http://storycorps.org/blog/griot-booth/memphis-tn/a-community-sanctuary/ Listen Closely Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://storycorps.org/blog/griot-booth/memphis-tn/a-community-sanctuary/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 venita harrell Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:46:54 +0000 http://www.storycorps.net/blog/griot-booth/memphis-tn/a-community-sanctuary/#comment-1598 wonderful to still see intrest in clayborn temple a place i,ll always call home. she is and will always be the crown jewel of the ame church. i truly hope to see her be restored to her earlier grandeur. the sancturary is unparralled in beauty and sound. it is one of the few structures that wherever you stand the sound carries perfectly without the use of a microphone. i remember cleaning the church all day for an easter service that sunday and wherever you turned or looked you saw something different about her every time you entered the doors. gleaming rich wood, warm red pews, and stained glass that when the sun sets gives off the most fantastic light show,and that majestic one of a kind organ not to mention the tunnels and stairs where kids played for hours on end and last but not least the members. people who gave their all for God and each other as well as the community.lady clayborn ball temple the real jewel of the crown my first church home . wonderful to still see intrest in clayborn temple a place i,ll always call home. she is and will always be the crown jewel of the ame church. i truly hope to see her be restored to her earlier grandeur. the sancturary is unparralled in beauty and sound. it is one of the few structures that wherever you stand the sound carries perfectly without the use of a microphone. i remember cleaning the church all day for an easter service that sunday and wherever you turned or looked you saw something different about her every time you entered the doors. gleaming rich wood, warm red pews, and stained glass that when the sun sets gives off the most fantastic light show,and that majestic one of a kind organ not to mention the tunnels and stairs where kids played for hours on end and last but not least the members. people who gave their all for God and each other as well as the community.lady clayborn ball temple the real jewel of the crown my first church home .

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