Central New York’s Christ Episcopal Church closing will break up ‘close-knit family’
... membership has always gone up and down, and in recent years has waned to the point that no more than 10 people show up on any given Sunday.
None of the remaining members even live in Wellsburg anymore, [Senior Warden Lois] Barton said.
The church hasn't had its own pastor in years and shares a priest with a cluster of Episcopal churches in the area.
The remaining members finally made the painful decision to dissolve the church. The building will remain the property of the Central Episcopal Diocese of New York, which will decide its fate, Barton said.
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None of the remaining members even live in Wellsburg anymore, [Senior Warden Lois] Barton said.
The church hasn't had its own pastor in years and shares a priest with a cluster of Episcopal churches in the area.
The remaining members finally made the painful decision to dissolve the church. The building will remain the property of the Central Episcopal Diocese of New York, which will decide its fate, Barton said.
Read it all.
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