Painted Churches Tour
Forty-seven of us enjoyed a day trip to Schulenberg on a 55-passenger bus, to tour 4 of the 6 Painted churches and a delicious lunch at Oak Ridge Smokehouse. All were beautiful and well preserved. We were blessed with a knowledgeable tour guide, Pastor Andrew Stafford from St. James Missionary Baptist Church who has been leading guides for 11 years. A few of the standouts were: All were first built between 1855 and 1882; One destroyed by fire; One destroyed by a hurricane in 1909; One looked newest with red bricks but was old, the bricks were handmade by the members; 3 are still active and 1 has mass a couple of times a month. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and making new friends.
