From the Queens Courier:The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 23 Sacred Sites Grants totaling $294,500 awarded to historic religious properties throughout New York State, including St. George’s Church in Flushing.
“You don’t have to be religious to understand that religious institutions contain some of our finest art and architecture. Many also provide vital social service programs and cultural activities that make significant contributions to their communities,” said Peg Breen, president of The New York Landmarks Conservancy.
St. George’s Church was pledged a $25,000 Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant for additional masonry on a wood steeple and spire restoration project atop the stone tower. The steeple was destroyed during a tornado in 2010 that touched down in Queens and Brooklyn.
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I thought that it was the swift wind
of over-development in Floo-shing
that took it down....
or Shulman cut the cheese and it toppled.
It's an Episcopalian church The Christian denomination with the most rapid decline in membership.
It's an Episcopalian church The Christian denomination with the most rapid decline in membership.
St. George's is doing fine - it has 3 congregations: one English-speaking, one Chinese-speaking, and one Spanish-speaking, all Episcopalian and all under one parish's umbrella. (And note that Hispanics and Chinese are not typically Anglicans.) They have trilingual services on special occasions, and their new Rector is bilingual (English-Spanish). Those congregations who have not reached out to new immigrants are the ones that have dwindling numbers.
AND IT'S A NYC LANDMARK!
Praise the Lord!
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