tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post8924264728063952585..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Visiting churches pastGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-9163603570439728932008-10-31T15:02:00.000-07:002008-10-31T15:02:00.000-07:00melanie --you know, I've no idea how many megachur...melanie --you know, I've no idea how many megachurches we have locally, if any.<BR/><BR/>boonie -- I suspect that wouldn't go over very well in Prescott, which is a rather conservative town, despite our student crowd and the enviros who dot the landscape.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-78975022540009187862008-10-31T12:46:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:46:00.000-07:00Cheer up Granny J! At least Prescott's old churche...Cheer up Granny J! At least Prescott's old churches haven't been turned into nightclubs or mosques, like in Europe.<BR/><BR/>Nor did you show any old churches that have been turned into Pay Day Loan shark businesses. Of course, that at least would have been a sacred use of the building, in our culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-16026208774995807542008-10-31T11:06:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:06:00.000-07:00I wonder how many downtown churches closed because...I wonder how many downtown churches closed because the congregants turned to other denominations? Fewer possibilities for today's multimedia mega-church extravaganzas in those plainer old structures.<BR/><BR/>I have an untrustworthy memory of the Anthony's furniture shop as Mt. Olivet or Mount of Olives Chapel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-18750746070546569832008-10-31T10:34:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:34:00.000-07:00steve -- at least some of them are! I don't kn...steve -- at least some of them are! I don't know that all the no-longer-church congregations are still with us.<BR/><BR/>anon av -- actually it's the other way around; downtown changes because the locals abandon it & the businesses adapt to save their skins. Yes, it does make one somewhat sad.<BR/><BR/>tombo -- I hope that if I guessed wrong, somebody out there will correct me!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-72917903008566238662008-10-31T08:49:00.000-07:002008-10-31T08:49:00.000-07:00Wow, another very comprehensive post GrannyJ!I'll ...Wow, another very comprehensive post GrannyJ!<BR/><BR/>I'll be looking at these buildings in a new light. :)TomboCheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076931481931258301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-65889460259419327192008-10-31T07:30:00.000-07:002008-10-31T07:30:00.000-07:00Good reporting in this post, GJ, especially with t...Good reporting in this post, GJ, especially with the tone of sadness. <BR/><BR/>Reminds me of some Left Coast towns... the downtown changes to accommodate tourists instead of the folks who live there.<BR/><BR/>~Anon in AV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-80627913268937995252008-10-31T06:52:00.000-07:002008-10-31T06:52:00.000-07:00They must be doing well, as far as funding, if the...They must be doing well, as far as funding, if they can move and build a new church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com