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Where there’s a will, there’s a way.<\/div>\n

A small group of passionate, like-minded people are working together to bring back a big enough congregation to allow St. John the Baptist Anglican Church on Ravenscliffe Road to reopen for the summer months.<\/p>\n

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According to Marie-Louise Bechtold, the people’s warden, the group petitioned and received special permission from the Anglican Church bishop to re-open its doors to the public for a one-month trial. Last Sunday was the first service held there since the church officially closed last year, as the dwindling number of people who attended the church regularly could no longer support it financially. This is a common trend that the smaller, historic churches have been facing in the area for some time. Back in June, it was announced that the tiny Utterson church would be going up for sale, \u201cending an era from pioneer stock to the present.”<\/p>\n

The trial period is strictly intended to determine if there are enough people attending St. John’s regular Sunday services to bring in the money that is required to keep it open throughout the summer. Tomorrow’s service begins at 10 a.m. and anyone is welcome to attend.<\/div>\n
\u201cThis is very tentative and unless we’re able to meet the expenses outlined by the bishop keeping the church open is not viable,\u201d said Bechtold.<\/div>\n
She added that the approximate cost to keep the church open for one month is $2,000. That amount includes insurance on the historic building, hydro, propane, and a fee that is paid to the acting minister.<\/div>\n
\u201cThose costs add up,\u201d she said. “We hope to get enough support from the people in the community so that it can stay open for the summer until Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/div>\n
A long-standing tradition of the church has been its annual barbecue. This year’s will take place on Thursday, July 26 beginning at 5 p.m. Bechtold is hoping for an epic turnout considering the trial period. The church continues to be an iconic landmark of Ravenscliffe Road. It has sentimental value to many local residents, as it was their ancestors who helped erect the building more than 100 years ago.<\/div>\n
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The bishop has heard our voice. This is one last opportunity for us to come together and come to worship and put our energy in and see what we can do.<\/div>\n
– Marie-Louise Bechtold<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bechtold indicated that a transitional team has been looking at the older Anglican churches in the Muskoka diocese and deem which ones are in dire need of repair and will ultimately face closure. St. John’s continues to be a sound structure, as a $100,000 renovation revamped the building not even 10 years ago. Because the Town of Huntsville owns the church cemetery that surrounds the historic church, it cannot be sold and the Town continues to maintain the grounds.<\/p>\n

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Bechtold said that there has been a drastic decline in all denominations in the Muskoka area and that is the reason why so many of the smaller, historic churches are facing closures. The numbers just aren’t helping bring in the money that is required to keep them open. There’s not the same attitude toward Sunday church as there was 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

Back in March of last year when talk had been circulating about the possibility of the church closing, some of the congregation opted to travel to the tiny Christ Church in Port Sydney to attend Sunday services. However, Bechtold said, the merger with that church \u201cdidn’t work out very well.”<\/p>\n

Ruth Binks will attest to that. She has been a long-time supporter of St. John’s Church, as her grandfather was once the church priest. She has been vocal in her stand against the church closing and thought it was ridiculous people were asked to drive to Port Sydney to attend Sunday services. She stands firm on her belief that \u201cyou can’t make big decisions without careful consideration” and called the church closure \u201clack of good, plain, ordinary thinking.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is potential there,” Binks said of St. John’s. “I do believe Christianity is a need for most people, individually and as a community. It would take a great deal of hard work to get the people of Ravenscliffe to go back to the church, mostly because there are many new citizens of the area. But many of them do have small children. If there are, as the town planners told me, 200 households within a mile and a half of the church, that number shows there is a need and should be a church for the people.”<\/p>\n

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