Yesterday, the Jaycee's 35th Annual Christmas Parade was held in downtown Greensboro. The weather was shockingly warm, probably almost seventy degrees. The above photo is the parade entry by Christ United Methodist Church. Church members surrounded the vehicle, interacting with the crowd along the way. Behind the vehicle was a small trailer with a living nativity scene. Also behind were church members carrying an inflatable candy cane balloon. In the background, a few parade entries back, peeking out from the Statue of Liberty inflatable, is the steeple of the West Market United Methodist Church. Methodists have been holding services in Greensboro since the 1820's and, West Market Street, the church in the background was built in 1851.*Compared to West Market Street, Christ United Methodist Church, organized in 1956 is young.
Both church maintain quite a visible, positive presence in Greensboro. Here's to almost 200 years of methodism in our city. Here's to three and a half decades of Christmas parades and to a community that has something for everybody. We hope you are enjoying your weekend in Greensboro as much as we are!
*If you are interested in more of the history of West Market United Methodist Church, read this historical timeline written by Greensboro historian Gayle Fripp, here. See a close up of West Market Street Church here.
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