Flyover People Daily News

North of Toronto on K-105

churches

St. Teresa Catholic Church, Westphalia

Old building next to the newish Catholic church. I’m guessing this is a rectory and it probably matched a big old church.

churches, small towns

St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waverly.

churches, small towns

This is not your grandfather’s Poor Farm. What once was the Barton County Poor Farm is now a well-cared for building on the Faith Community Church campus just west of Great Bend.

The church’s sanctuary and family center are housed in the metal building there on the left.

churches

Along W. Hwy 50 in Emporia, just east of Bluestem Farm and Ranch is a church.

The entrance is on Sixth Street (there’s a side door). It was a Sunday morning when I took the photos and there were eight or nine cars here.

E-town, churches

churches, small towns

churches, small towns

Not all is abandoned in Dunlap. There’s a well-kept Methodist Church here.

The air was so still, the town so quiet, that I could hear a jet scraping the sky overhead. I hadn’t heard the sound of a jet in the sky for a long time.

churches, small towns

Like many small towns, Dunlap has quite a few abandoned places.

A church.

churches, small towns

Church sign, Dunlap (Morris County).

churches, small towns

Last night, Dave and I went to a chili and soup supper at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. This snow-packed sunflower added a bit of Kansas Day to the event.

I went for the potato soup while Dave enjoyed the chili.

Coconut cream pie. Mmmm.

But the highlight of the event was when one of the hosts, our dear [...]

E-town, churches, events, vittles