Good Sunday!

[Bob Wright]

Yesterday, Snday, Sept. 8, 2024, our church had an old fashioned singing. We had Sunday School and Worship service at the usual time, but then at 3:00 p.m. gathered back for the singing. We had a "sorta" country family who played the old fashined songs with unamplified instruments, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and one other stringed thing I didn't recognize. (looked like a small guitar but sounded like a bass fiddle.) There was some shouting and "Amens!" that went up. Then, afterward we adjourned to the parking lot for watermelon and fellowship. And, a friend of mine brought some bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers!

I don't believe I;ve been to anything like that in maybe seventy five years!

Last "sangin'" I went to was in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee around the fall of 1950 or 1951.

Bob Wright

 

[powder smoke]

Not my cup of tea, Hope you enjoyed it. ps

 

[Bob Wright]

Church singings, watermelon suppers and camp meetigs are as Southern as magnolias, ham, and black-eyed peas.

Bob Wright

 

[MaxMan]

Churches don't do that anymore. Good you could get some more of it. And Corn Bread (cracklins optional but desired). Can't leave that out. BY the way check out the Lubben Bros. Two of them down here were worship leaders at churches. Theu do some gospel and some Bluegrass. The Tom the guy on the left was at our church.

 

[peachhead]

Sounds like fun!

 

[Bob Wright]

Our regular church service is somewhat formal in that we follow a set order of service. We are not "High Church", whatever that is. But we do maintain a dignity worthy of the Hous of God. We do have instrjumental music, organ and piano, congregational singing, and Bible preachng. And, being Baptist, we do not neglect taking up the offering.

But then, sometimes, an old fashioned preacing, singing, getting right with God type of meeting sort of loosens up inhibitions and gets some hardened folks Spirit filled. This precedent was set by the very first church.

Bob Wright

 

[contender]

"Church singing's, watermelon suppers and camp meetings are as Southern as magnolias, ham, and black-eyed peas."

Amen!!!!!!!!