Downtown Presbyterian Church

Today I'm going to discuss my visit to the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville. This is a rare church in my experience because I have never seen a church presented in this way. The site, I don't think had much affect on the feel of the building because currently it is set in a modern city, and, when one isn't paying attention, it looks just like any other building downtown. I felt like the space was very open mainly in the sanctuary, which is similar to my experience in many christian places of worship. I felt like the light was very warm and inviting, there were a few dark places in corners where no one would really ever be. The decoration is where the building begins to separate itself from common church decorations. This church is based off of many ancient Egypt places of worship, there are pillars ornately drawn on the walls as if to make you feel like you're inside a temple in ancient Egypt looking out into the desert. The people who created this building also found a way to incorporate modern culture, the stained glass window, with Egypt, depictions of papyrus and the sun. The building, on the outside looks as if it just another stone building in the same drab gray color of the buildings downtown, but once you step inside, there are wooden chairs, and stone walls. The colors are bright reds and yellows, unlike a normal place of worship in christian culture which would have dull colors even for something extravagant. The colors are representative of Egyptian culture and the bright colors they used to draw attention. I feel that if a person never walked inside the Downtown Presbyterian Church they would feel that it followed the rhythm of all the buildings downtown and it doesn't really stand out, I know that for my group, before we had been inside, we couldn't even find the building because it followed the same color scheme as the rest of that part of downtown. The distinctive features are the pillars and the decorations inside the building, the ornate design is what everyone will remember because it is so different and unlike anything we are used to seeing these days.