'The Little Church In The Wildwood'

What a fascinating arrangement for the two churches. I'm in awe of your story describing the clever pews and surroundings so perfectly. And, of course, great camera work to complete the picture. Do you ever run short of fodder in your Newfie land? Kath

What a fascinating story! That church is certainly a treasure. I was intrigued when I saw the title since I grew up near the well-known Little Brown Church in Iowa. One of the lines in the song about it says "Come to the church in the wildwood."

This is an extremely interesting church and a solution to satisfying differing congregations in a very unique way. I saw another interesting solution in the early 1950's as a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The university had a chappel on the campus. The chappel had three alters on a turn table type arrangement. The pews all faced the same way, but there was a triangular shaped affair with a different alter on each side of it. On one side was a protestant alter, then a catholic alter and on the third side a Jewish alter. All that was necessary was to turn the triangle so the proper side was facing the pews according to the faith of the particular service. For inter-denominational services the protestant alter was usually used.

Fred Wickert

Thank you for your kind comments.
The Chapel you describe is really awesome. What innovative minds can do hey?
Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe