Monday, June 30, 2025

Going to the Chapel (in Auburn)

Since Mark and I host the young adults every week, we grow to love many of them like our own children. We love when they invite us to their weddings.
On Saturday, we dressed and hopped in the car to drive to Auburn, which is about two hours and 15 minutes from our house.
We were headed to the Auburn United Methodist Church.
Mark and our kids and our daughter-in-law all graduated from Auburn and everytime we go back, we are astonished at the changes in the city. So many of the older homes and buildings have been torn down and they have put all of these fancy apartment buildings on the campus.
The chapel at Auburn UMC looked the same as the last time we were there.
The pipe organ is so cool - the pipes have designs painted on them!
The organ wasn't played during the wedding.



The reception was at a farm between Auburn and I-85. We had
been to this farm a couple of years ago for the wedding of Kyle and Hannah (third and fourth from the left).
Below - here we are with quite a few of the young adults from our Tuesday night group.


Cole is on the left, Mark, Kyle, and Matthew.


Lindsay, the bride, is a librarian for the medical school here in Birmingham. The seating chart was done on library cards! They were so cute!!


Both Hannahs were in the wedding. Below is Hannah J. making her entrance as they introduced the wedding party.


The menu was bourbon crusted pork tenderloin, chicken, salad, potatoes, and asparagus. In addition to wedding cake, they had a local ice cream truck for dessert.


It looks like Nancy, Daphne, and I planned our wardrobe to match! The bride's mom, Nancy, Daphne, Mark, and I were all in the singles group at Trinity when we were young. I love the full circle that now Lindsay has been in the singles group that meets at our house.


We were able to grab a quick group photo with the bride and groom.


We ate our dinner fairly quickly and hopped in the car to drive the two hours back to Birmingham. It was after 10:00 when we got home and I had to be up and out the door by 6;30 on Sunday morning. Needless to say, we took a Sunday afternoon power nap!!

What did you do over the weekend?







 

8 comments:

  1. Sounds like such a heartwarming weekend! I love how your community has come full circle, with the next generation now part of the same groups.

    The library card seating chart is such a creative touch, and that menu sounds amazing! Weddings like that remind us why we cherish these bonds.

    Great post

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  2. Working with young people keeps you young! What a sweet treat to be able to rejoice together at their wedding. Good for you for making the long drive there and back again. Enjoy the fresh new week ending in our Nation's Birthday Party!

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  3. Weddings ... oh how I love them. :-) We have one this Sunday 7/6.
    Blessing to the newlyweds.
    Carla

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  4. Clemson is similar in that it's losing some of it's rural feel. There's been some backlash from the community about all the apartment style housing going up. I wish they were at least charming. I love a wedding and am glad you were able to attend. Have a nice week!

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  5. Oh my goodness! You were in my stomping grounds! I think a friend’s daughter got married in that church last May. It is so beautiful!

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  6. The wedding appears to have been beautiful and celebrated well!! It's so great that your young adults group stays so close. There are four colleges/universities (certainly not like Auburn, however) here in Lakeland and the growth is crazy. Apartments are springing up like weeds in every vacant lot. Makes me sad in many ways. Sure hope that afternoon nap refreshed you!!

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  7. Nice wedding. We tend to stay over if the drive is two hours. It seems odd that you live in Birmingham because my home town of Walsall is about ten miles north of Birmingham in the UK and I used to visit that city a lot. It is the second biggest city in the UK after London with Manchester (where I live now) being third. I prefer Manchester though.

    Cheers

    PM

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  8. Looks like a wonderful wedding and I love the seating charts on library cards!

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