Sunday, December 24, 2017

Photo of the Day: First Baptist Church, Pittsfield, MA



When I took this photo, it was late August, with an unusual nip (and, it turned out, short-lived) nip in the air, but nothing like the plunging temperatures and “wintry mix” we’re about to experience in earnest. 

But by this time tomorrow, according to a weather forecast I just looked at, anywhere from four to eight inches of snow should fall in Pittsfield, MA, making for a true representation of winter—and Christmastime—for churchgoers at the First Baptist Church on South Street. 

This group of believers first formed in this Berkshire County community in 1772.  The present church was dedicated in 1930 in another kind of winter: the Great Depression that gripped America at that time. 

What got churchgoers—and all Americans—through that difficult time was hope, the same emotion experienced at Advent and Christmas. I wish that the brightness of hope might be felt again tomorrow, at First Baptist Church and all other churches tomorrow.

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