driving to Hartford to see it. ;-)
Gina
Blue skies, steeples and snow here creates such a picturesque scene. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot and a beautiful church! Not sure why, but it looks very American to me. Maybe EG has it right - it looks very New England.
ReplyDeleteThe snow adds that perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos, Jack! I might have to take a weekend trip up to Hartford...in the spring, of course!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful church. Architecturally speaking I see how approprate is the term New England!
ReplyDeleteA classic New England capture. Perhaps with all the changes at the church, the snow and barren branches are appropo.
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