The Misadventures of Place & Date: Part Two

I have been conducting internet searches of various Methodist churches in the area. (When I say the area, I've looked at churches in Grapevine, Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, The Colony, Farmers Branch and Carrollton. Lewisville is next.) I made a list of the churches close to work and decided to visit those three this week, during my lunch time.

Yesterday, I was at Webb Chapel United Methodist church. It is right around the corner from work. I enjoyed talking with the secretary there. She was very helpful, and let me see the sanctuary. It's a neat looking sanctuary, and has bright red carpet. The kicker was that instead of having a center aisle, it had two aisles. She told me that the church was one of the oldest in the area, and when it was actually on Webb Chapel, it was known as the Little White Church. When the congregation outgrew that church, they used the boards from the old building to create the ceiling for the new building! I like buildings that have a story with them. Aside from the aisle issue, the sanctuary was beautiful and had a lot of charm!

Today, I visited Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. The youth minister was the only person there, he showed me the sanctuary. It was very pretty, a little smaller than Webb Chapel's. However, he said if we needed more seats, part of the wall opened up into the fellowship hall, and we could put chairs there. It had a nice, long center aisle. The really neat part is that (well, and we could do this at the other church, too) we can bring in an outside officiant. At this one, though, I think the officiant could do the whole ceremony, whereas at the other church, they would co-officiate with the pastor at that church. Both churches said we could get married there, and that since we're scheduling our wedding this far ahead, we would have a really good chance of getting the date we want. (July 16th, at 6:00 p.m.) Another good thing about this church, is that the guy I talked to (the youth pastor) is an Aggie, so he and David like each other already.

Well, tomorrow's activities will include a visit to another church, Schreiber Memorial United Methodist Church, in North Dallas. It is on the other side of LBJ from work, but is still really close. So we shall see what they say.