church fan
Handheld worship breeze
A church fan is a handheld fan, typically made of stiff cardboard attached to a wooden stick, distributed in churches for congregants to cool themselves during services.
Often printed with religious imagery, Bible verses, or advertisements for local funeral homes, they're especially associated with Black Southern churches and older buildings without air conditioning: She fanned herself with a church fan while the preacher went on.
- pewWorship hall seating
- back rowSeating furthest from front
- cardboardRigid paper for containers
- funeralService honoring the dead
- funeral homeFacility for death services
front pew · palmetto · waving · heat · grandmother · Sunday · Sunday service · breeze · revival · sweat · paper · wooden handle · wooden stick · hymnal · obituary · folding · Southern · old fashioned
- Black Churchgospel choir, pastor, preacher, deacons, choir
- Christian merchandisecross necklace, cross earrings, fish symbol, prayer card, rosary beads
- hand fanspunkah
- revivalismrevivals, revivalism, revivalist, revivalists, camp meeting
church fanelectric fan
Motor-driven air mover
ceiling fan · air conditioning · central air · HVAC system · box fan
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