Michel and Julie: 1st Dating Groups of 2011!

In early-mid November of 2009, right after Michel and I had gotten married, we started looking for a church to attend together. We had began looking right after we got engaged, found a church service that we loved, but were very discouraged to find that we were the youngest couple there. There wasn't even a class that catered to young marrieds - especially ones without kids. So, we kept searching. We found one that was leading a Bible Study for engaged couples based on a book from Les and Leslie Parrott, so that drew us in to that church. We stayed there for the remainder of our engagement, and 1-2 weeks after we got married before we realized that we had been going there for 3 or 4 months and still felt like we didn't really fit in. Finally, after a post that I put on Facebook about being frustrated with not finding a good church, a relative of mine, who happened to live in Plano, sent me a message on Facebook about the church that she went to. She told me that it was in Richardson, TX (about 15 min. away), and it's called The Heights Baptist Church, and there was an Adult Bible Fellowship class (ABF) called the Honeymooners, and it was specifically for newlywed couples without kids! Michel and I were so excited! We went the following Sunday, and we've been going ever since! Being part of The Heights, and the Honeymooners class has been such a blessing to us, and an answer to prayer! We've done a lot of activities with our class as a whole, as well as individual couples that we've gotten to know. One of the things our class does is Dating Groups. Any couple who wants to be a part of it is welcome. We divide into about 4 groups of 3-4 couples and have one month to go on a big, group date. Our class is comprised of about 20 couples, so our Dating Groups is a great way to get to know everybody more personally.

Last night, Michel and I met up with our Dating Group. We went out with Eric and Julie Davis, and David and Michelle Hutchison. We had a BLAST! We started out by eating at The Twisted Root Burger Co. and ended up at Splittsville bowling alley. Julie Davis had heard about Splittsville from her sister. It's a little bit more family-friendly, and there is no smoking allowed! We also got a booth so that we could leave our purses and shoes without trying to keep an eye on them. There was also a waitress serving us, so it was great! We waited about 3 hours to get a lane (we went to dinner during our wait and then played Shuffleboard), but it was well worth the wait!

Here is the intense game of Shuffleboard that the girls ended up winning! We played best 2 out of 3, and the guys won one, the girls won one, and we had to quit in the middle of the third game, but the girls were winning, so we belive that we won :)

Eric and Julie Davis