Flatonia Texas United Methodist Church for InSPIREd Sunday

 

The United Methodist Church, a well-kept white framed church, is located in

Flatonia Texas, a small community of about 1,300 people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the only stained glass I could see.

 

 

 

The Texas Historical plaque provided the only history I could find on the church.

 Even the historical plaque seems vague using these words, "Founded about 1855".

 

 

 

 

I'm thinking first came the tree...then, the sidewalk.

Nice to see how they saved the tree

 

Before closing with this post,

I would like you to check (Czech) out the heritage

 of many of the residents.

 

 

With the Czech heritage in abundance here, 

 the Czech language has been passed down through the generations, as is

 in most of the towns that surround where I live.

 

Nearly 100 early settlements in Texas had Czech names,

with half still in existence today.

 

The Czhilispiel Festival

 has a very interesting story of how it was started,

 to fund a local student's medical education.

 

Click HERE

to read about it.

 

linking today with

 

Click HERE

to view other churches, synagogues, cemeteries,

 and other religious buildings

 from a round the world.

Observing a Mural Artist at Work

I read in the newspaper that a neighboring town, population 1,383, had commissioned a muralist to paint a side wall of a historic building. The purpose of the mural is to honor the town's railroad history and veterans.

The article stated Jason Patterson, the Texas muralist, would be completing the project by next week. I felt like it was a chance for me to see the mural while he was still working on it.

Just as I had hoped, he was painting on Saturday afternoon, along with another artist. He was more than willing to answer my questions, as he continued to paint.

The details are amazing...

You can see, from his artwork, the power that ran this train.

Here is the Pullman or dining car.....giving all the comforts traveling could afford, in this time in history.

On one end of the mural, you can see how it was sketched in before the painting was started.

At times, it was necessary for the artist to work on his knees.

I tried to photograph the actual spot that is depicted in the mural.

You can see the switch tower is still in good condition, taking it's place in the town's history.

Coincidentally, while I was photographing....a freight train passed by on the very tracks as in the mural.

As you can see in the photo, it is almost life-size.

If I were the town officials, I believe I would re-locate the tree that is blocking the view.

I do believe I will go back this week end and take a final photograph for another post. Wouldn't you like to see what is painted in the right corner of the mural?

Meggie Mac