Thursday, October 18 - A Detour This Week!

I am on vacation this week in one of the favorite spots for my wife and me, Williamsburg, Virginia. So I don't have pictures of the new building at Christ Lutheran this week. But instead you are getting a look at two worship venues in Williamsburg, each of which is very different from the other.

The population in Williamsburg in the late 1700's included a large number of Scotch-Irish people who carried their Presbyterian roots with them. But this was prior to the independence from Great Britain, so the offical religion in Williamsburg was the Anglican Church of England. The Presbyterians in 1765 had to petition the local government to open a meeting house for worship. What was built was a very simple, spartan building.

At the other end of the spectrum is Bruton Parish Church. This church was formed in the late 1600's, and the current building has been in continous use since 1715. After independence, the congregation affiliated with the Episcopal church. The cruciform sanctuary was designed by the royal govenor of Virginia in 1711.

 

 

 Two very different styles of church, both very historic.

 

Check back early next week. Our intent is to get some current pictures of our "historic" structure on line ASAP next week!

 

David Bigham