My aunt invited myself and others to her church while I visited her for a quick weekend trip.
Though I don’t frequent churches plus it had been quite a while, I obliged because I didn’t want to be rude plus reject our aunt’s request. I woke up that Wednesday morning, got dressed, plus off to church I went for the 11:00 AM service, but while I walked through the aisle of the church trying to locate a locale to sit, I noticed a few older women using hand-held church fans. This church had a central cooling system unit, so I was a bit surprised to see the ladies using those church fans. The fans were made with wooden handles with thick stock paper stapled to them. The image on the stock paper showcased the name of the church and a picture of the church building, however seeing this made myself and others smile because church fans were used several years ago to provide some relief to church goers while both of us were in the warm Summer months prior to the mornings when air conditioners were readily available to the general public. This week, most churches have a cooling system installed, some have Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C units while others rely on smaller window cooling systems, perhaps some use industrial-sized fans. But it is amazing that the hand-held church fan, an old invention, is still being used today in church buildings that have cooling system technology. As mentioned, the women were older, so they became actemperatured to using these fans, plus therefore, the church fans became part of their church experience. I saw the fans as a fantastic way to advertise the church as they could be used to recruit up-to-date members. Turns out, this was in fact another purpose of these church fans to provide advertisement for various businesses. Perhaps, I should have recommended a few of those hand- held fans for our friends plus family to promote plus advertise our aunt’s church.