(I preached and lectured here many times. This is sad news)
Last night the tower of Christ Reformed Episcopal Church at 43rd & Chestnut Sts. in west Philadelphia (just off the campus of the U. of Penn.) completely collapsed in the wake of recent heavy rainstorms. This church was the flagship parish of the REC upon its formation in breaking away from the ECUSA in 1873, and for decades housed that denomination's chief seminary. More recently, it has run a very fine Christian school, and its onetime rector, The Rev. Geoffrey Huebler (sp?), served on the school board for the onetime parish school of St. James the Less that was forced to close after the adverse verdicts in its ongoing litigation with the ECUSA diocese made its future uncertain. Christ Church has also offered to provide SJL's congregation a place to worship for an indefinite period in the event that they should finally lose their parish property to the diocese.
Please pray for that parish and all its people.
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The Rev'd Dr. Peter Toon M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.)
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