Worshipping in Comfort

ID: 991 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Worshipping in Comfort

In the mid-1950s, Austin Avenue Methodist Church installed air-conditioning in the main sanctuary. This improvement was likely met with enthusiasm by congregants tired of sweating profusely in their Sunday best during the hot summer months.

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By Prisca Bird
As one of the first churches built west of Eighth Street, Austin Avenue United Methodist Church has been a center of spiritual growth and community outreach for over one hundred years.  Having decided that the congregation at Waco’s Fifth Street…