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llen. It was Olk her husband's farm -
Tho Advance-TiMes marks an end of a familY tract!'
...,i,,,clato Van Camp. remembers "fr farm where it all began inbor-
:...bacit when the shods out be- rowed space in the 1860s.
hind.Trinity were used by the con- "This church is unique, You
gregati'On and Community to house have the family gatherings that you
• ,h�rses.:%The Men would take turns don't find elsewhere. But, if you
.01paotn# it out and a couple times a don't have young families in the
is' Year ,they would gather en masse to church to carry on, it makes it hard
.;.;)scrub.clown inside and out for the -for the older ones who are getting
fowl supper and church garden par- fewer, she said.
ties.• ..: In Trinity there are 17 members.
•- #Ithink the three sheds were Rev Vicars Hodge said about 12
used by all of the community," he . are active.
*said. And that would seem a natural , "And with such a few, when
occurrence with Trinity's central someone isn't here you sure notice
i location. . , it," Jean added. .
Clare said his first memories of - Ruth King began her worship at
• the church aren!t really church at :Trinity, even though she attended
all. He told a story of how the Rev- , St. Paul's for a stretch. She's been
erend Shore had a long beard, and ,. back at Trinity for the past few
as a young boy, Clare was int- - years. Her sister, Margaret Higgens
pressed with the facial adornment will miss the old church too.,
"I remember I used to pull on it," They've worshipped in the same
he added with a bit of a chuckle.- pew for 76 years. "It will be hard
He was the oldest of the six Van for her."
Camp children who attended Trill:. kf.,', 1 guess you could say I went the
ity. Today his own daughter Nancy circle too," she said in, an analogy
(Jardin) is an active member of the Of Trinity's connection to St.
congregation. Clare believes his Paul's. "But this has always been
great-grandparents worsliipped at Iry church." Ruth was baptized and
Trinity when it was still out in the fconfirmed here. Her mother has
Orange Lodge Hall on the Nethery been a member for 90 years:
Farm, south of Belgrave. If so, the ' And then there is Mary Isabe
family would be six generation Nethery. Perhaps for her the dos-
meriabers. ing will be most difficult. For over
"It means a big change," he said 23 years, Mary Isabel has been one
of the decision to close Trinity with Of the first down to the building,
a more sullen voice. "I put o lot of ',,setting the twin Ironeast stoves a.
thought and prayer into it. And I'm light to bring, in some physical heat
sure that was the feeling of the oth- 'to mesh with the spiritual warmth.
ers. My decision wasn't made until "It will be nice to sit back," she
I had heard from everyone." iaid. But one can tell by the way
He spoke of when he brought his • she frets with the one stove that
wife Gladys to their first service to- was alight on this morning it will
gether, and the impact the decision .-'be hard for Mary Isabel not to care
will make. for the fires.
"But. I feel it will be for the bet- , "The Church is caught in the vor-
ter of the other three churches tex of change, as the world swirls
(Brussels, Blyth and Wingham) and . around it. We have to find a way to
the betterment for .the parishion- keep up," Rev. Hodge said. The de-
ers." cision also weighs heavy on him.
And for daughter Nancy, a life- No One likes to see a church close,
time member whose sons represent he added, but "there won't be one
a definite fifth generation of the less Christian in the world. Just one
Van Camp family tree and possibly less building to maintain."'
sixth, the closing is a courageous And certainly this is net an An -
step.. . . • glican' problem. Churches world -
"I 0411 Miss (the cbarChqkcanse t wilifetk struggling to cIffer. spiritu-
ot the' heritage 'It's a part'o inc.' .uftunm ng a dramaticallyIt
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bit I think thachange will telioSi- ' - ngirig ' soCiety. Mainstream
• churches are gradually losing out to
She's warmed by the news that the "airport religions" and "drop -
the congregation of St. Paul's in in" churches with less tradition and
Wingham agreed to rename the broaden religious perspective.
church Si. Paul's -Trinity. , But is this a positive sign in so -
"That's a sign of welcoming, a ciety's quest for spiritual guidance?
gpod sign." • This is a question clerics ask daily.
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