Weekend photo walk

Terrell 2010 photo walkers

This weekend, I enjoyed exploring neighboring Terrell, Texas with my camera and a few folks from around the area.

We took part in a photo walk, organized by Brian Stout, which is essentially a bunch of people with an interest in photography get together to walk around an area and take photos.

There are no set rules and no certain skill sets required — just enjoy the views and snap away with your camera.
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Travis Ranch HOA

Neighborhood pool in Travis Ranch | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

Well, we’ve moved… in case you missed that bit of news.

We’ve moved to Travis Ranch in Forney, Texas (aka Kaufman County Municipal Utility District No. 6).

It’s a beautiful, growing neighborhood, that’s part of a 1,600-2000 (depending on which news article or website you’re looking at) acre master planned community.

The neighborhood offers several great amenities, including an inline skating hockey rink, a pool, splash park and several playgrounds.

There are also plans for retail development and a marina to be added at some point in the future — just haven’t found a good site for detailed information on those additions.

We’ve already enjoyed the pool a few times, as well as walking the “trail” along the main roadway. I’m sure all the amenities, including the neighborhood elementary school (which is less than .5 a mile from our home) will be even more beneficial once the twins arrive.

But me being nosy like I am, I’ve been trying to find out as much as I can about the HOA, the full plans for the development and the Municipal Utility District we’re a part of.
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Churches in Kaufman County (and beyond)

As we’ve moved to the northwest corner of Kaufman County, the search has begun for a new community of faith to take part in.

Google has been helpful as we’ve begun our search, but I thought I’d make a listing of churches in Kaufman County and areas surrounding Forney (Sunnyvale, Heath, Rockwall, Talty, etc) similar to what I had in Ellis County.

If by chance I’ve left off any churches, feel free to drop me a note and I’ll be sure to add it ASAP.

Crandall churches:

Central Baptist
Church of Christ
Crandall United Methodist
First Baptist
First Community Church
The Lord’s House of Prayer
Maranatha Baptist

Cottonwood churches:

Cottonwood Baptist

Gun Barrel churches:

Legendary Baptist

Heartland churches:

Heartland First Baptist
Vista Church

Heath churches:

First Baptist
First Christian
First United Methodist
Freedom Chapel
Holy Trinity by the Lake
Lakeshore
Our Savior Lutheran

Forney churches:

Beacon Hill Baptist
Calvary Chapel Forney
c|Life
Covenant Generations
Crossroads Bible
Fellowship Baptist
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Forney Church of Christ
Lake Pointe Forney
Mustang Creek Community
New River
People’s Fellowship
Seven Oaks Fellowship
St. Martin of Tours
Thrive
Trinity Family
Water of Life Lutheran

Kaufman churches:

Country Bible
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Grace Fellowship
Kaufman Church of Christ
Kaufman County Christian Center
Kaufman County Cowboy Church (there’s no location info on their site – I’m assuming it’s in Kaufman)
Life Church
Oak Hill/Kaufman Foursquare
Southside Baptist
St. Ann
Trinity Southern Baptist
Wade Chapel AME

Mabank churches:

Cowboy Church
First Baptist
First United Methodist
Mabank Church of Christ
Prairieville Baptist

Sunnyvale churches:

Berean Baptist
Grace Fellowship
Higher Ground
Life Community Church
Long Creek Baptist
New Hope Church
New Covenant United Methodist
Sunnyvale First Baptist

Terrell churches:

College Mound United Methodist
Cornerstone Baptist
CrossPoint Community
Emmanuel Baptist
First Baptist
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Greater McIntyre Chapel
Rafter J Cowboy Church
St. John the Apostle
Terrell Bible