Sacred Heart Church – Emmeram, KS  1901

Emmeran, Ks was originally named Norddorf, the town was renamed to Emmeram after the church pastor Fr. Emmeram Kausler.  Sacred Heart Church was built from 1899 – 1901.  The first Mass was offered on Christmas Day.  Closed in 1967 due to declining population.  In 1998 the church was destroyed by a suspicious fire.

Ruins of Sacred Heart Church – 1901

Looking toward the once beautiful altar.

Here is a link to the history of the church Sacred Heart Church – Emmeram, KS

A Little Family Cemetery

As I was traveling on the backroad, I drove past this plot of ground that was fenced by the road, surrounded by pasture.  I sensed that it was something special and looking closer I saw 2 stones peering through the tall grass.

The stones were very worn from the elements of time.  Final resting place of a son and daughter was about all I could make out.

I didn’t feel that it was neglected and abandoned.  It gave me comfort to see that the little cemetery was part of the prairie as they knew it.  Not manicured by mowers, not in the shadows of wind turbines that are now changing the view of the prairie forever, not exposed to the things in life that make it so convenient for us today, also so detached from people right next to us and moving so fast as to not see nature and all the beauty it holds.

Pray for our country †

Have a wonderful day

Wayside Chapel – Garfield, KS

Wayside Chapel is a memorial to the Congregational Church, which was built in 1875.

The bell is from our 20th President James Garfield in appreciation for the town being named after him.

Travelers along Highway 56 are encouraged to pause for prayers to God on life’s journey

Love the sign

Autumn leaves, Jesus doesn’t

Assembly of God Church – Sharon, KS

Re-purposed church

Blessings from the prairie of Kansas.

Pleasant Hill Church and Cemetery – Dickinson County, KS

First Baptist Church – Enterprise, KS

Episcopal Church – St. John’s Military School – Salina, KS

St. Joseph Catholic Church – Damar, KS  1912

Amana Lutheran Church – Scandia, KS

Established in 1873 – Present building completed in 1912

Danish Lutheran Church – Jamestown, KS

Services at the Danish Lutheran Church are only offered on Christmas Eve, with NO electricity.  The only lights are candles and a large wood stove supplies the heat.  What a beautiful service that must be †

A beautiful day to find these Churches Of The Prairie

Our Savior’s Lutheran – Norway, KS

Ada Lutheran Church 1884 – Courtland, KS

One of the more unique monuments.

GAR – Grand Army of the Republic was composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, Marines and the US Revenue Cutter Service (Coast Guard) who served in the American Civil War for the Northern forces.  Founded in 1866, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died.

Saron Baptist Church 1877 – Jamestown, KS