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Deconsecration is a little-known rite in the church’s liturgy, explained Maurice Herndon, the senior warden at Trinity Episcopal Church, who also attended the service. It formally removes the blessing, or consecration, which is placed on the structure and the parcel of land when it becomes a church.
Often, the use of what was formally a house of worship for a secular pursuit is unsettling to people who have known the structure as a church. The ceremony of deconsecration, Mr. Herndon said, “eases the pain of the passing.”
Emmanuel was one of three Episcopal churches in the county serving Bromfield Parish. Of the three, only Trinity Episcopal in Washington survives.
St. Paul's Church in Woodville was destroyed by a tornado in 1929 and was never rebuilt. Only the cemetery and a monument commemorating the church remains. Emmanuel, in Sperryville, built in the country Gothic style in 1901. was last used as a church in 1957. Since then it has •■ -»at,- v«eant, awaiting resurrection' "
Finally, after more than 30 years, that second life arrived in the form of two Episcopalians, John and Judy Tweel of Springfield, Va.
The church was for sale by the Bromfield Parish for some time, according to Mr. Hobson. It was advertised for sale in the Rappahannock Neics and elsewhere. Bids were accepted for its purchase, and
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