Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The Day, The Dish And The Diorama
TINNEY CHAPEL'S NEW 8,000-sq.-ft. FAMILY LIFE & CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CENTER WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THIS YEAR'S RURAL LIFE SUNDAY, SEPT. 26. THE DIORAMA, SHOWN ABOVE, WAS CONSTRUCTED BY TINNEY CHAPEL MEMBER BILL STEVENS, AND SHOWS BOTH THE NEW FACILITY IN THE REAR AND THE VINTAGE SANCTUARY IN FRONT, BOTH SURROUNDED BY A COW PASTURE. Photo by David Stanton.
Members of Tinney Chapel United Methodist Church (UMC) invite the public to share a celebration of Rural Life on Sunday, September 26.
Guest speaker for the 9 a.m. worship service will be Rev. Fred Durham, former mayor of Winnsboro and now Superintendent of the North Texas Conference UMC Sherman-McKinney District.
The church will be decorated with “special Bibles,” loaned by members and friends of Tinney Chapel. An inscribed proclamation describes each Bible’s special significance to its owner.
Following the 10:30 a.m. Sunday School program, an old-fashioned country feast will feature smoked brisket & sausage cooked by Tinney Chapel Men’s Ministries, with side dishes, trimmings and desserts provided by members of the congregation.
Games and contests after lunch include such favorites as horseshoes, hay scramble, apple bobbing, bean bag toss, duck pond drawing, washer toss, egg toss, tug of war, bubble blowing, sack races and much more.
This year’s Rural Life Sunday celebration spotlights Tinney Chapel’s 8,000-square-feet Family Life and Education Center where lunch will be served.
“Our guests will notice a few construction details still underway, but the new building will be functional on Sunday, September 26, for our Rural Life Sunday,” says David Stanton, Chairman of Tinney Chapel’s Building Committee.
