Saturday we attended an event at the West Adrian United Church of Christ, celebrating the congregation’s 175th anniversary. It was founded in 1836. Its pastor, JK, constructed this altar for outdoor worship; his church members donated the stones, and his nephew made the cross, which leans back and looks up to the sky. The celebration featured games for children and dulcimer music. This morning the congregation worshiped here.
I like the idea of an outdoor altar and I have always wanted to build one in my backyard. I was thinking more in terms of a statue, but I could never find one which was nicely made (to withstand severe weather) or the right size. However, the simple cross gives me a different way to go about it. Now that I am thinking about this, there was an episode from “Little House on the Prairie” in which Charles built a stone altar with a cross on the top. It was similar to the West Adrian altar, but the stones were stacked high and narrow. Anyway, it sounds like you are having a great summer–thanks for sharing this and all the recent photos.
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