[Magdalen] Update (was Prayer request)

[Grace Cangialosi]

There are lots of Baptist church's in this area that are named for Saints.
One of my favorites is "St. Hebron."
Then there's Mt. Ed Baptist Church, where I used to go to vote...and I think I've shared that story here at least once.
Try as I might, I could never locate a "Mt. Ed" in a biblical atlas!

> On Jan 7, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Somewhere down around Rockwood, TN, is St. Mary's Baptist Church. That one
> has always given me pause.
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well there is Warner Robbins, Georgia.  Yes my neighbor at work goes to
>> Greater Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church.
>> He is a very good man and gave me a religious gift for Christmas.
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That is a strange name! A little out of character for TEC, but not for
>> that
>>> part of Virginia, I guess. Odd/unusual church names in my experience are
>>> more likely to be found in other denominations. In east Tennessee, both
>>> Baptist and especially Methodist churches are often "so-and-so's chapel"
>>> <denomination> <church>. I think those names may stem from whoever gave
>> the
>>> land the church stands on. However, in the county next to the one I lived
>>> in, there are two little Methodist churches that are "Martha's Chapel"
>> and
>>> "Mary's Chapel". I never could find out where those came from! Then
>> there's
>>> the African-American custom of naming churches "greater" this or that. My
>>> favorite is a big Baptist church in Milwaukee, Greater Galilee. They used
>>> to have a really superior choir, don't know if they still do. And in
>>> Knoxville there is a COGIC that is Greater Warner Tabernacle; no idea who
>>> or what Warner is/was.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Oh, that's the same church! I read the historical marker the day I saw
>>> the
>>>> church, but it didn't appear that the church was being used anymore.
>> That
>>>> would have been more than ten years ago...
>>>> I'd forgotten you were in that area.
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is in Virginia Beach, on Witchduck Road, just east of
>> Independence
>>>>> Blvd. The origin of the name appears to be pretty simple. The land
>> for
>>>>> the church was donated...and eventually it was an old church (the
>> first
>>>>> use of the phrase, according to a history linked from their web site
>>> was
>>>>> from the 1820s). Old Donation was the first church in Virginia Beach,
>>>>> and in 2012 celebrated their 375th anniversary with a visit from the
>>>>> Presiding Bishop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One of the links to that past is the baptismal font, which is a very
>>>>> heavy thing that was from the original 17th-century church building.
>> It
>>>>> was apparently recovered in the early 20th century from the bottom of
>>>>> the Lynnhaven River. To quote a parish history linked from their web
>>>>> site: "Broken places remain from the time it served as a boat anchor
>> in
>>>>> the river. There is great symbolism in a baptismal font going under
>> the
>>>>> waters and raised to provide new life!"
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nowadays, it is a very active parish, with four services each Sunday
>>>>> morning, three in the historic church and one in the parish hall
>>> (8:00,
>>>>> 9:15, and two simultaneous services at 10:30). And they are busy
>>> through
>>>>> the week as well. It is the largest parish I have ever attended. I
>>>>> visited there several times when I was down to see Heather, and we
>>>>> continued to attend until after I took the job in Portsmouth. In
>> fact,
>>>>> the last time I was at the Sunday 10:30 service in the historic
>> church
>>>>> would have been for the blessing of our marriage...it was only a week
>>> or
>>>>> two after I started playing for St John's, because I remember needing
>>> to
>>>>> arrange that Sunday off when I began to work there.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kristin Rollins
>>>>> kristin at verumsolum.com
>>>>> Portsmouth, VA
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015, at 11:57 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>>>>> "Old Donation"??  I passed a church with that name once a few years
>>> ago
>>>>>> somewhere in Virginia, I think. Strangest church name I've ever
>> heard!
>>>>>> Only in VA, I thought, where there is also the Robert E. Lee
>> Memorial
>>>>>> Chapel, also known to the locals as "St. Bobby's"
>>>>>> Where is your Old Donation Church, Kristin?
>>