"Roy came every Sunday, Dale directed the adult choir and their children were very involved in church activities. In a tragic accident, the couple's daughter Debbie was killed on a church trip to Tijuana, when the bus driven by Pastor White had a flat tire and crashed. The family moved to Apple Valley in 1965."
"The Chapel in the Canyon came into being in 1957, after Pastor White, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, was denied a once-promised pastor's post at the Little Brown Church in Studio City. He bought half of the old Lankershim Ranch house in Studio City and moved it to 2 1/2 acres he purchased on Topanga Canyon Boulevard."
"The next year, he built a 100-seat chapel in front of the house with the help of Jane Russell and her two brothers, who were in construction work. The White Memorial Chapel, named after the pastor's mother, was patterned after the Chapel of Flowers at Forest."
Chapel in the Canyon, a landmark wedding venue on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, has been sold to Chatsworth Christian Church for $3.2 million. The chapel complex, consisting of four chapels and two garden settings, will continue hosting previously booked weddings for six months before transitioning to the church's worship services. Founded in 1957 by Pastor Lawrence E. White, the chapel has hosted numerous Hollywood celebrities including Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jane Russell, and Annette Funicello. Pastor White established the chapel after being denied a pastoral position elsewhere, relocating a historic house and constructing the initial 100-seat chapel with assistance from Jane Russell and her brothers in the construction industry.
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