One Hundred Years and Quilting
A few of our truly wonderful ladies spent a truly wonderful amount of time making a truly wonderful quilt in commemoration of our Centennial. It has nine panels depicting outstanding aspects of our church’s history and life.
From top left you see a panel that honors our great nation and our military personnel. We have always been very blessed to have a significant military presence in our body. Next over is a panel that depicts our first building at Prescott and Laine. We built this building sometime within the first two years of our existence! Imagine how exciting that must have been. This building still stands about two blocks from our current building, and is now owned by a Coptic congregation. In the next row down you see a square commemorating youth ministry, then our new baptismal cross. The larger square on the right demonstrates our faithful commitment to world evangelism. One of the very first organizations of our church back in 1910 was a woman’s missionary circle!
Back on the left you see a lovely cypress tree, so prevalent on our peninsula, and next a smaller nameplate. Over on the right on the bottom is a wonderful lighthouse, long a beautiful symbol of the reason we exist. We exist to proclaim the Lord, until he returns. Finally, you see on the bottom left a great depiction of our current building. We built this from 1949 through 1952. The designers used the space very well, as it is always wonderful how useful our current home still is. Weekly it rings with the sounds of love and laughter. You might hear our children screaming and running in Fellowship Hall, our pastor whacking the pulpit or playing a horse’s whinny, or the low murmur of a group earnestly seeking God’s face in prayer.
This quilt is wonderfully symbolic of our church. The ladies made this in love. It took a group effort. It is made of many different pieces. It will warm you, cover you and keep you safe. It is relevant to Monterey, celebrating our neighborhood, our seagulls, and mostly it celebrates the joy of being a part of the body of Christ! Many thanks to Donna Shaffer, Anita Harriger, and Virginia Albert. God bless you for your loving work! Praise God for yet another demonstration of his faithfulness to First Baptist Church of Monterey since 1910!
