During Saturday's tour of six Mathews churches, Franklin Forrest welcomes Janice Bohannon and Sonny Byrum, from left, to Antioch Baptist Church at Susan, where the visitors could view a display of the appearance of Antioch Baptist Church through the ages. Photo by Elsa Verbyla George McKnight, standing at right, explains the history of Grace-Providence United Methodist Church at Mobjack to a group of visitors during Saturday's tour of six historic Mathews churches. Grace Methodist was built in 1896 and welcomed Providence Church members from Miles when that church closed in 1948. Stained-glass windows were installed at Grace-Providence in 1955. Photo by Elsa Verbyla Wayne Pulley, left, and Anna Jenkins, second from right, welcome Ron Braszo and Joyce Curry to Gwynn’s Island Baptist church during Saturday's tour of six historic Mathews churches. Photo by Elsa Verbyla. Mary Sampson, left, and Sharon Leary welcomed visitors to Macedonia Baptist Church at Foster during the historic church tour in Mathews on Saturday. Photo by Elsa Verbyla Lisa Walker and Julia Neely, left and right, are welcomed by Linda Bradford and Bill Walters to Westville Baptist Church, located on Main Street in Mathews, during Saturday's historic church tour in Mathews. Photo by Elsa Verbyla. As tour central for Saturday's historic church tour in Mathews, Westville Christian Church on Main Street had a lot of people coming and going. Pausing at its entrance, from left, are Janet Burgess, Pam Viens, tour chair Reed Lawson, Becky Barnhardt and Becky Morgan. Photo by Elsa Verbyla

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