Battle Center Church Photos
Sent from Norm Prince
| Brief story: When my dad started out as Associate Pastor of the Conser. Meth.
group in Denison, he received a phone call from some folks from a farm community NW of Ida
Grove. There was an independent protestant church out there and they needed a
pastor. They held their services at this church on Sunday afternoons; church school
at 1:30 and worship service at 2:30pm. He went out an met with them agreed to give
it a try. After the Sun. morning service at the church in Denison, mother
would fix a light lunch and she and dad and sometimes we kids would drive the approx. 40
mi. to the country church. We didn't need to be there for the church school, so had
plenty of time to make it by 2:30. As it turned out, Dad must have done this for
approx. 20 yrs. circa 1930 - 1950. We became part of the farm family out there
and it was a great farm experience for me as a boy. A few families had boys my age
and I would go out for a week several times during the summers and spend with them.
Another interesting thing was that after a service on Sundays, we would be invited
to one of the homes for a meal, and afterwards, they would fill out car trunk with farm
produce of all kinds and then we would head back to Denison. That was the
principle way in which they paid Dad; by farm produce. |
