TOLEDO, OH: Historic St. Mark's Episcopal, Trinity downtown to merge
TOLEDO, OH: Historic St. Mark's Episcopal, Trinity downtown to merge
Old West End landmark listed for sale
By David Yonke
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
http://www.toledoblade.com/
January 6, 2012
The Rev. Kelly O'Connell, rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Collingwood Boulevard, says she will continue in the ministry but does not know where. Sunday attendance had dropped from 220 in 1999 to less than 80 today. The Rev. Kelly O'Connell, rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Collingwood Boulevard, says she will continue in the ministry but does not know where. Sunday attendance had dropped from 220 in 1999 to less than 80 today. THE BLADE/LISA DUTTONE
In an evensong service of hymns and prayer, members and friends of St. Mark's Episcopal Church will gather in the sanctuary Friday to bid farewell to a congregation that has been an anchor in the Old West End for more than a century.
A final service will be held at St. Mark's on Sunday morning.
Changing demographics, a declining and aging membership, and economic pressures forced the congregation to make some tough decisions, and rather than close completely or move to the suburbs, it voted to merge with another historic Toledo church, Trinity Episcopal downtown.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Old West End landmark listed for sale
By David Yonke
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
http://www.toledoblade.com/
January 6, 2012
In an evensong service of hymns and prayer, members and friends of St. Mark's Episcopal Church will gather in the sanctuary Friday to bid farewell to a congregation that has been an anchor in the Old West End for more than a century.
A final service will be held at St. Mark's on Sunday morning.
Changing demographics, a declining and aging membership, and economic pressures forced the congregation to make some tough decisions, and rather than close completely or move to the suburbs, it voted to merge with another historic Toledo church, Trinity Episcopal downtown.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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