A New Appointment

I am married to a Methodist minister. This means that he serves communities and churches in locations where we are appointed by the Bishop and Cabinet. Like many clergy families at this time of year, we find ourselves with mixed feelings as we pack up our parsonage (home provided by the churches served) and make plans to depart our current church families.  We have been blessed to serve 2 wonderful churches in Northeast Texas, about an hour outside of Dallas, for the past 5 years.  Around Easter, we learned that Kelly has been appointed to serve 2 churches much closer to Houston. We are excited to share that beginning in July, Kelly has been appointed to Anahuac United Methodist Church and Wallisville's Middleton Memorial UMC.

Anahuac, as the sign notes, is the Alligator capital of Texas.  We have learned that alligators outnumber people 3-to-1!

 

The church in Wallisville has a long history as a memorial to members of the Middleton family.

 

After we move, we will be less than an hour's drive from the coast at Galveston! We have also learned that we are only minutes from the unofficial oyster capital of Texas. Now, I'm not a fan of any seafood, but my daughter always wants raw oysters for special occasion celebrations.

 This will be our new home come July, the Anahuac parsonage.