By ELISA SAND, Staff Reporter 07/14/2010
THE INTERLAKES Seventh Day Adventist Church has closed. Members of the congregation voted three weeks ago. The building will eventually be put up for sale. (Photo by Elisa Sand)
A local church with roots that date back to 1882 has dissolved.
Members of the Interlakes Seventh Day Adventist Church decided to close effective three weeks ago.
The Rev. Don Johnson said that the decision was made because the congregation had gotten so small.
"We hated to see this happen," he said. "We're at six to eight members."
Johnson said that most of the youth in the congregation have grown up and moved away, leaving a primarily elderly congregation.
According to the "History of Lake County" book, the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Madison was established in 1882 and held services first at Herrick School before constructing its first church building in 1884. There's no record of the first location. The current church, located at N.W. 3rd Street and Grant Avenue, was built in 1907 and expanded in 1923. A 1968 remodeling project lowered the roof, added the brick exterior and installed new pews.
Johnson said the church will be put up for sale and local members plan to attend nearby Seventh Day Adventists churches in the region.
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Source: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20440740&BRD=1302&PAG=461&dept_id=181987&rfi=6
THE INTERLAKES Seventh Day Adventist Church has closed. Members of the congregation voted three weeks ago. The building will eventually be put up for sale. (Photo by Elisa Sand)
A local church with roots that date back to 1882 has dissolved.
Members of the Interlakes Seventh Day Adventist Church decided to close effective three weeks ago.
The Rev. Don Johnson said that the decision was made because the congregation had gotten so small.
"We hated to see this happen," he said. "We're at six to eight members."
Johnson said that most of the youth in the congregation have grown up and moved away, leaving a primarily elderly congregation.
According to the "History of Lake County" book, the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Madison was established in 1882 and held services first at Herrick School before constructing its first church building in 1884. There's no record of the first location. The current church, located at N.W. 3rd Street and Grant Avenue, was built in 1907 and expanded in 1923. A 1968 remodeling project lowered the roof, added the brick exterior and installed new pews.
Johnson said the church will be put up for sale and local members plan to attend nearby Seventh Day Adventists churches in the region.
.
.
Source: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20440740&BRD=1302&PAG=461&dept_id=181987&rfi=6
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