Tuesday 4: Old Times

 

Old Times

Old fashioned church picnic

Hello! Welcome back to our weekly question fest begun by Toni Taddeo and kept in her memory.


Let's talk about old times.....

1. My town had an old-fashioned strawberry festival, a summertime picnic and carnival and the local church went caroling at Christmas time. What did/does your town do? What about your family? 

Our town just had a nice 4th of July parade and fun and games in the park, and finished off the day with fireworks. We did not participate because of the heat and the crowds. We did drive around the town and saw what was going on, but decided we were better off staying out of the heat that day.  Here's a few pictures I borrowed from the Internet from the 4th of July Parade:

This one has Smokey the Bear riding in a bulldozer...

And this lady is riding a horse and carrying the American Flag!  

There were floats and games and all kinds of activities going on. I am happy our little town does this each year. They also have a similar day of activities and parade at Christmas time.  

2. What things in your life did you love about the past?

I grew up in a small town where we had lots of parades and other activities at our school for kids. I used to march in the parades with the Girl Scouts, Cheerleaders, and one time as a Junior Majorette...which was not my favorite thing. I remember I got blisters on my heels from the boots we had to wear and I ended up having to drop out of the parade about half way through because my feet hurt so badly. I never was very good at twirling a  baton either since I was a lefty and all the routines were with right hands. So I became a cheerleader instead because I was good and loud! LOL.  I loved our small town, where people knew each other and actually cared about each other. I was truly blessed to grow up in a small school and town, with good teachers, preachers, and adults who went out of their way to make our lives more pleasant.  I still keep in touch with many of my friends from school, and we try to get together when we can.   HERE is a link to a post I wrote about my hometown and happy memories.

3. What would you like to bring back that are no longer as popular as they once were? Would you talk to friends about perhaps reviving old traditions?

Not sure how to answer this one. I need to think about it.  I know I hear a lot of people say they wish their churches would sing more of the old hymns. I am happy to say that our little church loves to sing hymns. We also sing a few a the newer songs, but the majority of our songs are hymns. We don't have a band and drums and all that kind of instrumentation (not that there's anything wrong with that)...just a piano that also can sound like an organ. But we sing with our whole hearts and truly rejoice in singing praises to our great God!!  If you click on this link below, you will hear our choir singing "On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand..."

4. Do you belong to an organization of any kind and do they have outings, picnics or pot lucks? What special things do they engage in and what would you like them to do or accomplish? By the way, I looked up the usage of 'old- fashioned vs old- fashion and old-fashioned is the correct usage. and must have a hyphen as well.

Yes, our little church loves to have pot-luck dinners and we also had a lovely Memorial Day Picnic.

Here's some pictures from our Memorial Day picnic. It was a lovely day in the yard of our Parsonage.

(me with my mouth full. LOL)

And here's some pictures from one of our Pot Luck dinners:

There's ALWAYS a lot of great food and fellowship!  We try to do a 5th Sunday Pot luck dinner after church on every 5th Sunday, which will be coming up again on July 30th!

I do love that our little church is very "Old-Fashioned" in many of its ways. We still preach/teach the Bible and believe that God's Word is true and the inspired Word of God:

2 Timothy 3:16-17 

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

AND:

Hebrews 4:12

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Yes, we are just an old-fashioned church with old-fashioned values and lots of love for everyone.

I am happy that we have an "Old-fashioned" church and  live in an "old-fashioned" small town that still does things the "old-fashioned" way in many ways, and yet we are still growing and welcoming new people every day. So we must be doing something right!

Oh, and if you happen to be passing through this Saturday, our church will be having a Community Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall from 7-10 a.m.  $6.00 adults, $3.00 children, for a great breakfast with lots of good food! All are welcome!  (We do this every 3rd Saturday)

I hope you enjoyed this Tuesday 4 "Old Times" post today. Now let us go see what others are sharing about where they live and love.