Guilford Park Presbyterian Church on Easter

The above photo is of the center courtyard of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church. It leads to the Columbarium. It reminded us so much of the Easter season: The three arches evoke the idea of trinity and of the three who died on the cross. The columbarium, is filled with sealed niches with stored funeral urns. Even in death, for Christians, there is the belief of an afterlife. The trees are starting to leaf out, another sign of the circle of life.

Guilford Park Presbyterian Church's first building was completed in 1947, and is an off-shoot of Buffalo Presbyterian Church. It is located in Kirkwood, on Fairfield, just off of Lawndale Drive. Guilford Park Presbyterian has a very robust history documented online. We are archivists at heart and cannot recommend the importance of documenting history of families, institutions, towns, etc. It is hard to retrieve information once the people with the stories and information are gone.  We hope the folks at Guilford Park Presbyterian have a Happy Easter. We're wondering if they will hold a service under the tree across the street, the one where the early members of the church first gathered to worship even before they were formally a congregation.

Happy Easter!

Comments

[Nollie W. Neill, Jr.]

My grandparents Carolyn Glascock & John Walton Stokes were founding members of Guilford Park. They lived near by on Rosecrest Drive, where they had a small farm when they bought the property in 1928. I have fond memories of being around Guilford Park with my grandmother in the 1960s - 1980s. I have an old photo that shows this location, with just a sign on it, the church wasn't built yet. THANKS for sharing - Happy Easter!!

[Donna Barrier]

I attend GPPC presently and attended with my parents when your grandparents were there. They were very special to the church.
I’ve been the Church historian since 1998. Mary Keating was it before me. It was so special seeing this picture and write-up on Easter morning and reading your comment.
Although I was quite young, at the time, I do remember worshipping under the old oak tree.
Donna Barrier

[William Kendall]

I've only heard the term columbarium used once, in an Anglican church here.