LAKE WYLIE --

A Lake Wylie group trying to save an early 20th century schoolhouse from demolition may be out of time.

The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church is moving forward with plans to demolish the schoolhouse and another building located on its property, something Pastor Jason Everson says has been in the churchs plans for a while.

Theyre basically eyesores, and theyre blocking the view of our property, he said. Its a curb-appeal kind of thing. We dont need them anymore.

After a meeting with York County officials Friday, the church will apply for a demolition permit. Everson hopes the church can begin demolition Monday or Tuesday, he said.

That doesnt leave much time for Don Long and other River Hills and Lake Wylie residents eager to save the schoolhouse, which they believe to be the historic Laney School built in 1914.

The schoolhouse sits between the church and S.C. 274/S.C. 49, just south of S.C. 557, and overlooks the highway.

The group, called the Laney School Preservation Project, wants to move the building to property owned by the River Hills Community Association.

There, they hope to renovate it into a community center for public meetings, events and a small museum telling the history of the Lake Wylie area, something it hasnt had since Duke Energy closed its visitors center, Long said.

Long said moving and renovating the schoolhouse will cost less than building a new structure, and it will save a piece of Lake Wylies history.

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Six years after Hurricane Katrina forced a small Lakeview church to rebuild from scratch, its members have done so in a way few other congregations have matched, creating an ambitious, environmentally green building that embodies the congregations very theology. With the arrival of Earth Day 2012, the members of Community Church Unitarian Universalist of New Orleans have a tight, bright church of 4,200 square feet designed from day one to consume as little fossil-fuel energy as possible.

And now comes something like a certificate of success: Marchs electricity bill from Entergy totaled $48.83.

The Environmental Protection Agency says the Lakeview congregations new home is the first house of worship of its kind in the country.

The Unitarian Universalist rebuilders in Lakeview are the spiritual and ethical heirs of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and the 19th century New England Transcendentalists.

Famously liberal and pluralistic, big-tent Unitarian Universalism describes itself as a creedless religion devoted to seven broad ethical principles. Generally, the denomination celebrates human dignity, equality, peace, social justice, democracy, the right to conscience and each individuals search for truth.

An old joke Unitarian Universalists tell on themselves: Why did the Unitarian Universalist cross the road?

To support the chicken in its search for its own path.

But another unifying principal and the underpinning for the Lakeview church is respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

We have in this congregation people who want to walk the way they talk, said the Rev. Jim VanderWeele, the pastor of Community Church since 2002.

They do believe were depleting the ozone layer, and if thats not a point of jeopardy for people now, it will soon be so. We believe its important for everybody to reduce his carbon footprint.

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NAMPA -- A Nampa church built more than 100 years ago has a for-sale sign out front. The sale includes a full block (just over two acres) with several historic buildings.

Saint Paul's Catholic Church and School has grown over the years and now is building a new church. With that move, the parish is selling its current property for $2.4 million.

The current St. Paul's church building dates back to 1910. The inside has beautiful, historic reminders of the church's past: Stained glass windows, statues, and original pews. But the historic nature of the building means a lot of maintenance.

"The sewer pipes actually rotted out because they were so old," Dan Jones, St. Paul's Business Manager, said.

In addition to maintenance issues, Saint Paul's has a capacity issue. If they want to expand, there isn't much room. They already have four masses each Sunday (two in Spanish).

"The capacity [in the church building], according to fire code, is 550 or 600. If we want to expand, if we want to have more people involved, we can't put them in here. We're splitting by the seams," Jones said.

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17-04-2012 05:12 The day after Easter, 2012, Swarthmore Presbyterian Church started to dismantle its Chancel and aging Pipe Organ and then rebuild the worship space and install a new organ. So what happens to the church services during this time? Discover a vibrant church family worshiping three times on Sunday - Early Worship at 8 AM in the chapel - a bible study and discussion service with lots of participation among members and guests. - A NEW Church-Family Worship at 9 AM in the chapel - young, old, with children or not: this new service has a different pace and excitement. Notice how well received this was - the chapel was JAMMED even on this first Sunday with this service! - The more "Traditional" Service at 11 AM in Fellowship Hall. The congregation used to have services in Fellowship Hall during the summer until the sanctuary added air-conditioning. Notice the excitement on the parts of the members and guests as they leave this service even as they look forward to the return to the sanctuary once the construction is completed. This video is a small part of a year-long documentary project by Charlie Seymour Jr showing the reconstruction and expansion of the SPC Chancel and the dismantling and installation of a new pipe organ. To find out more about the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, go to Learn more about Charlie at http

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Easter Sunday service inside the Paradise 2nd and 3rd Ward chapel was the last for the landmark stone building.

Next month, the 133-year-old church in the center of town will be leveled to make room for a new chapel that will serve nearly 1,000 Latter-day Saints in southern Cache Valley.

The pioneer-era church is one of the oldest Mormon chapels in Utah and, according to church historians, exhibits the uncommon craftsmanship employed by early settlers. The limestone rock chapel, completed in 1877, features architecture and construction techniques shared by earlier LDS churches and temples.

Some of these early-settler builders had worked on the Nauvoo temple, and could have naturally incorporated their knowledge of temple architecture into the design and construction of the new rock church, said Garth Norman, a contract archeologist for the LDS Church. It is said the pioneer rock church in Paradise was being built to last forever, assuming the 28-inch-thick stone walls would endure.

Generations later, they have. Norman said there is no evidence of cracking in the buildings hardened limestone walls.

Its likely construction on the Paradise chapel began in 1876 with the placement of four large cornerstones. The practice, says Norman, has both practical and theological ties.

In the temples, these stones were dedicated to Christ, the chief cornerstone at the southeast corner and offices of the priesthood at the other three corners, all reaching out to administer the restoration of the gospel to the world, he said.

Dig deeper and youll find other connections that Norman says link the Paradise building to some of the earliest church architecture. The length of the original rock church, for example, is twice its width the same design used for the largest room of the Nauvoo temple.

With so much history built into the Paradise church, top leadership carefully considered preserving the enduring structure.

Hyrum Stake President Steve Miller, the top ecclesiastical leader over the four wards in Paradise, said the churchs First Presidency was even in on the conversation to save the building, but ultimately decided to build anew.

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