Wells Memorial Church of God in Christ

Wells Memorial Church of God in Christ is located across the street from Bennett College and just west of North Carolina A&T University, between East Market and Lee Streets. To help you orient to the location, notice the round  "Aggieland" smokestack on A&T's campus in the background.  Wells Memorial does not have a website so we can't tell you much about it other than it is a beautiful facility. Notice the angular facade is filled with chunks of colored glass that glow beautifully when seen from the inside. The church has at least three activity vans so we're guessing that fellowship and outreach are important parts of the church's mission.

On another note, today, on Sacred Sunday, we are trying to decide how to spend the Martin Luther King, Jr.  holiday tomorrow. If you, too, are looking, may we recommend this extensive database of activities, searchable by state. Secondly, we are re-watching Dr. King's historic "I have a dream" speech. Over eight million people have viewed the speech here.  Regardless of ethnicity, we can all benefit from remembering Dr. Kings words, especially the following, "I have a dream that one day...... the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." What can we do to enhance the table of brotherhood? Finally, if you follow this link, you can see the church where Dr. King was to speak on 4/4/68 but cancelled his visit to stay in Memphis where he was shot that very day.

 

Comments

[Hilda]

Very striking architecture. It must be wonderful inside with all those colored glass!

[Abraham Lincoln]

A beautiful post.

Thanks for your visit to my blog and comment. You asked about holes. I left a reply there under your comment. But also brought it here.

Raccoons will dig up worms and grubs at night but almost always in flower beds or places where there is a lot of mulch and moisture. Chipmunks dig holes about as big around as an egg but usually only during the summer or warm weather and then it is for an underground den. Skunks don't dig much but groundhogs do and also moles will make tunnels just under the ground and that causes the grass to hump up.

[FA]

Happy Sacred Sunday! I'm glad that you commented on the three vans - that struck me immediately. Yes, it is a sign of life in the church...and they are parked headed out, ready to go on mission.

[tapirgal]

You have a nice, well-thought-out post, and it seems your blog background color is perfect for so many of your shots! Thanks for the reminder of what MLK day is all about. I grew up in a family where a speech like this would have been shunned, not so much because of race, but because of "politics." They would not have argued with much of the message, but probably would not have chosen to listen carefully. There are many reasons a person might choose to refute or ignore a message of peace and humanity, and we need those messages so badly. It's sad that a humanitarian should be martyred in our lifetimes, and yes, those people should be remembered. Thanks for the links.

[Lee Spangler]

Hi: Thanks as usual 4 visiting me. It gave me the opportunity to catch up on all your interesting post and photos. Btw., the Wake Forest kids were great. They brought a bunch of t-shirts. Lots of locals are wearing Wake clothing and these students were a credit to the school and the state. I blogged about them in today's post.

[Alice]

Speaking of holes, voles and moles are big culprits in this area. You'd think the little critters were China bound!

You always have a sensitive, well thought out commentary which is equal to your photographs.