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Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia, will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its church building tomorrow. Halifax Chronicle-Herald reporter Peter Duffy recently spoke with rector The Rev David Curry.
This venerable church turns out to be the only one in the town proper to have survived the great Windsor fire of 1897. By the time it was over, three-quarters of the community was in ashes. To this day, there’s debate over the cause of the conflagration.
According to David, the minister at the time was on his knees inside, praying his church be spared the flames. Meanwhile, outside, students from the forerunners of King’s-Edgehill School were busy pouring water on the roof.
Obviously, thanks to the power of both prayer and hosepipe, the building was spared.
The photo posted at right is dated 17 November 1997. To see a photo of the church taken in 1910, click here.
Tomorrow a special Holy Communion will be held at 10:30 am and, in the afternoon, the church will be open for guided tours and tea. (Unfortunately, I can’t make it.)
The church does not have a website, but Rev Curry maintains a blog here.
h/t for photo: e-mail from the See of Pisiquid.
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