a friend of ours is working on the first churches meetinghouse capital campaign, raising money to restore the sanctuary after the ceiling collapsed and forced them to close. it is a beautiful building, a centerpiece of the town, and has been used as a meeting and performance place - for things both church-y and not.

tonight there was a fundraiser for the cause:

the nields performed a sing-along (apparently not to be mistaken for a hootenanny. very confusing.) in a church around the corner from first churches.

lots of people showed up, sang, had a fun time, and, hopefully, put some money in those donation envelopes:

good job pulling it all together, gl! congrats!

oh, and when we were walking by the church to take the above photo tonight, tom spotted this graffiti on the construction scaffolding:

i love northampton.

Small world. That’s our church. And Bill and the kids were at the sing-a-long this evening.

When I saw the mention of hootenanny, all I could think of was the Hootenanny that Bill and Ella had in Brooklyn last year.

Awwww you guys are the best. Thanks so much for coming and the 11th hour help with putting together that screen!

Nice pics. There is even funnier graffiti on another sign where the “men” is crossed out and someone wrote “people” and then the “people” is crossed out and someone wrote in “God.” You know, cuz it’s like a church and all.

THANK YOU!!!

Heeey…I took pix of this church when we came up to visit!

What a great cause!!! It’s such a beautiful building.

aww… i love northampton too!