Fire Truck Turned Into Mobile Wedding Chapel
The Illinois State Fair is the latest entity to become fascinated with Rev. Darrel Best's one-of-a-kind fire truck turned wedding chapel. It became a new attraction at this year's fair as a place where romantic couples could really tie the knot or renew their vows.
The idea for a mobile wedding chapel "just sort of happened".
Brother Best actually is the former president and CEO of a credit union in the Metro East St. Louis, Ill., area, and now lives in Shelbyville, Ill. He had always liked fire trucks, and after being ordained he was looking for a vehicle that could some day serve as a mobile ministry.
One day he was on a business trip to nearby Eagle Creek resort and saw an old' faded-red fire truck sitting by the road. He thought it might fit into his mobile ministry.
Days later his family purchased an unused chapel in Shelbyville that had been up for sale. It became home for that part of his ministry.
A Country Music Television show called "Trick My Truck" picked up on the idea. The TV people refurbished the truck. They installed a new engine, gave the truck a new paint job, a waterproof interior, and added marine quality stereo speakers. Then they built the whitewashed chapel complete with pews, stained glass windows, and a look-alike organ that conceals a stereo system for pipe organ music.
The truck's sanctuary has two small pews and just enough room for the minister, bride and groom. There's also room for two other people as witnesses.
Rev. Best says that wherever he goes the mobile wedding chapel attracts plenty of attention. Last July Karen Foster was married to John Foster at what's now the Foster farm home in rural Tuscola, Ill. They had seen the truck/chapel on TV.
Rev. Best says the mobile chapel attracts a lot of attention wherever he goes, and there's no danger of exceeding the speed limit as the truck's top speed is only about 45 mph.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rev. Darrel Best, 159 W. Washington St., Shelbyville, Ill. 62565 (ph 217 774-7809; www.bestweddingchapel.com).
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Fire Truck Turned Into Mobile Wedding Chapel TRUCKS Conversions 33-6-8 The Illinois State Fair is the latest entity to become fascinated with Rev. Darrel Best's one-of-a-kind fire truck turned wedding chapel. It became a new attraction at this year's fair as a place where romantic couples could really tie the knot or renew their vows.
The idea for a mobile wedding chapel "just sort of happened".
Brother Best actually is the former president and CEO of a credit union in the Metro East St. Louis, Ill., area, and now lives in Shelbyville, Ill. He had always liked fire trucks, and after being ordained he was looking for a vehicle that could some day serve as a mobile ministry.
One day he was on a business trip to nearby Eagle Creek resort and saw an old' faded-red fire truck sitting by the road. He thought it might fit into his mobile ministry.
Days later his family purchased an unused chapel in Shelbyville that had been up for sale. It became home for that part of his ministry.
A Country Music Television show called "Trick My Truck" picked up on the idea. The TV people refurbished the truck. They installed a new engine, gave the truck a new paint job, a waterproof interior, and added marine quality stereo speakers. Then they built the whitewashed chapel complete with pews, stained glass windows, and a look-alike organ that conceals a stereo system for pipe organ music.
The truck's sanctuary has two small pews and just enough room for the minister, bride and groom. There's also room for two other people as witnesses.
Rev. Best says that wherever he goes the mobile wedding chapel attracts plenty of attention. Last July Karen Foster was married to John Foster at what's now the Foster farm home in rural Tuscola, Ill. They had seen the truck/chapel on TV.
Rev. Best says the mobile chapel attracts a lot of attention wherever he goes, and there's no danger of exceeding the speed limit as the truck's top speed is only about 45 mph.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rev. Darrel Best, 159 W. Washington St., Shelbyville, Ill. 62565 (ph 217 774-7809; www.bestweddingchapel.com).
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