St. Patrick's Day is a Religious Holiday

Despite our jaded whining earlier this week about the St. Patrick's Day Parade, we fully admit that it's a great people watching opportunity.  Among the many human interest stories of the day, the First Baptist Bible Church of Plainville made an appearance at the event. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Church, they're the ones who typically show up at parks and sporting events to engage in "street preaching." (SIDE NOTE: One man's street preaching is another man's annoying and gross.) Nothing screams "salvation" quite like acrylic paintings of human torture.

We caught up with the Church for an exclusive video interview.

Hartford Houses Of Worship: West End Behemoths

Hartford is home to some very large churches.  The stretch of Farmington and Asylum Ave running between downtown and the West End is home to some of the city's largest churches.   This particular church dominates the area skyline, it's steeple is visible from quite a distance.  Along with The Hartford building. easily the most recognizable structure in the area.

Two Groups Exercise Their Constitutional Rights in Hartford

From the last week or so of September through October we have noticed a group assembling with signs on a tiny traffic island near the South Green. What we found is a group called "40 Days For Life" who identified themselves as "good Christians" who would be praying in the area outside an abortion clinic from 6AM to 6PM for the next 40 days.

Sad City Visits Anti-Violence Rally in North End (Again)

Reverend Brown held an anti-violence rally in the North End yesterday in response to recent shooting in the area. Earlier in the summer we attended a similar rally held my Reverend Brown on Mather Street. This rally had a similar theme and we recognized a lot of the people attending from the previous rally. Without the summer sun beating down the Reverend wasn't sweating as profusely as last time but he still delivered a fiery oratory expressing his outrage with violence in Hartford. Video after the jump.

Sad City Visits A Revival Meeting

Sad City visited a revival meeting at the King's Chapel Church of God on the corner of Albany and Woodland on a Sunday evening. We were amazed by the power of the speakers voice and lungs as he barely even slowed down to take a breath. The lighting didn't allow for great video but we recorded a good audio story that's about 5 minutes long but worth the effort. Perhaps the girl in the story can use our handy pay phone search to locate a phone to call with.

Sad City Visits Evangelical Religious Ceremony

Hartford seems to have a lot of churches. From the massive churches on Farmington and Ave and the corners of the South Green, to the tiny churches tucked into little spots that you have to look for to find, there seems to be churches everywhere. In the summer the good weather seems to call and sometimes service is taken outside. If Sad City is there, we always pop in.