here's the church, here's the steeple

Here's The Church, Here's The Steeple
Originally uploaded by Sista Smiff.

hey look, someone taking pics of my "little" country church. apparently sista smiff visited the pumpkin patch. good thing we unloaded new pumpkins that day. we actually had some stuff to take pictures of. click pic and follow the photostream for more pics

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[sista]

The Pumpkin Patch at FUMC is totally a Hendersonville tradition, as far as I'm concerned. FUMC and Bluegrass Baptist are friends and neighbors for sure.

I have quite a Methodist history. I am the great-grandchild of a Methodist minister. Ok so he died in 1931, but, he was a Circuit Riding preacher way back when. I worked at Belmont UMC back in the 90's...Went to Brentwood UMC's VBS's...Married by a Methodist minister (Cousin WC Link did the honors) All my family's Methodist on both sides (except for the token Catholics), both parents raised Methodist...still don't know how we ended up at the Baptist church. I'm quite at home in the UMC.

[gavin]

dang sista, that is quite a lineage. blue grass bap & fumc have quite a friendship too. i know you guys allow us to use your baptism pool for our teens who choose an immersion baptism (i guess we'd do it for adults too if they asked). we also have a great generative friendship with the steeple players ministry that got started some years ago.

i'm glad the pumpkins have become a tradition for h'ville. i enjoy seeing the families come back year after year. it's special

[Chris]

Ha! Hendersonville as a "country" town! Stop it!

[Olive Morgan]

I am a little puzzled by the pumkin tradition! Please can you explain it's importance?

[gavin]

this being halloween & fall, the pumpkin is a decorative piece for many reasons. one of the potential fund raisers available to different groups is selling pumpkins. our youth ministry starting doing the pumpkin sale about six or seven years ago. with the location of our church it is a focal part of the drive around hendersonville. the size of our "patch" makes for some fun family pictures.. those are just some of the parts of the 'tradition'

[Olive Morgan]

Thanks, Gavin, for filling me in. I see the pumpkins on sale in the supermarkets here but I don't think they are used on the same scale over here.