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Episcopal Diocese
Dedicates 3 Bldgs.
The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is dedicating three new mission church buildings this month. These represent three different kinds of mission growth. The Rt. Rev. Robert Bf Hall, Bishop Coadjutor, will dedicate St. Paul’s-on-the-Hill, Winchester, Feb. 19, and the Church of the Creator, Mechanicsville, Feb. 22. The Rt. Rev. Robert F. Gibson, jr., Diocesan Bishop, dedicated the new building of the Church of the Messiah, Highland Springs, Feb. 5. The Church of the Messiah’s new edifice replaces a stucco building which seated 75. The growth of the area necessitab ed the $60,000 building which will seat 180. The Highland Spring^ mission started in 1920. St. Paul’s-on-the-Hill, Winchester, is the result of a study by the Rev. John A. Baden, rector of Christ Church, Winchester, and sometime Archdeacon of the Diocese, and laymen on the need for a new mission in no rt he a st Winchester.
The 200-year-old Christ Church bought the land and put up the building and is supplying the nucleus for choir and Sunday School teachers. Laymen from Christ Church canvassed the neighborhood to find unchurched families and to invite them to come to St. Paul’s-on-the-Hill. The Church of the Creator, Mechanicsville, was a venture in faith by the Department of Missions of the diocese.
The church was opened July 10 with no congregation. Now it has 122 baptized persons. The diocese recognized the growing needs in the Mechanicsville area and built a building in order to provide the facilities to meet the needs
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