Ricki, its beautiful....thanks for sharing.

Ricki,  Great job on this post!   Beautiful pictures and beautiful story!  See you Friday!!!

Thanks Susan,   Glad you like it.  Have a great week.:)

Yes Judi,   Looking forward to it.  Thanks for commenting too. :)  See you soon.

Very unique and interesting structure, that is for sure.I really like the masonry work.  Who can deny the beauty of the Guadalupe either?

Thank you Trey,   The structure is great and the inside even better.  I just didn't have pics for that.  Maybe later I can add.  Have a great day! :)

I'll let you give me a guided tour if you'll let me sing while I'm inside!  Looks wonderful.

Ricki,  Great post!  Let's do our share to help with a resurgence of Centerpoint!  Vast untapped waters, so to speak.

Hi Ricki, this is not for the contest is it?  Please if it is, you need to delete it from here and just post it to Localism and then copy and past the title into the comment section under my announcement of the contest.  ASAP, you can't have it see by anyone till the contest, and you can't enter the contest this way.  Please re read the guidelines for posting it to the contest, call me if you have any questions.  You can reach me at 254-359-4340 this week. Thanks, Liz

Hi Jem,  Would love to give you a guided tour and hear you sing as well.  Just let me know when!

Thanks Mary Jo,  I have been trying to help Center Point for a while now.  Let's encourage even more people together.  It is a lovely area.  Untapped for sure!

Ricki, I am blessed to live in a pretty area but your hill country is just awesome!! Thanks for the history and the lovely post. Later in the rain~Deb

Ricki: I read the comments and want you to know that Judi is so kissing your butt. Ha Just kidding. This really is a great post and I do love the pictures. Is this your entry fo the contest on churches? If so good entry.

OMG!!!   ALAN!!!!    HA, Ricki knows better!  They are great pictures and she already had them! 

Hi Deb,   Thanks for your comments and yes the Hill Country is Awesome!  Call me next time you get this way! :)

Good morning Alan,   I can't believe you said that!  :)  Thanks for the comments and yes it's my entry.  Looking forward to reading yours.

Thanks Judi,    I did already have the pictures as I find old churches and other buildings fascinating and I'm always taking pictures.  I like history and read all the historical markers I can find.  After all what is a good Texas Hill Country guide without that kind of knowledge? :)

Thanks Ricki for the great photo's and information. You are really good with that camera and a pro at getting all your info. placed exact. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Carl,  That was such a nice thing to say.  I try but I am way behind most others when it comes to the computer.  Still learning...:)

Ricki, I enjoyed reading about the church in Center Point, Texas. I wish I could have seen the inside of Center Point Methodist Church, it sounds like it is a beautiful church. I also enjoyed reading about the Cypress trees. I'm ready for you to show me around your great state of Texas.

Hi Gena,  You just let me know when you can come and I'll be happy to show you around.  In fact, we are having an ARGathering & BBQ on April 12th.  We would love to have you come for that.  Texas is a big place and the Hill Country is the prettiest part.  Of course,  there are other gorgeous areas too.  Any kind of terrain you like is available in Texas.  That's why it is so special.  Variety!

 The cypress we have here only grow here.  There are other kinds of cypress that grow in East Texas.  The rivers here are crystal clear.  It's Paradise for sure.  I'll introduce you to some of my clients that have moved here from Calif., Florida and New York.  Come on down! :)

So nice.  I finally posted my entry and decided I would go educate myself on other churches that have been noted in the contest.  We are moving our residence from Bulverde back to our home in the Galveston area.  I will miss the hill country yet I am a beach bum.  I do love your post.  Good luck.  Your post is great.

Christina & Kevin,  We will miss you too but at least it's not far away and you can come visit.  When are you moving?  Come to the BBQ if you can and let us meet you face to face. :)

Hi Ricki,I have the results in from the judges and will send a group e-mail out with the winners names tomorrow,, (hint you might want to check your e-mail...wink).  I will be writing a post with all the critique's on all the post in the next couple of days.  Go ahead and post your church to all the groups you want including the Texas Real Estate group.  Thanks for a great post and sharing your church with all of us.  Liz

Thanks Liz,    I'm posting it now and thank you to all the judges and to all who read my post.  I appreciate you all!

Richi - This is truly a beautiful area!  I have seen the Cypress trees and they are lovely. 

Hi Candy,   don't you just love the cypress trees?  I don't know if I love the water or the trees the most.  Together they make the most beautiful scenes.

Congratulations Ricki on winning the contest.  We had two judges, Gena Riede she voted your post 2nd place.  So half of the points (400) would be 200 points from her.

