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23 06 2008

Look out First Baptist Flowery Branch

Posted by: Marty Duren in Church, Culture, History, Humor, Life, Misc

This is so stinkin’ cool.

My Big Fat Greek Firework Battle

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6 Responses to “Look out First Baptist Flowery Branch”

Kevin Bussey says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
That looks like fun. We used to get on the roof of my frat house in college and fire bottle rockets at people.
Paul says:
June 24th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
What’s so cool about that? We take shots at other churches here in Oklahoma on a regular basis. ;)
art rogers says:
June 25th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Yes, but this way everyone knows what’s happening…
art rogers says:
June 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
And Marty, do you have a bell tower? Does FBC? If not, maybe you can take shots at the opposing cemeteries. I know you have one of those. Actually, two. If FBC doesn’t have one, then you could loan them one of yours. :)
Marty Duren says:
June 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Art-
We did years before my arrival.

In a funny true story, a member came in about 4 months ago after we had been quite a while into our current renovation. We had just put the first coat of paint on the outside of our buildings and there was a distinctively different look about our campus. She came in and said, “When did we take the steeple off?”

I paused, shocked actually, and said, “About 20 years ago.” She said, “No, that’s not true.” Her Dad was standing beside her and I asked him about it. His response was, “Well, it’s been a pretty long time.” I checked with another long time member who confirmed that it had been 20 years. This lady, over 50, has been attending NB since birth.

I had a lot of laughs over that one.
art rogers says:
June 28th, 2008 at 12:21 am
That is funny.

Here’s one that is sad:

My previous church - worship center over 100 years old - had the tower taken off about 30-40 years ago. Well, not the bell, which was still there, but the steeple part. Now the building has a very distinctive, ornate, red brick architectural style. Somewhere along the way, some of the members decided that they missed the entire community not being able to see them from anywhere in the county, so they started a movement to replace the steeple. Not wanting to spend much money on it, they they found an aluminum shell steeple to set on top of the tower. It’s white. Colonial style. It looks completely ridiculous, according to everyone I know.

Praise God, I was months gone before they did it. I would have been embarrassed to show my face around town.