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Wesley Mimico United Church officials are cautiously optimistic, but hopeful that their final redevelopment proposal will be supported by city planners and councillors.

Revised plans reflect significant changes and is the result of many conversations with community residents, congregational members, city heritage and planning staff, and consultation with many community groups and leaders, the church states in its Feb. 19 application submission letter to Kathryn Thom, a senior city planner heading the file.

Wesley Mimico Place, as the redevelopment is being called, is intended to repurpose, renew and add to the original 1922 church.

It proposes to preserve heritage aspects of the building, add seniors ownership housing crucial to raising the necessary capital to preserve the property, church officials argue, and add 4,000 square feet of flexible community program space.

Changes in the new application include: reducing the seniors units from 40 to 30; an increase in community outreach space, and the provision of residents outdoor amenity space.

We think weve done a lot of work to respond seriously to neighbourhood concerns from a few people, Harry Oussoren, president of Wesley Mimico Place corporation, said in an interview this week.

We believe were riding a crest of support. Community people are saying, Its a no-brainer. Get on with it. It comes at no cost to the city. It provides housing and community space in the area. Its part of the revitalization of Mimico.

In February 2012, a group of Mimico residents formed to promote the importance and preservation of the 1922 church for its architectural significance, and as a prominent physical and contextual landmark on the main street of the old town of Mimico.

The group created http://www.savewesley.com

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Pastor Vern Yadon, inside the Kendall Chapel, Nov. 13, 2013 in Kendall. A roundabout is planned to be built at the intersection of Washington State route 542 and route 547 that will require the Kendall Chapel to be displaced. MATTMCDONALDTHEBELLINGHAMHERALD|BuyPhoto

KENDALL - A chapel nestled in the triangle formed by Mount Baker Highway and Kendall Road is no longer in the bull's-eye of a proposed roundabout.

Kendall Chapel pastor Vern Yadon said the small nondenominational church will remain standing because the state will build its roundabout away from the church and an adjoining building, on the northwest corner of the triangle near the North Fork Community Library.

The sweeping curve southeast of the chapel would be eliminated, converting the intersection into a "T" with a roundabout.

The pastor had been concerned because one of eight options for intersection improvements introduced last year by the state Department of Transportation put the roundabout directly over the chapel. Some of the other roundabout designs impinged far enough onto the church property to make it unusable.

"We're delighted," said Yadon, who talked as if the state had made a final decision on the roundabout's location.

DOT project engineer Chris Damitio said he wouldn't use the word "decision" quite yet.

"I'd hate to use that word," Damitio said. "We have shared with Vern a direction we want to go. ... There's a lot of investigation we have to do."

The state wants to make sure it can properly treat runoff from the new roundabout. The results of soil studies should be known in about a month, Damitio said.

"If everything comes back positive, then that'll lead us to finalize a footprint," he said.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) A local swindler took advantage of a number of people, and groups including a local church. Now the victims are talking to News 8.

Pile of bricks surrounded by caution tape sit where should be a new gymnasium.

We had built the foundation of the gymnasium as well as some the rooms that were going to be here for fellowship purposes, and right now this is where it stays and it may stay here for quite some time, said Father Peter Orfanakos.

St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church doesnt have the money to finish construction because they are the victim of Ponzi scheme. master-mined by Gregory Lowles.

In total the church lost 2.1 Million dollars, said Orfanakos.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Lowles stole more than $27 million from trusting individuals and business owners. Many were members of his own church.

Having not only the church losing money but many of the parishioners suffering a personal loss, it has a rippled affect in regards to how much people can donate to the work of the church, said Orfanakos.

Father Peter says Lowles joined the church back in 1995, it didnt take long for Lowles to gain control the churches financial matters.

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By Kit Chase, Register Staff Writer The Daily Register Mon Mar 03, 2014, 10:57 AM CST

Gainesville First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Gainesville will dedicate the completion of the renovation of the churchs 1892 sanctuary on March 23 with Rev. Don Yeager and Bishop Michael McKee officiating.

FUMC spent more than $6 million during the 13 year, 3-phase process to improve their facility, which has a state historical marker from the state historical commission.

Phase 3 included restoration of the stained glass windows, chancel furniture, wood and tile flooring, choir loft, interior doors and woodwork, electrical wiring, overhead lighting and several components of the antique organ.

The stained glass windows in the sanctuary were removed, taken apart, cleaned and reassembled with new lead and new frames.

It is so much brighter and clearer now than it used to be, FUMC pastor Don Yeager said. The sun didnt use to shine the way it does now through the windows. It looks like brand new glass.

The stained glass turns sunlight into jeweled light beams that present varied colors in the sanctuary during different times of the day. Stanton Glass Studios, LLC of Waco renovated the windows. The company specializes in restoration and repair of historic stained glass windows.

FUMC chairman of the board of trustee Bob Bloom provides an excellent tour of the church with in-depth knowledge of the progress of the renovation. He discusses the intricate working of the new sprinkler system with the nitrogen-filled pipes to prevent water leakage, the completed cleaning and repair of the antique organ that has mechanically operated valves versus electronic ones and explains about the stained glass windows dismantled for cleaning and repairing. He discusses the infrastructure of the church with the new sound system, updated lighting and heating system. The first electric company, DC Power Plant was built in 1887 that supplied electricity to the church, Bloom said. The buildings closest to DC Power Plant got electricity. Edison wanted to light the world with DC power, but it was not very efficient for long distance distribution. Slowly everything was changed to AC power because it could supply at hundreds of miles longer distances.

The seven globe light fixtures and sconces in the sanctuary were originally installed in 1892.

