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Bruce McLeod & Joyce Kelly Saturday, November 14, 2026 from10:00 am to 12:00 pm A View from the Chapel Pulpit; the ministers’ reunion Sunday, November 15, 2026 following Service Minister's Reunion Picnic Lunch Dale & Bob Hansel Seven of our outstanding worship leaders from 2000 to 2026 will be in town for a weekend honoring their legacy by listening to them speak about “What the Chapel meant to me?” On Sunday after service our new minister – Rev. Jim Miller – will introduce t

Sandy Ehlers with Pastor Doug Dortch signing the permission for us to publish her works online. Chapel books by Sandy Ehlers are now on our web site. The history of the Chapel is one of the top five attributes which people admire. We are very fortunate to have celebrated the 100th birthday of our Chapel building in 2004 with the publication of the first of two books by Sandy McCartney Ehlers, who was assisted by a group of research hounds that made this publication a truly su

George & Lynne Campean Lynne Campean was a relentless volunteer for our Chapel for many years and contributed to hospitality and the Missions Committee. She and husband, George, are known to have big hearts and many talents for behind-the-scenes work. Lynne was ill for some months and died of a combination of maladies in the intensive care unit at the Jacksonville Mayo Clinic recently with George and her daughter, Joy Brim, by her side. A memorial service will be held at the

Our attendance was strong again this season. With 80 seats inside and over 200 attending at the height of the season in February, we are scattered around the Chapel yard in our folding chairs as well as seating in traditional pews inside of our now five-foot higher Chapel building. Almost 4,700 people came at worship times (24 Sundays at 11:00 am plus 800 on Christmas Eve and 700 on Easter Sunday). That’s a 20% increase over last year. Average for Sunday attendance was up to1

Welcome to Reverend Jim Miller and his wife, Diane. Jim’s tenure at the First Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, OK for 31 years has recently ended and gives him an opportunity to lead us in worship for the next three winter seasons. His educational background not only covers Princeton Theological Seminary masters, but Ph.D. degree abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. His family is generationally broad and deep with ministerial calling. His father and one of his brot

Doug introduces Judy after she was our bell-ringer at the last Sunday service of the season. Farewell to Reverend Doug Dorch and his wife, Judy, as they have fulfilled their three-year commitment to lead us in worship here. When they arrived for Doug’s 2nd season in November of 2023, our 120-year-old building was being surveyed for a “lifting” exercise by Davey Shoring Co. Pastor Doug was unable to preach from inside the Chapel building until late that season. During their th

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