Photograph of a choir being conducted at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. The conductor stands with his back behind the pulpit, facing the choir section and listening to the choir sing. The choir members, dressed in casual clothes, hold up choir books.

Photograph of a choir performance during a Fourth of July celebration in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The choir stands at the back end of the worship center, dressed in red and white, singing from their choir books. A man conducts them from behind the pulpit. The sanctuary is decorated with flowers and American flags, with one large prominent flag hanging on the wall above the choir singers.

Photograph of a choir group in the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. The choir wears red stoles and white robes, holding red choir books in their hand. They are conducted by a man standing in front of the pulpit, with two other men in suits watching from the pulpit chairs. Below the choir section, which is decorated with poinsettias and garlands, a man in a white robe plays at a grand piano. People watch the performance from the pews, which are lined with churchgoers.

Photograph of a choir group in the old Rockwall First Baptist Church, standing in the back of the sanctuary, wearing choir robes and holding choir books. The front of the choir section is decorated with a small shrub. A note on the back identifies Gholda McCowlskey in the front row, second from left (the writer's mother).

Photograph of a choir group in the front of the worship center of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Women in the choir group, arranged on the left and right wings of the choir, wear satin shirts with golden stoles. Men along the center of the choir group wear tuxedos. The sanctuary and choir section is decorated with poinsettias and white flowers.

Photograph of a choir group in the front of the worship center of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Women in the choir group, arranged on the left and right wings of the choir, wear satin shirts with golden stoles. Men along the center of the choir group wear tuxedos. The sanctuary and choir section is decorated with poinsettias and white flowers.

Photograph of the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall during a service. The chancel is positioned on a raised platform at the end of the sanctuary, atop which is placed the pulpit, the clergy chairs, and the choir section. On both sides of the chancel are the keyboard instruments, a grand piano at left and an organ at right. A large window sits above the chancel, and large lamps hang above the length of the sanctuary. Churchgoers are seated along several rows of pews. The church pastor stands in front of the chancel, next to a microphone positioned in front of the pews.

Photograph of the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall during a service. The chancel is positioned on a raised platform at the end of the sanctuary, atop which is placed the pulpit, the clergy chairs, and the choir section. On both sides of the chancel are the keyboard instruments, a grand piano at left and an organ at right. A large window sits above the chancel, and large lamps hang above the length of the sanctuary. Churchgoers are seated along several rows of pews.

Photograph of a choir performance of the Rockwall First Baptist Church during a church service, holding choir books and standing at the back of the worship center behind the clergy chairs and the pulpit. On both sides of the pulpit is a piano (left) and an organ (right), performed by two keyboardists performing alongside the choir. Churchgoers are seated in the church pews, some looking down and reading their missals.

Photograph of a "The Gift" choir, arranged in the main sanctuary of the Rockwall First Baptist Church, which is decorated for Christmas with poinsettias and biblical imagery. The choir members, wearing red stoles and holding, red choir books, stand in three rows behind the conductor's podium and music stand, in front of the pews, where congregants are seated. A logotype reading "The Gift" is projected or printed above the choir.