That was DC power lights, Bloom said. With AC power they began adding lights and we ended up with a collection of them. We found the original molds in West Virginia. They had quit making them. The company sold us the molds at $95 each and we were able to get them replaced.

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Every year, without fail, Joe Ferri writes a $100 check to the Archdiocese of Newark for the Archbishops Annual Appeal, a fundraising drive that benefits a variety of religious causes.

This year, Ferri left the empty envelope on his pew at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield. Hes done writing checks.

If this is the only way I can be heard, so be it, said Ferri, 70. Im disgusted. The archdiocese is not going to get another penny out of me.

Two weeks after The Star-Ledger disclosed that Archbishop John J. Myers is building a 3,000-square-foot addition on the expansive home where he will spend his retirement, it appears the work will cost the archdiocese far more than the $500,000 allotted for construction.

Parishioners, infuriated by what they call a tone-deaf show of excess at a time when Catholic schools are closing and when the pope has called on bishops to shed the trappings of luxury, say theyre cutting off contributions entirely or sharply curtailing them.

Others said they will continue supporting their local parishes but will ignore the annual appeal, which has been heavily promoted in churches over the past month across the archdiocese, home to 1.3 million Catholics in the New Jersey counties of Essex, Hudson, Union and Bergen.

At stake are millions of dollars that support schools, youth ministries, retired priests and Catholic Charities, the nonprofit agency that runs homeless shelters and provides a wide array of services for the poorest residents. In recent years, the appeal has brought in between $10 million and $11 million annually, said Jim Goodness, a spokesman for Myers.

While acknowledging the good work the church does, the parishioners said they believe their complaints will be ignored if they dont make the point more indelibly with their pocketbooks.

The only language the church understands is money, said Maria Bozza, 69, who has urged fellow parishioners at Holy Family Church in Nutley to withhold contributions to the archdiocese. We need to start an empty envelope month to replace the archbishops annual appeal. If parishioners in every church in the Newark archdiocese sent in an empty envelope, then they will get the message.

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ST MATTHEWS Church all in a lather over generosity of Albury construction company.

ST MATTHEWS Church is all in a lather over the generosity of an Albury construction company.

Zauners Construction is building a temporary shower block for the homeless at the back of the Kiewa Street church a project Father Peter Macleod-Miller said they had been trying to get off the ground for the past two years.

The construction company is working on the Albury Regional Art Gallery redevelopment and has taken over some of the churchs land to make way for their workspaces.

Were both just being good neighbours, its a bit like sharing cups of sugar over the fence, Father Macelod-Miller said.

Were helping them by giving them some land and theyve asked, can we do something for you?

The shower block will be a temporary structure but he hopes a more permanent solution would be found.

It comes just in time for the churchs harvest week, during which donations for the homeless be it food, clothing, sleeping gear or toiletries are collected.

It will culminate in a garage and car boot sale on Saturday at Adamshurst in David Street, from 8am to midday.

Entry is by gold coin donation with all proceeds to go to the St Matthews homeless appeal.

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Methodist church closes its doors after 87 years due to 60k refurbishment bill

11:00am Saturday 1st March 2014 in News By Caitlin Marsh

THE final service of an 87-year-old methodist church in Corfe Mullen was held last Sunday.

The Rev Gwyneth Owen, minister of Wimborne Methodist Church and superintendent minister of the Christchurch and Wimborne circuits, said that there were mixed feelings at East End Methodist Church, on Wimborne Road, as it closed its doors for the last time.

She said that the congregation were able to balance the sadness they felt at the closure of the church, which opened in 1927, with a celebration of thanksgiving for the time they spent together sharing their faith in God.

She added: We remembered that we have done so much within the church up until recently, such as the lunch club, fellowship group, and crafts meetings, as well as the christenings, weddings and funerals over the years.

All homes are only temporary and so, while this church has been our spiritual home for many years, what is permanent is the relationship that we have with God and the faith that we carry with us.

We have found that many people from the community have gone on to find other churches within Corfe Mullen which they now go to, and will also continue to meet in each others houses.

East End Methodist Church needed extensive refurbishment work, at an estimated cost of 60,000, which the Rev Gwyneth Owen previously said could not be met by the congregation.

She also spoke of how nationally, the Methodist Church is looking at how people can best use local resources, including the number of church premises which are based closely together.

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Church rebuilding after storm will take time, Philippine priests told

By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service

PALO, Philippines (CNS) -- Since November, any time it rains the interior of the Archdiocese of Palo's Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord gets good and wet.

Without a roof, most of the church's interior is open to the skies.

Mass is celebrated at a portable altar set up under a tent in the one wing where the roof remains intact. Only a couple of hundred people can fit in when normally hundreds more fill the church for Sunday Masses.

Construction crews in early February were working as fast as they could to replace the roof, which was destroyed in Typhoon Haiyan. They had managed to rebuild the structure above the main altar, which still must be refurbished. Once the roof is completed, work will begin on the interior.

When the typhoon hit, the cathedral had just undergone a full renovation as part of the archdiocese's yearlong 75th anniversary celebration. Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila joined Palo Archbishop John Du to close the celebration Nov. 28 with Mass. A downpour occurred during the liturgy, bringing tears to many worshippers huddled under umbrellas and a tarp strung from wall to wall.

The cathedral is one of dozens of churches, missions and chapels in nine dioceses and archdioceses seriously damaged or destroyed by the typhoon when it slammed the Visayas region of the central Philippines with 195-mile-an-hour winds and an unprecedented storm surge Nov. 8.

At historic Santo Nino Church in Tacloban, Mass is celebrated, rain or shine. A 15-minute rainstorm as Mass began one afternoon in early February sent worshippers searching for pews free from dripping water and left large puddles of water throughout the church.

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