Fun things to do in Abilene

In the "Red Book" -- which is the Episcopal Church's guide to congregations all over the United States -- Abilene lists two options. One didn't have a website and claimed an enrolled membership of 32 souls. The other is the Church of the Heavenly Rest, which is a corporate-sized parish located close to the central part of Abilene. Since the website provided both directions and service times, I decided to remain in Abilene a little longer than I'd planned so that I could attend services.

And what a gift they were! I was warmly welcomed (indeed, visitors are given a "Welcome Packet" which includes information about the various parish ministries, a memo pad and pen with the church's information, and even some cookies), and I was thrilled to see that Heavenly Rest boasts not only an excellent choir of men and women, but also a full handbell choir, the Canterbury Bells, which was featured on the particular Sunday I was there. I'm sure they had four octaves in play, and the sound, filtering from an adjacent chapel, was ethereal.

I was really impressed by the involvement of so many young people in the service, too. And if you're more than a transient, you could take advantage of the multiple cultural and theological offerings during the week -- I was sorry to have to miss a Mothers Day cello and organ concert, for example.

The main service of worship is Sunday at 10:45 AM.

Abilene has roughly 400,000 churches, which is odd because we only have 100,000 people living here, so we have actually four churches per person its the biggest ratio in the world. But honestly theres so many churches here, i would prefer fewer actually because theres just so many. but its fun to go and get some lessons on God and shake hands with some people. GREAT CULTURAL EXPERIENCE!!!!

for a great cultural experience go to wal mart, they sell things its like a market place, some people just go to wal mart and wander around for hours, not cuz they want to, but because they are lost and cant find there way out.