{"id":13657,"date":"2011-07-21T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=13657"},"modified":"2011-07-21T21:08:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T01:08:15","slug":"all-saints-sandy-hill-ottawa-may-be-for-the-chopping-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/all-saints-sandy-hill-ottawa-may-be-for-the-chopping-block\/","title":{"rendered":"All Saints Sandy Hill, Ottawa may be for the chopping block"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

July 16, 2011 \u2014 All Saints Sandy Hill is a parish of about 120 people, more than half of whom you will find worshipping together in our lovely sanctuary on a Sunday morning, and nearly half of whom are regular, generous, identifiable financial supporters.<\/p>\n

Now, in 2011, we are nearing a tipping point.<\/p>\n

The responsibility to maintain and improve our century-old building and hall, constructed for a congregation twice our size, is beyond the capacity of the congregation. Engineers tell us millions of dollars will be needed over the next decade to conserve our buildings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the desire to get on with our mission as an inspired and active Christian community in the heart of Ottawa has never been stronger. Therefore, the people of\u00a0All Saints Sandy Hill are in an active state of discernment.<\/p>\n

[\u2026.]<\/p>\n

Even in the face of these uncertainties, you may rest assured that it will be worship and action as usual at All Saints until Christmas, and possibly until
\nEaster 2012.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funnily enough, The Sandy hill congregation are currently meeting<\/a> in the recently vacated St. Alban\u2019s, left more or less empty by the ANiC congregation\u2019s recent departure – the result of an offer they couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n

Without the All Saints influx, the diocese has a lot less than 120 people with which to convince onlookers that they really needed<\/em> the St. Alban\u2019s building, yet the building in danger of closing is All Saints, not St. Alban\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Face Saving has become the sixth mark of mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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