Sunday, June 26, 2016



4132 MuttenZ Dorfkirche St., Arbogast

Fortified Church of St. Arborgast
Muttenz, Switzerland

"Muttenz (Swiss GermanMuttez) is a municipality with a population of approximately 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Arlesheim and next to the city of Basle." (Link 1.)

"The Fortified Church of St. Arbogast (GermanWehrkirche St. Arbogast) in the municipality of Muttenz in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land is the only church in Switzerland that is surrounded by a defensive wall. It is an example of the fortified church type of construction, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance[1]
"The fortified church of St. Arbogast, serving the local evangelical community, was built in the late Middle Ages. Its surrounding seven metre tall ramparts built in the 15th century are still intact. A charnal house was built adjoining the church in the 15th century. Wall paintings made in 1513 were painted over following the Protestant Reformation, but were restored during a complete renovation in the 1970s.[2][3]Today's congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Landschaft. (Link 2.)


Clock Steeple
"The fortified church of St. Arbogast, serving the local evangelical community, was built in the late Middle Ages. Its surrounding seven metre tall ramparts built in the 15th century are still intact. A charnal house was built adjoining the church in the 15th century. Wall paintings made in 1513 were painted over following the Protestant Reformation, but were restored during a complete renovation in the 1970s.[15][16] Muttenz was awarded the Wakker Prize for architectural preservation by theSwiss Heritage Society in 1983.
"The church is listed as a heritage site of national significance, as is the medieval village core." (Link 1.)

Charnel House

"St. Arbogast is the last completely intact fortified church in Switzerland. The church is still in active use and serves as Evangelical-Reformed parish church of Muttenz

"The history of this church dates back to the 5th century when a wooden church was built, maybe on the foundation wall of a abandoned Roman building. A first stone church of the 8th or 9th century was replaced by a newer building around 1000, and in the 12th century a church in Romanesque style was built but stayed unfinished. Finally the earthquake of 1356 demolished substantial parts of the church.

"After 1359 the church was repaired and completed. In 1420 it was enclosed with a seven meters high curtain wall with battlements and two gate towers to serve the residents of the village as a refuge in times of danger, since the old castles on the nearby Wartenberg were also partially destroyed in the earthquake.

"The charnel chapel was built in the 2nd half of the 15th century at the inside of the southern wall. It is a two storey building with a lateral external staircase to the upper floor. In 1513 the building was provided with paintings on the facade and the interior; they were painted over after the Reformation and were rediscovered during renovation work in the 20th century. (Link 3.)
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Photos: Taken by RW with his i Phone while living in Basel Switzerland.
Link 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttenz
Link 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_Church_of_St._Arbogast
Link 3:   http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJH9Y_Beinhaus_at_St_Arbogast_Muttenz_BL_Switzerland


Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

Sunday, June 19, 2016

                                                                                                                                June 19, 2016
Welch Church, 2739 South Superior Street
(Link 1.)

Welch Church
Bay View, Milwaukee Wisconsin


Rolling Mills Map
Source: 1901 map from the American Geographical Society Library, 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries - See more at: http://bayviewcompass.com/category/historic-bay-view/page/3/#sthash.a7Us33Uz.dpuf
(Link 5.)


"Bay View is a neighborhood in MilwaukeeWisconsinUnited States, on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for seven years, from 1879 to 1886. 

"The first permanent European settlement of the Bay View area was in 1834;...[2] In 1855, ... The community was named for their scenic views upon the lake.

"The original Village of Bay View is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bay View Historic District. According to the designation, it is roughly bounded by Lake Michigan to the east, Meredith Street to Superior, up to Nock Street and then from Wentworth Avenue to Pryor Avenue.

"Although the neighborhood boundaries of Bay View have grown over the years ... the specific boundaries given by the Milwaukee Neighborhood Identification Project are: along the border of Lake Michigan, south of Jones Island, from Lincoln Avenue to the north and Howell Avenue to the west, south to Morgan Avenue. ... Some sources list the southern boundary as Howard Avenue. The Bay View Historical Society includes the areas as far west as 6th Street, and north to Becher Street;... "One thing most Bay Viewites will agree upon is that Bay View is not necessarily defined by precise boundaries; it is more a state of mind...(Link 3.)

The Welch Church was built by Welch immigrants in 1873 and is the oldest surviving church in Bay View.  "From 1909 through  1956 it was the South Shore Lutheran Church pictured here (top photo)." In 1950 the Lutheran Church built a new church on Whitnall Ave. (Link 1.)  The building was then bought by and is now used by The Christian Science Society. (Link 2.)
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

                                                                           June 12, 2016


3200 South Herman St.

St. Lukes Episcopal Church
Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Church Bell
(Facebook)


"The Church now known as St. Luke’s Episcopal Church was erected by six Englishmen who came to Milwaukee from Stratford, England, about 1870. These men, having been hired along with others to work in the steel mills located on Lake Michigan, decided to build a church in what would become the Bay View area or Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Sanctuary
(Facebook)
"After a series of meetings in would-be parishioners’ homes, the Episcopal Diocese helped this group to purchase land and build a small wooden church on the corner of Russell and Clement Avenue. The Church opened as a “mission church” at that site in 1873.


Communion Window
(Facebook)

"After many years, in 1928, Father G. White brought the mission church to Parish status, making St. Luke’s Episcopal Church an independent venture. At that point, the Church was already well-known in the Bay View community. Local groups were already using it as their meeting places on a regular basis. Outreach programs, church bazaars, and a vibrant Sunday School program made St. Luke’s a popular institution in the neighborhood.

"Between 1951 and 1955, the current church building was constructed at the corner of Herman Street and Euclid in Milwaukee, not far from the original site. In 1963, the youth building was added to the Church to fill the block between Euclid and Clement Avenue." (Link 1.)  

The church on Oklahoma Ave and Herman Street, across the street from Lakeside Bakery is the one I remember as a child in the 1950's. (Link 1.)
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Top Photo: Taken in 2006 by SW.
Lower Photos: From Facebook Page
Link 1: http://stlukeschurch.com/history/

Sunday, June 5, 2016



Booklets
Courtenay Churches 
Churches of Tofino and Ucluelet
British Columbia, Canada


These booklets are a compilation of blog posts from "Churches On Sundays" at http://www.churchesonsundays.blogspot.com of churches in Courtenay, and Tofino and Ucluelet,  British Columbia, Canada.


Title Page

The Booklet "Courtenay Churches" has been donated to the Courtenay Museum.

Table of Contents

Cover: St. Andrew's Pioneer Church
              4778 Island Highway
              Courtenay, B.C. Canada
              Blog Post 5/15/11


Title Page


The Booklet "Churches of Ucluelet and Tofino" has been donated to the Pacific Rim Regional Museum Ucluelet Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Cover: St. Columba Anglican Church
              110 Second St.
              Tofino, B.C. Canada
              Blog POst: 1/6/13


Prayer


God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)