From Virginia-
From its stately spot at the corner of Cumberland and James streets, Emmanuel Episcopal Church resembles a silent, stone sentinel overlooking the Twin City’s downtown commercial area.
With its British-inspired architecture, Emmanuel opens its trademark red doors every week just as it has for the past 150 years. This Sunday, the congregation invites the general public to help celebrate the landmark anniversary. Special services are scheduled at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. — featuring the church choir and a brass ensemble — while a birthday party featuring cupcakes, balloons and storytelling is set for 9:15 a.m., Senior Warden Lee Vaughn said.
“It’s been a wild ride,” he said. “We’ve had some very interesting ministers or rectors — priests in residence at an Episcopal church — we’ve fought the Civil War at least 30 times and the battle of the Episcopal church just as many times. We really identify ourselves as a congregation first — a church family. That lives on. That’s what we’re focused on right now."
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http://www2.tricities.com/news/2012/feb/02/emmanuel-episcopal-church-celebrating-150-years-ar-1657232/
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