Wesleyan Grace

Bird's eye view of our neighborhood

 Can you go to Bing Maps and find the exact same view? Of course you can!

From elsewhere in this blog, you know I live in Tacoma; you see MOST of the street names for the nearest intersection; it can be done.

NOW … since I’m a United Methodist pastor, and enthusiastic about building connections among the people of the UMC in the northwest (and beyond), I want to invite you to join in coming to know the territory of United Methodism in the Northwest, by searching for a U.M. location from its image.

Here’s how it will work:

• Weekly, on Sunday at 2 p.m., I’ll enter a blog entry here, containing an image.
• The image will show a Bing maps view of a United Methodist location.
• It will be in the Pacific Northwest, unless I say it’s not.
• The view will be facing north, unless I say it’s not.
• Sometimes, the view will have street labels showing, sometimes not.

You are challenged to post a COMMENT below the blog entry (look for the tiny print that says LEAVE A COMMENT). In the comment, give (a) the name & location of the image, and (b) a LINK to it. (you can get a link to the image you’re viewing by clicking the envelope icon on the lower left of the screen, then copying the URL that pops up; paste it into your comment)

Here’s an example image, followed by the name & location, and a link.

Where is it?

• Location: Epworth LeSourd UMC, S. 8th & Anderson, Tacoma, WA
• Link:  http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=rw83d34stj3p&scene=12611611&lvl=2&sty=b&where1=Tacoma%2C%20WA  (If you want to compact the link, that works too … as long as clicking it will take us to the same place!)

One more note: I allow comments, but I moderate them to weed out spammers, naughty links, etc. So if you enter a comment and don’t see it online immediately, don’t worry!

Looking forward to your visits!

Wes