McKinney Chapel

McKinney Chapel, 1891

Up in the mountains, away from town, sits McKinney Chapel. When you enter the small church, you leave behind 2005.

The wooden floors creak as you walk toward the front. On either side, rows of wooden pews line the building. The white paint is peeling from the pine board walls. A small piano sits in the front left corner. There is a curved railing that separates the raised pulpit from the rest of the room. Behind the pulpit, with purple glass windows on each side, hangs a depiction of the Last Supper.

A small cemetery sits on the hill to the left of the building. I imagine a time, in the 1800's, when people would gather here. Along with the piano, our songs fill the building. The pastor gives us his sermon, and we pray in silence.

That's what has been happening here, for over one hundred years.