I’ve previously posted images of the Catholic church, which is still functioning and the Anglican church which has fallen into disrepair. Perhaps it’s indicative of the influence of those particular religions in Samarai, whereas over the northern coastline from Milne Bay, the Anglicans held sway at Dogura.
Today we see the United Church building at Samarai. We’ve always been amused by this because to this day, the Presbyterian-Methodist combination in Australia is still “Uniting” whereas in PNG it’s been “United” since the 1970s.
I’m also including a side view of the Catholic church which we’ve visited previously. It’s hard to imagine how people kept their concentration on worship with views out to the water: perhaps it was inspirational or perhaps just a distraction to wonder if the fish were biting.
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That’s a better view then any church I’ve attended. Now that I think about it, all the churches had frosted or stained windows so you couldn’t have seen the ocean anyway. That would have been a shame.
Indeed Kristin!! I could imagine it might be very distracting.
I guess it kept people concentrating on the service, though perhaps a wonderful view of nature might have been inspirational as well 🙂
Great view at that church!
Thanks for visiting Sherry.