Emphasis Preaching Journal

The old church is large, and elevated above street level by a double flight of stairs, bounded by iron railings, and huge wooden doors. It is a relic from an earlier time, when this neighborhood was immigrant, middle working class, and the congregation was young families who came to church and Sunday school every week. Now the gothic stained-glass windows are covered with tough plastic and wire mesh, protection from stones and bottles regularly thrown by boisterous teenagers showing off.