WAPLES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

This morning we went to the Methodist Church closest to Nancy's home in Granbury. Waples UMC is closer than FUMC Granbury. One reason is that it was the church served by Harris Worcester before he came to Cross Plains. I think he had Waples and Tolar. The current pastor, Alan Munger, has Cresson and Waples. It is a good thing we called because he could have preached at 9:30, but luckily for us he comes to Waples at 11. The church averages about 20 members. Except for one middle-aged couple every one looked about our age. We were disappointed when a person listed in the bulletin as finishing the Methodist 101 course online was not present. She was a person that Nancy met when she took the course online.

The pastor was the champion shot-putter from Fredonia, KS and looks like a shot-putter. Like me he attended the Univ of Arkansas. He said he only went one year when I told him that my first year was there. He gave a good sermon based on the scripture of Christ healing the ten lepers and only one, a Samaritan, returning to thank him. They don't "pass the peace" they hug each other! One couple asked us if we know the Hightowers. They live next door to them. We told them we had breakfast with them Thursday and he said he and his wife had breakfast with them yesterday. So it is a small world.

We ate at Neister's for some German food and I indulged in chocolate cheesecake for dessert after trying their German meatloaf, that looked like no other meatloaf I have eaten.