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found the church.
On their way out of town, the couple stopped in the Sperryville Post Office lot. From there, they noticed the empty Emmanuel Episcopal Church across the street, unused since the 1950’s.
“It was all dusty and there were no lights,” Judy said, describing the inside of the church two years ago when she first fell in love with it. “The light was filtering through the windows and I just knew it was right.”
John Tweel said there were “so many coincidences with the church.”
First, Emmanuel’s sister church is Trinity in Washington; John Tweel belonged to Trinity Episcopal in his boyhood West Virginia. Second, while in the service, he belonged to St. Paul Episcopal Church in King George, Va. Layman for the church was Brutton Strange, brother of Rappahannock’s Philip Strange.
Mr. Tweel said he knew their purchasing the building “was meant to be.”
“It was so strange,” Judy said of their find.
The partially restored tum-ofthe century church is now filled with delicate wreaths, personally made by Judy Tweel, wooden shelves and chandeliers, constructed by John Tweel, educationally sound Schoolhouse toys, fragrant bags of simmering scents, soft and cuddly stuffed cats hanging over the edges of authentic pews and stencil patterns, paints, wreath shapes and supplies filling a comer.
“I buy what I like,” Judy said of the shop’s merchandise. Stock varies from one of kind local craft items to mass produced pieces. “I visit other shops and craft shows to get ideas.”
Judy, a crafter herself, said her only real experience was working in a friend’s shop some years ago, though both she and her husband
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