AVON, CT: Christ Episcopal Church in Avon to Close
AVON, CT: Christ Episcopal Church in Avon to Close
Parish cited declining membership and financial problems as reasons for closure
By Lisa Lenkiewicz
FARMINGTON PATCH
http://farmington.patch.com/articles/christ-episcopal-church-in-avon-to-close
December 12, 2012
Christ Episcopal Church in Avon has announced it will be closing its doors for good at the end of this month.
According to Marge Griffin, senior warden at Christ Church, 35 members in good standing of the church voted at a special meeting on Nov. 18 to dissolve the parish. Years of declining membership, financial issues and changing demographics were given as the reasons for the closure.
David Paye, Christ Church assistant treasurer, said that in the beginning of 2012, membership totaled 110 people. That number has dropped throughout the year to below 100 people, he said. Griffin said 64 members left in 2010-2011 - many of them with children in search of a church with more young families. At one point in the church's history, said Karin Hamilton, director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, membership was as high as 223 families.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Parish cited declining membership and financial problems as reasons for closure
By Lisa Lenkiewicz
FARMINGTON PATCH
http://farmington.patch.com/articles/christ-episcopal-church-in-avon-to-close
December 12, 2012
According to Marge Griffin, senior warden at Christ Church, 35 members in good standing of the church voted at a special meeting on Nov. 18 to dissolve the parish. Years of declining membership, financial issues and changing demographics were given as the reasons for the closure.
David Paye, Christ Church assistant treasurer, said that in the beginning of 2012, membership totaled 110 people. That number has dropped throughout the year to below 100 people, he said. Griffin said 64 members left in 2010-2011 - many of them with children in search of a church with more young families. At one point in the church's history, said Karin Hamilton, director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, membership was as high as 223 families.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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