From Pennsylvania-
Parishioners who attend 9 a.m. Mass today at St. James Episcopal Church are in for some Good News that goes beyond the Holy Gospel.
St. James Senior Warden Dottie Paullin is planning to mount the pulpit and deliver this message:
“Through the hard work of all parishioners and the surrounding community, St. James Episcopal Church is going to be here another 100 years.”
Just a little more than a month ago, an official from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania informed St. James vestry members that if they didn’t raise $20,000 and secure $3,000 in weekly pledges by Oct. 13, the 105-year-old parish was in danger of closing.
The parish was in such debt that it couldn’t afford a pastor. The last pastor, the Rev. William Hesse, left for a Georgia parish at the end of August and since then, parishioners have been relying on a priest paid for through donations to celebrate Sunday services which were reduced from two Masses to one on Sept. 18 to save money.
More here-
http://delcotimes.com/articles/2011/10/16/news/doc4e9a4f5dc94b1984378154.txt
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