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2026 CFFC: The Three W’s of Worship

Where, What,

and When

We Worship

Dan with No Facilities, the host ofCee’s Fun Foto Challenge is continuing with the theme of Where/What/When we do various things. This week’s focus is on Where/What/We/They Worship. This new series will continue for approximately five (5) more weeks. We are currently in the third week of the Where/What/When CFFC series.

Where/What/When I worshipped didn’t always happen inside the walls of a church building. There were times in my youth when we worshipped at Mission Bay (a beach) in San Diego; usually on Friday nights during the summer. There were types I went to camp during the Summer with my church youth group and we would worship around a roaring campfire. Then when I went to college I was one of many students who worshipped together in the school’s chapel (required attendance). At other times we met in one home or another, on Sunday evenings, where we worshipped together in song and Bible study. However, I don’t currently have any photos of those occasions during my youth.

For lack of those images, I will show you some of the churches I been to or seen whilst working around town.

The church of my childhood, Scott Memorial Baptist Church (now called Grace Church San Diego) in San Diego, California.

Scott Memorial Baptist Church
San Diego, California

I spent many a Sunday and Wednesday fellowshipping and worshipping here in and outside of the building. I still am friends with many of those I grew up with in this church.

Let’s pause for a moment of worship in song by Russ Adair and the Revelators.

Russ Adair and The Revelators

Here we have Stony Fork Baptist Church
In Deep Gap, North Carolina. This is one of the churches that my maternal ancestors attended including my maternal grandfather and grandmother. I have visited this church and its cemetery when I’ve been in the area visiting with family (mostly cousins).

Stony Fork Baptist Church
Deep Gap, Watauga County, North Carolina

In 2020 I spent several months in Texas including a couple in Abilene, Texas. The following are a few of the churches I saw while walking around my aunt’s neighborhood.

First Methodist Church
Abilene, Texas
Church of Christ
5th and Grape St
Abilene, Texas
Galilee Baptist Church
Abilene, Texas
First Christian Church
Abilene, Texas
Trinity Baptist Church
Abilene, Texas
Bethel Temple Christian Center
Abilene, Texas
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Time for more worship in song, this time from a group I enjoying listening to and attending their concerts when I’m able. The quartet is called “Kings Cause.” Hope you will enjoy listening to them as much as I do.

Kings Cause

Now to look at a few closer to home …

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church Cramerton, North Carolina
Zion United Methodist Church (now Zion Methodist Church) Lancaster, South Carolina
The Living
Water Chapel at Westminster Park
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Maranatha Church
of God
Gastonia, North Carolina
Churches in
North & South Carolina
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And before you leave if you’re still with me, join me in listening to another worship song. This one is performed by Ivan Parker & his son Josh.

Ivan Parker
and his son Josh on the guitar.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge-Where/What We/They Worship

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 CFFC: Crayola Blue (in my world)

Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 – Blue . I have gone into my recent and archive files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. I will also be sharing Blue Along Trails as part of Friday’s CWWC post (Stay tuned to more Blue and feel free to share your blue with Cee’s Which Way Challenge as well as Dan’s CFFC challenge this week.

Here are my entries …

The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium Gastonia, NC
The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium Gastonia, NC
Blue Mask 2020 Abilene, Tx
Lake Crandall
Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Commelina communis, aka Asiatic dayflower
Coleman sliding at Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
Coleman
playing in sand Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
Robinwood Lake Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
Blue Glove
made into a Balloon The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia. NC
Blue Leisure Suit
My dad and Pawpaw
Great Falls, South Carolina


American Airlines Flying through the Blue Skies
Coleman on Trail Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
Blue American
Agave Plant
Abilene, TX
Coleman on Trail Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
Early Explorers
The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia. NC
Coleman
Trekker Loop
Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Robinwood Lake Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC
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Dan’s CFFC -Blue

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Blue

Photo Credit:©️2020-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Sunday, 2026 June 07 — Twelve

Twelve Tribes of Israel

While on a trip to Abilene, Texas to visit my maternal aunt (my mother’s sister) I went walking around her neighbourhood. I started out walking to try to get my 10,000 steps in like when I worked. (I got tired of just sitting around in her small home, I guess you could say I was restless.) Turned out that to reach my 10,000 steps I had to walk several blocks and keep walking some more. Now you’re probably wondering what all this has to do with the prompt Twelve.

It took walking more than Twelve long blocks to achieve my goal. Anytime I go walking, especially in a new area, I try to be observant of my surroundings and snap pictures of anything I find interesting. On this the Twelfth day of my visit, I came across a building called The Discovery Center. It had a wall mural of a dinosaur with a caption above it “In the Beginning God.” This captured my attention, so I thought why not go inside and see what it was all about.

12 Tribes of Israel Banner

The Discovery Center in Abilene is a Creation Museum dedicated to teaching the Bible and is based on a Creationist viewpoint of the Beginning of the world. It was established in 2001, featuring exhibits on biblical artifacts, fossils, Jewish history, and the RMS Titanic, alongside an onsite bookstore. One of the rooms inside the Discovery Center is called the Israel Room. The room has several displays depicting the history of Israel. The image above depicts a banner displaying symbols representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Each panel includes a name in Hebrew and a corresponding emblem based on biblical descriptions and traditional blessings.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Sunday-Twelve

Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: The Israel Room; The Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful day and week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Silent Sunday: 2026 May 10

Episcopal Church
of the Heavenly Rest

Silent Sunday-2026.05.10

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: EpiscopalChurch of the Heavenly Rest; Abilene, Texas, USA

God Bless. Happy Mother’s Day! Have a wonderful day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me.

2026 Thursday Doors: April 30

Thursday Doors
2021 Badge by Suzanne

Shining Star Fellowship Church

Shining Star Fellowship Church

The Shining Star Fellowship Church is a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) affiliated church whose focus is on equipping believers and leading community members to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Shining Star Fellowship Church
301 Palm Street
Abilene, Texas

This church is located a few short blocks from my maternal aunt’s home where I visited in the Spring of 2020. This is one of many churches I saw as I walked about my aunt’s neighbourhood.

Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.April 30

Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Shining Star Fellowship Church; 301 Palm Street; Abilene, Texas, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Happy May Day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 Thursday Doors: February 26

Thursday Doors

Historic Abilene

High School

Back in 2020, I stayed with my maternal aunt for a couple of months before returning to the Carolinas after a Caribbean cruise I had taken in late February. While visiting my aunt, I would periodically take long walks accumulating more than 10,000 steps per walk.

On this particular day I came across this old building that piqued my curiosity. Naturally, I used my phone to look up information on what the building had been used for in its heyday.

Abilene Eagles Nest

Turns out the building was originally Abilene High School in Taylor County, Texas. The school was constructed in the Late Gothic Revival style in 1923. There were four additions made to the building in 1927, 1928, and 1941. In 1955, a new high school was built and this building became Lincoln Junior High School. Later on, it became Lincoln Middle School. In 2007, the school was closed … no more rambunctious teenagers roaming the hallways … forever remembered as the Historic Abilene High School.

Historic Abilene High School

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Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.02.26

Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location:Historic Abilene High School; Abilene, Texas, USA

God Bless. Have a fascinating weekend full of exciting adventures. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.