What is in your churchyard?

[Goodbook]

Just wondering what is in your churchyard?

A carpark?
A garden?
A playground?
Nothing?
Believers resting in peace?
Baptism pool?
Rubbish?
Trees?
What church yard?

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

A parking lot, unless you count that narrow strip of grass and lilies between the building and the sidewalk. Why, what do you have?

 

[Goodbook]

Just wondering.

This is what we have

Parking lot
Grass
Big tree
Sandpit
Garden bed with succulents
Swing and slide set
Playhouse that Ive never been inside

There is also what used to be a manse where the pastor is supposed to live but its rented out to other people.

I always thought churchyards were meant to have believers buried next to the church building but, it seems like nobody does that anymore.

 

[AnneY]

Just saying "nothing but slabs of concrete prettied up with potted plants" is boring, so I shall include photos of the wonderful areas of our church"yards". My dog shall be the beautiful model to help pretty everything up a bit more.
Behold the front (my car is parked on the street, no parking lot, the green shrubs and white pillar indicate the edges of our property lines):

And the spacious back(out of sight of the camera is the gas tank for the stove):

 

[Goodbook]

Is that a gazebo or shade house or something? Just for your dog or for anyone?
Is your church a storefront church? How many members gather? I don't think we have them round where I live...

 

[AnneY]

It's just a resting place for my dog, she needs shade from the sun and shelter if it rains, she's not allowed inside during service. It could be called a storefront church, but it's a multi-use building. I live on the third floor. The majority of the buildings in this neighborhood are business on the bottom floor, homes on the second or third floors. Our next door neighbors to the left have a battery business downstairs and live upstairs. Ours is a small church. Right now we average about 15 people. If everyone came at the same time, we'd have about 25ish.

 

[Goodbook]

Your dog is gorgeous.
I suppose you have parks elsewhere for the children to play outside..im guessing this is in the inner city?

 

[AnneY]

This is just an average neighborhood in a mid-sized city, the layout of houses and businesses is just....different here. Before and after services, the children play upstairs in the Sunday school room, there's a play area just for them. We're having a church activity next Saturday at one of the local parks, it's a really beautiful park with a pond. My profile picture was taken at that park.

 

[AGTG]

Just saying "nothing but slabs of concrete prettied up with potted plants" is boring, so I shall include photos of the wonderful areas of our church"yards". My dog shall be the beautiful model to help pretty everything up a bit more.
Behold the front (my car is parked on the street, no parking lot, the green shrubs and white pillar indicate the edges of our property lines):

And the spacious back(out of sight of the camera is the gas tank for the stove):

Very nice. Where country are you in?

 

[AGTG]

Your dog is gorgeous.
I suppose you have parks elsewhere for the children to play outside..im guessing this is in the inner city?

They're supposed to be a very smart breed of dog, too.

 

[AnneY]

Very nice. Where country are you in?

I'm in Taiwan.

 

[JM]

Large wooded area located at the edge of town with a large manse for the Pastor and fams.

 

[Goodbook]

There was one church, not a baptist, it was presbyterian, in a semi rural area actually had sheep.
Some of the older anglican churches in the city have graveyards next to them.

 

[South Bound]

Just wondering.

This is what we have

Parking lot
Grass
Big tree
Sandpit
Garden bed with succulents
Swing and slide set
Playhouse that Ive never been inside

There is also what used to be a manse where the pastor is supposed to live but its rented out to other people.

I always thought churchyards were meant to have believers buried next to the church building but, it seems like nobody does that anymore.

We have space designated for a graveyard, but because our church is relatively new (about five years), we haven't had anybody die yet.

We have a little picnic grove and a garden, but mostly, it's just woods around our church.