Namozine Presbyterian Church 1847, is one of my favorite, small historic churches. When I saw it featured on “snippetandink“, a wedding blog, with such a sweet story – I just had to share.
“Thirteen people were present at Wendy and Sean’s June wedding, and that’s including the bride and groom! Their intimate and charming ceremony is a great example of how to include children from previous marriages in a second wedding.”
Says Wendy: “We have three boys between us, from our first marriages, and we both felt very strongly that this wedding wasn’t just about Sean and myself, but about our new family. It was a chance for our children to heal from the divorces and to feel safe and secure in our new family”
“Everything we did was geared towards making it a happy, special day for them.”
The blending of sand, represents the blending of a family. Once joined together, it becomes inseparable.
Wendy & Sean’s Family Sand Vessels
Visit snippetandink for additional photos, and photo credits.“Southern by Design”, another wonderful wedding blog that I enjoy, “rounded up a collection of oh-my-goodness adorable chapels for your viewing pleasure”, including the Namozine Church.
Southern by Design :: Tiny Churches
At Teacup Wedding we offer a “small chapel” ceremony setting.
Beautiful in sunlight and candlelight, it offers a very special location for a spiritual, or civil, marriage ceremony.
The date of the original construction of this building isn’t recorded. The records show that the land was vacant when recorded after being purchased in 1870. When recorded again in 1878, structures had been built. It was not constructed or used for (as far as we know) a church or chapel. When we purchased the property in 1996, the roof on this apparent “Carriage House” (with original doors still somewhat intact) had been completely destroyed by a fire and was a pile of charred rubble on the floor. The interior had been left exposed to the elements for decades. During the restoration we salvaged as much of the structure as possible, and installed windows recycled from a historic home in Plymouth.
You can see more interior details here – “small chapel”.
