Photograph of children playing together with plastic cups and hats, with three boys at center posing for a picture together. Several women stand along the brick wall along the black, against which is reclined a bicycle.

Photograph of children and senior women in a room with presents laid out on a table in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The children stand next to the table, while the seniors are seated in a circle around the table. A blackboard hangs on the wall, and the door behind the children is opened wide.

Photograph of children and senior women in a room with presents laid out on a table in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The children stand next to the table, while the seniors are seated in a circle around the table. A blackboard hangs on the wall, and the door behind the children is opened wide.

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 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 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 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 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 thirteen church leaders and staff workers standing in two rows, looking forward.

Photograph of a staff member of the Rockwall First Baptist Church, seated in a chair against a wooden wall. He wears a neck tie and has combed hair. A safe is visible along one of the corners of the wall (far right).

Photograph of a religious play put on by the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Actors in costume are seated in a circle at the front end of the church's worship center, decorated with illustrations of rock walls. A group of women in tunics and headdresses stand at left and right; a man dressed as a Roman centurion stands in front of the pews.

Photograph of a religious play put on by the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Actors in costume are seated in a circle at the front end of the church's worship center, decorated with illustrations of rock walls. A group of women in tunics and headdresses stand at left and right; a man dressed as a Roman centurion stands in front of the pews.

Photograph of a religious play put on by the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Depicted are two actors in costume holding a conversation, with five onlookers on stage. Behind the actors are decorations of a rock wall lining the length of the church sanctuary.

Photograph of a religious play put on by the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Depicted are two actors in costume holding a conversation, with five onlookers on stage. Behind the actors are decorations of a rock wall lining the length of the church sanctuary.

Photograph of a religious play held at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Depicted is a scene with several actors dressed in tunics and robes interacting with a figure with a crown and a satin blue and gold robe, standing on a platform above the actors. The front end of the church has been decorated with large paper rock walls.

Photograph of a religious play held at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Depicted is a scene with several actors dressed in tunics and robes interacting with a figure with a crown and a satin blue and gold robe, standing on a platform above the actors. The front end of the church has been decorated with large paper rock walls.

Photograph of church workers seated at a desk with papers in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Behind the desk is a large bookshelf lined with books, from which hangs a sign. The church workers hold a conversation over the papers scattered across the desk; a briefcase is visible at bottom center.

Photograph of churchgoers seated in pews at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Several congregants hold missals and booklets in their hands.

Photograph of congregants dancing in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A man wearing a vest and tie at center raises his arms and bows his head, while people behind him move and twist their arms.

Photograph of congregants gathered in a circle in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Cups and purses are placed on a table in the center of the circle.

Photograph of congregants, some dressed in costumes, standing in the right front corner of the sanctuary of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Microphone stands are placed in front of them, as well as bags and nets placed on the floor.

Photograph of congregants leaving the worship center of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A young woman holding a book exits through a double door as congregants stream out of the worship center behind her.

Photograph of a group of congregants standing in the front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church worship center. Along the carpeted stairs leading to the choir section of the sanctuary, four actors are seated in a tiny, flexible ark. Other people, wearing costumes, stand within the group of people.