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Stouffville church marking its 150th |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
Stouffville church marking its 150th
Series of weekend celebrations for St. James Presbyterian
A Main Street church is celebrating its 150th year in Stouffville with a series of weekend events.
St. James Presbyterian Church has invited its former ministers to preach at services during the four weekend celebrations.
Former members are also being invited to join in the celebrations.
‘Still Welcoming After 150 Years’ is the theme.
A pot luck dinner featuring a presentation on the history of the church, kicks things off Feb. 20. Rev. Don Muir, who now works at the national church offices in Toronto, will speak during Sunday morning service the next day.
A dinner and historic walking tour of the neighbourhood led by historian Ruth Burkholder, who is clerk of session at St. James, are being planned for May.
A pig roast will take place in late September.
The weekend of Oct. 23 and 24 will include a Saturday-night banquet at Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
For more information, go to stjamesstouffville.org or call 905-640-3151. The church is at 6432 Main St., on the eastern edge of downtown Stouffville.
St. James started in 1859 as a ‘satellite’ to Melville Presbyterian, a church in rural north Markham. Students from Knox College in Toronto conducted services in the Temperance Hall on College Avenue in Stouffville, on what's now the Summitview school property.
James Johnson, an ardent and wealthy member of the congregation, spearheaded the erection of the first St. James, a frame building on the present site, in 1864. The modern-day brick church replaced it in 1894.
Over the decades, the congregation dwindled to 11 members at one point, survived a vote to join other Christian churches and was part of a joint charge for many years.
The congregation added two neighbouring properties, including its manse. Last year, it installed a new chair-lift and other accessible equipment.
St. James is home to several community groups, including Sparks, TOPS and the Pathways play group for pre-schoolers.
“There are many memories in the walls of this church: happy times, sad times, large crowds and very small congregations; work bees to keep the building fit for its calling as a place of worship and witness,” wrote historian Ruth Burkholder on stjamesstouffville.org
For more information, go to stjamesstouffville.org or call 905-640-3151.
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Friday, 29 January 2010 |
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The Youth Group from St James is once again hosting a pancake supper. If you love pancakes the youth of St James would love to prepare supper for you. All are welcome to join us for supper and fellowship. |
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Young & Young-at-Heart Concert |
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Friday, 29 January 2010 |
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St James Worship Team is hosting the first ever Young & Young at Heart Concert on February 5th, 2010 at 7:00pm. The concert features the Mudde Family from Innisfil, A.J.deBoer, Elizabeth Carr, Kiana Landry, Jennifer Mason, the Believers' childrens Choir and many more surprises. An offering will be taken up with the proceeds going to the relief working in Haiti. Following the concert there will be a time of refreshment and fellowship. Come out and enjoy the entertainment and help support Haiti. We look forward to seeing. |
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