*Unfortunately another one of my "Significant" reviews missing here. This is a second added years…read moreafter the first. I have been traveling to the quaint fishing town of Port Aransas Texas all my life. I went and camped on its beach by myself the first time at 18. I thought I'd explored the entire area and knew every nook and cranny. That is until about twenty years ago,I spotted an interesting structure on top of a dune, casting a glint of sunlight at dawn. I wound my way down a quiet street to where I thought the structure should be. After some searching I found it. Tenetively, I walked a path going behind a house up a grass covered dune. To my surprise it was what looked to be a small church. There was no marker or sign,the door was locked but, I could feel something special about this place. Over a period of years I began to find out about it's history. Originally concieved and built by two Texas woman almost 90 years ago. The tiny chapel has withstood dozens of tropical storms and hurricanes. While other parts of the island have been destroyed and rebuilt many times, just in my life,the chapel stands. In 1972 an artist and University of Texas professor was hired to paint the interior walls. Let me say,Wow! The photographs don't do it justice. In its own simple way I truly place it in the same class of painted churches I've seen right alongside the Sistine Chapel. There's something about this place. Undiscovered by the masses for so long. Perfectly positioned at the highest place on the island. The first few times I visited and " re- found" it,my love for it and amazement grew. Unfortunately due to recent national awareness and exponential growth of Texas,it's no longer a serene visit as in the past. A small parking area has been built and you're likely to run into one to several people. However,if you find yourself in Port Aransas... Go!

I very much enjoyed my visit to the chapel. The guide was very informative. He know so much and…read more gave us lots of information about the chapel and artist. Definitely worth the drive.

She was amazing! We had a million questions and ended up wanting to bump our elopement date up and…read moreshe worked with us so seamlessly! Def recommend!

From the owner: I am a Non-Denominational Christian minister located in Corpus Christi, TX. My ordination is…read morethrough The American Fellowship Church. I perform weddings in the Coastal Bend area for a flat fee of $100.00. My fee covers performing the wedding and the rehearsal, if any. If your venue is outside the Coastal Bend area, I charge only extra for gas. I do not accept checks. Final payment, cash, is due after services are rendered. I do not have packages. I believe your wedding is yours, and yours alone. I perform civil (no mention of God) and religious (mention of God) weddings. I will work with you to have your ceremony be what you want it to be. I have Sand ceremonies, Unity Candle ceremonies and 3 chord or Handfasting ceremonies that can be added to your basic wedding ceremony. I will do whatever kind of unity ceremony you wish. While you will have to provide the materials for these ceremonies, I do not charge extra for performing any of them! I do elopements, formal weddings, vow renewals, commitment ceremonies and destination weddings. (I've married a couple in a small diner.) Whether your wedding venue is on a beach, at the Arts Center, the Knolle Farm or your back yard, I will be there and it will still only cost $100. Due to the vows I took when I was ordained, I cannot perform same-sex marriages.

Hired Melissa Craig and paid the whole fee upfront…read more We asked for a very short, less than 5 minute ceremony, and she wrote long vows that would've taken 10-15 minutes to read. The vows were not what we had previously discussed. She called me late at night, around 10 pm, to discuss the ceremony the following day. Too bad the actual wedding date was the next month. This mistake was fixed in time. She showed up 30 minutes late to the ceremony and forgot to bring her cell phone. I called her many times that morning, but since she didn't have her phone, was unable to reach her. She performed the ceremony poorly, luckily I had written my own vows as a backup for her to read. Then she immediately left after the ceremony and did not sign the marriage certificate. She later called me that day asking me to mail the marriage certificate to her. By that time, we had already found another minister to perform the ceremony again and sign the marriage certificate, making our wedding legal. She refused a full or partial refund, even though her participation was pointless since she didn't legalize the marriage.

Updated February 16, 2014…read more Melissa was amazing!!! We were running late getting our wedding started as scheduled on time...we were 2 hours late but she made it happen!! She was so sweet and mingled with our guests as we all were running behind but she made our special day happen. It was a beautiful at home ceremony and couldn't of asked for a better person to marry us! Thanks again Melissa!!! ~Mr. & Mrs. Armando Fernandez Jr. November 20, 2013 Just spoke to Melissa about performing our wedding ceremony in 2 days and she was so excited to do it, we talked for a good while exchanged our love stories she seems very sweet and gave us some ideas on what to do and how to make things work out better. Our wedding is being planned in 7 days...everything is coming together really nicely! We're looking forward to having her make our day special and memorable! ~Teresa & Mando