{"id":43,"date":"2018-07-27T12:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.sanilaccomputer.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2018-09-11T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:50:59","slug":"church-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/church-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Church History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In 1889, a small group of men and women voted to organize the current Presbyterian Church of Croswell which was formally established in 1890.\u00a0 Property was purchased and the first part of the present church building was constructed which provided a place for the first worship service to be held on November 1, 1890.<\/p>\n

In 1919 plans for remodeling and expanding the church building were approved.\u00a0 A church building in a neighboring town 6 miles away was divided into two parts and moved overland on sled during the winter.\u00a0 The impact of this addition on the life of the community made it one of the most important events in the church\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The addition was called the \u201cCommunity House\u201d.\u00a0 It had a gymnasium floor with a stage at one end.\u00a0 This room was used for all home basketball games for Croswell High School as well as civic and high school drama programs which were presented on the stage.\u00a0 If a church ever existed to serve the community, First Church in that period had more impact on the community than at any time in the church history.<\/p>\n

In 1955 additional plans were made to again remodel the church which included facing the outside of the building with the beautiful stone.\u00a0 A basement was excavated under the building for two large fellowship rooms, a pastor\u2019s study, a kitchen and new restrooms.\u00a0 The excavation was done by a crew of church members using shovels and wheelbarrows! This work was the last major remodeling done on the building. \u00a0Regular maintenance work continues to be done, supervised by the Building and Grounds Committee of the Session.\u00a0 One of the most notable recent projects was the installation of air-conditioning making the church comfortable on warm summer days.<\/p>\n

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In 1889, a small group of men and women voted to organize the current Presbyterian Church of Croswell which was formally established in 1890.\u00a0 Property was purchased and the first part of the present church building was constructed which provided a place for the first worship service to be held on November 1, 1890. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/croswellpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}