Re: [UC] church

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In a message dated 8/4/2004 9:46:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not that long ago it was an active Episcopal Church with an adjoining Seminary. The Seminary building is now a "community help organization" (I forget its name) which built the parking lot across the street.  I believe that ownership of the church building was transferred about 10, maybe 15 years ago. Actually, *Reformed* Episcopal. Born of a church split in 1873, and from my understanding more "conservative" than mainstream Episcopals. We Mennonites rented space from them when it was still a seminary, and as the building transitioned to a social service agency -- the seminary was in the more modern blocky building next store. Behind the main church is a large dormitory which used to serve the seminary. At one time we Mennos were considering buying the dorm, although not very seriously. I would imagine that's where the shelter is.   Also, my understanding is that a concrete ball used to top the majestic steeple, but it got hit by lightning and toppled some years back.   "The Reformed Episcopal Church was organized in New York City in 1873 by eight clergymen and twenty laymen who were formerly priests and members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. A long debate over the excessive ritualism and exclusive attitude of the Protestant Episcopal Church toward other denominations lay behind the separation. The immediate cause of the division lay in the participation of Bishop George David Cummins, Assistant Bishop of Kentucky, at a Communion Service held in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. In the face of criticism and with the conviction that the evangelical and catholic nature and mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church were being lost, Bishop Cummins resigned as Assistant Bishop of Kentucky and transferred his Episcopal oversight to a new jurisdiction called the Reformed Episcopal Church."   http://www.recus.org/history.htm     Ross Bender http://rossbender.org