The decision to stay at this bed and breakfast left me up a tree….and I mean that literally. Today we will meet an innovative couple in rural Kansas whose bed and breakfast now includes a treehouse for lodging.
Martin and Cheryl Rude are the owners of this special b and b called the Barns at Timber Creek, which we have previously profiled. Martin and Cheryl are faculty members at Southwestern College in Winfield.
Martin grew up at Wichita and spent time at his grandparent’s farm near the rural community of Rose Hill, population 3,525 people. Now, that’s rural.
Martin played in a Christian band which toured for 10 years. He met and married Cheryl who was serving as youth director of a church in Wichita. After more work for the church in Texas, they moved to Winfield to take faculty positions at Southwestern College.
Cheryl worked in leadership education and Martin worked in student services, but his interest in music again came to the forefront. He started working on the musical elements of church life and today is director of worship outreach at the college. “Our students study worship, leadership, music theory, and their individual emphasis,” Martin said. “All of our projects are linked to community.”
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