Our second judge was Lucky Lang and he voted your post as the 3rd place winner (300), so you get 150 points from him, for a grand total of 350 points + your 200 for posting.  So you will be receiving a total of 350 extra points.  YIPPEE, and you won :) the best church in Texas contest from Texas Real Estate group.  Thanks for participating, and again congratulations on your winning post.  Liz

I will be writing a post and quoting what the judges had to say about your post, hopefully tomorrow, and turning your extra points won into AR.  I stared the three winners, and mine (the judges voted mine as the best clog in contest but not for first, second, or third place winner since Marchel and I took ourselves out of the contest for points so yall could have them, as it should be.  For some reason when I stared your post it did not move up to a featured post?  I don't know why nd the only way I think we can fix it is for you to take it off our group and then re post it to our group and then I will re star it, and that will hopefully move it up to featured.  Let me know when you are available to do it, and we will get on the phone together while we do it and hopefully it will work.  Liz

Hi Ricki,I tried one more time to un-star and re-star your post to move it to featured, but did not work?  We can hopefully fix it tomorrow.  Liz

Ricki   Sent you a card to say Congratulations.                 

Howdy Ricki

A big

to ya, for a very will written Best Church in Texas

post for the contest!!

Hi Ricki, nice talking to you today, sorry we could not get your post moved up to featured position.  However you got your star, you won, and we all know how special you are :).  Liz

Thanks Liz,    I appreciate the star no matter where it is! :)  Will call you later, got a good deal on moving the RV's.

Hi Carl & Dale,   You two are so special.  Thank you both for the good wishes and the card and the cowboy thingy.  I love 'em both.  Have a great week!  :)

Hi Ricki, Congratulations on winning the contest.  All of the churches are beautiful! 

So, is Liz coming to the Gathering instead of going to Scottsdale!?!  WooHoo!!!

Ricki - Did you hear the Mascot (the longhorn)  now has a name for his birth certificate?

                                                                       T E X

YeeeHaw!

Tex is a fine name!, Carl     He will be doing our group a great service.  I love the cake Dale baked also.  Have a great day!  :)

Dale baked a cake and y'all didn't save me any????   I've been working all day long -- and half the night -- coulda saved me a little sliver of the cake. . .    :(

Ricki, I just love the hill country and what a lovely church. I have a cousin and her husband that bought an old church that looks much like this one to live in! It was on the main square of their little town. They set up an antique shop upstairs and lived down. What a wonderful life! Later in the rain~Deb

Now now Judi,  what makes you think we didn't save you a piece of cake?  It's in the freezer.  You can have it when you come to the BBQ on April 12th! :)

Poor, Poor Judi...working so hard. Boo Hoo...Poor Judi. Didn't get any cake. Had to work all day and into the late night. Ricki, don't you feel sorry for Judi?

Hi Deb,   I love old churches and they do make good homes like your cousin knows.  I would like to have one myself.  Can't wait to see you in about a week.  We are hooking up an RV on Friday night at the Pomarosa.  When are you getting there?  Friday night or Saturday? Let me know  OK?  Ricki :)

No Carl,  I just quit working myself and besides I saved her a piece of cake.  It's in the freezer.  Do you think she will want it at the BBQ?  Probably not with all those special desserts we are having! I want some of her bread pudding for sure!

Ricki, I knew you'd save me a piece of cake!!!   Bet you had to get it away from Carl & Dale.  I don't want it at the barbeque -- Miz Liz got a nice bottle of wine -- I'll eat my cake now, while sipping a glass of wine.

Whew, it's been a hectic couple of weeks -- I hope it slows down a little for me to get the house ready for the "surprise" guest.  I think I may have Sunday off -- so after church, we can come home and clean.  And hope it stays thru the weekend.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!!! 

Glad you got the cake Judi and the wine.  Put your feet up and relax a while.  So get your house clean this weekend and wrap up your deals so the next weekend is free to just have fun and play with all your AR friends.

I was suppose to go to a dinner meeting at 6:30 tonight -- I didn't get finished writing the contract and emailing it to the wife for signatures until about then.  Then, I completely forgot about the meeting and headed home -- and it's really bad, because I was the hostess!!!   Oh my, shame on me.  :(

Ricki, don't worry you'll get some of the bread pudding -- some people might not get even a small taste. :)

That could really happen!!!!! :)

Ricki - Sounds like to me old age is closing in on Ms. Judi - getting forgetful. Wait until she gets my age. Ceil says I'm getting "squirrely". I think this squirrel is eating your Pecans Judi, so no Pecan pie for the AR Gathering on April 12th. Now you will have to make breadpudding.

Carl, I was really tired and just wanted to get home and relax.  I guess I didn't really want to go to that meeting that badly.  I had planned it for another night, that was better for me and some other members, the chairman, vetoed it and changed the night on us.  I'm thinking it was a subconscious thing -- I'm sure my absence made a statement.  :)

Never fear, I know where to get some good fresh pecans for my 2 pecan pies!!!   And, I'm making bread pudding! 

OK Judi, Carl & I are holding you to those pies as well as the bread pudding! :)