Visiting Munger?  What to expect on your first visit & FAQs.

1. What time are the worship services?
2. Where is the church located?
3. Click here for Directions
4. Where do I park?
5. Is there handicap accessibility?
6. What should I wear?
7. What about my kids?
8. Will I be asked to stand and be recognized as a guest?
9. Am I expected to give money during the offering?
10. Where should I sit?
11. Do I need to bring a Bible?
12. Is this a video church?
13. Are your worship services traditional or contemporary?
14. How long are the worship services?
15. What is your relationship with Highland Park United Methodist Church?
16. Is Munger Place Church Methodist?
17. I’m not a Christian, or am not sure what I believe.  Am I welcome at Munger Place Church? 
18. Are you a video church or a live church?
19. What about the Wilkinson Center?
20. Who is the church for?

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What time are the worship services?

Our worship services are Sundays at 9:30am and 11am  Feel free to come early and enjoy our coffee bar located behind the Sanctuary.  

Where is the church located?

Munger Place Church
5200 Bryan Street
Dallas, Texas  75206
Main Phone:  214.823.9929

Click here for Directions 

Where do I park?

Parking is easy and our friendly parking attendants and police officers are there to guide you on Sunday mornings.  There are three parking options:

• Bryan Street lot
• Greenville Avenue lot - with shuttle service, Sundays 9a-1p
  • 1520 Greenville Avenue - Map
  • Either a 2-block walk or a short shuttle ride from the lot to the front of the church
• Neighborhood streets

Is there handicap accessibility?

Handicap parking is available directly behind the sanctuary building.  A sidewalk leads to our handicap entrance on the Munger Blvd. side of the building.  Enter the church at the basement level and take the elevator to the Sanctuary.

What should I wear?

Wear whatever you feel most comfortable in. Our pastors, staff, musicians, and most of the congregation will be dressed casually.  Jeans, slacks, dresses, or suits; what ever you wish - we just want you here!

What about my kids?

We want you and your children to get the most of our our worship services.  We provide professionally staffed nurseries for infants and toddlers, as well as a fun and engaging children's ministry for kids pre-K through 4th grade.  

Children are welcome to join their parents in the sanctuary for worship or they can participate in our children's programs.

Will I be asked to stand and be recognized as a guest?

Munger is a new congregation, so most people are new, even the members.  We won't ask you to stand and be recognized as a guest.  We hope that you will come, enjoy the service and feel at home as we all get to know each other better.

Am I expected to give money during the offering?

Toward the end of the service, church volunteers will collect an offering.  This offering helps support the church.  If you are a guest, we are not expecting money from you.  The offering time is for members and those who consider Munger Place their church home. We also conduct a yearly stewardship campaign with the expectation that members will support the church and its operating expenses.

Where should I sit?

Anywhere you like.  You can sit on the main floor in the sanctuary or in our balcony level accessible by stairs in the main lobby or elevator in the coffee bar area.  A large center screen above the stage and smaller screens right and left of the stage help increase visibility.

Do I need to bring a Bible?

Not necessarily, but feel free to bring one if you like to read along or mark passages for future reference and study.  We can always provide you with a Bible and all scripture, songs, and prayers in the service are displayed on the screens.

Is this a video church?

We use video as a means to bring messages to our congregation. As long as the video technique is meaningful and helpful in our mission to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, we will continue to use video messages for preaching and a local ministry staff for ministry.  If we determine another technique is more relevant and helpful in accomplishing our mission, we will adopt it.

We have been using the combination of video sermons and local ministry staff preaching since Munger Place Church opened and so far have found them to be quite effective. From time to time, we will have live speakers for holidays, to address local Munger Place Church topics, and to take advantage of opportunities to invite live speakers.

Munger Place Church is a campus of Highland Park United Methodist Church. Rev. Paul Rasmussen is the pastor of the Cornerstone community & worship service at Highland Park United Methodist. Rev. Rasmussen is the Pastor of Munger Place Church. Rev. Andrew Forrest is the local, or campus, pastor for Munger Place Church. He leads the Munger Place staff on day-to-day operations and with the ministry needs of those who attend Munger Place Church and who live in the community.

Are your worship services traditional or contemporary? 

Yes.  Just like East Dallas and our church building, we want worship services to include both the best of the old and the best of the new.  Our music is rock and roll-based, we use video in worship, serve coffee and dress casually, but at the same time we draw from 2,000 years of Christianity by incorporating some of the beautiful old hymns, prayers, and responses in our services.

How long are the worship services?  

About an hour and 15 minutes.

What is your relationship with Highland Park United Methodist Church?

HPUMC is our “mother” church.  The members at HPUMC raised the money to renovate Munger Place Church.  and we share resources with HPUMC.  Munger Place is an extension campus of Highland Park UMC, in the same way that the University of Texas at Dallas is an extension campus of the larger University of Texas system.   Also, Rev. Paul Rasmussen, leader of the contemporary worship service at HPUMC, will be frequently preaching at Munger Place, in person and on video.

Is Munger Place Church Methodist?

We definitely belong to The United Methodist Church and subscribe to its traditions, but we also hope to transcend any preconceived notions of "denominations" and are open to all ways of communicating God's Word.

I’m not a Christian, or am not sure what I believe.  Am I welcome at Munger Place Church? 

Yes! One of our core values is hospitality, and we are working really hard to make sure that everyone who walks through our doors feels welcome.  If you want to just sit on the back pew and observe, we invite you to do so.

Are you a video church or a live church?

We get this question all the time.  We either receive the sermon from the Cornerstone services at HPUMC via video or our pastor delivers the sermon in person at our church.  Either way, it's always a live worship service with live music and prayer.  It's only the sermon that may be on the video and we have a large screen center stage, screens at the left and right sides of the stage and a brand new sound system.

What about the Wilkinson Center?

For years now, an excellent social service agency called the Wilkinson Center has leased space at Munger Place.  In December 2009, the Wilkinson Center decided that they were best able serve their clients by focusing all their efforts at their Buckner and I-30 location.  We tried to persuade them to stay (it would have been great to have them so close!), but our partnership with the Wilkinson Center will certainly continue.

Who is the new church for?

Munger Place exists for its neighborhood and its community.  We are a neighborhood church, and we want to be a church for people who aren't that comfortable in the other churches in the area.  Where ever you live, please know that Munger is for you!