From Toledo-
In an evensong service of hymns and prayer, members and friends of St. Mark's Episcopal Church will gather in the sanctuary on 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.
Friday's service, being held on the Feast of the Epiphany, in some ways marks the completion of a circle for the two congregations.
"It's interesting that St. Mark's began as a mission Sunday school of Trinity Church, actually beginning in the rectory of Trinity Church in 1888," said Ohio Bishop Mark Hollingsworth, Jr., who will preside at the evensong service.
More here-
http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2012/01/06/Historic-St-Mark-s-Episcopal-Trinity-downtown-to-merge.html
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