Picture of the day - January 11, 2008

A rural Pennsylvania church house

Photo courtesy of Andrew Beierle. All across the American heartland are churches both large and small, beautiful houses of worship where God's people gather to lift up His Holy Name in song, sermon and prayer. Today's picture features just one of them, a small but very beautiful church house located in rural Penn's Valley, Pennsylvania. Like most churches in rural America, this one probably invites everyone who walks through the doors on Sunday mornings to come and help fill up the pews as the pastor prepares to bring a message from God's Holy Word. A word of welcome, a handshake, and the next thing you know the visitors feel like they truly belong. That's the way it should be in a House of God, and that's indeed the way it is in most of them. If you ever find yourself driving through a small rural community, pay attention to the various churches that you'll surely be driving past. Every one of them is special, as are all of God's children, and the people who gather there on the Lord's day are the backbone of our great nation.   Click here to comment on this picture.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"