Our Mission

    Over the years there have been many projects to maintain and repair the  church. Some of the most notable were the repairs the foundation and the roof rafters that were completed in the early 1980s, new cedar shingles installed on the roof in the early 2000s and the repairs to the belfry that were completed in 2012.  

    Bob Kidder took on the task of rebuilding the foundation of the church which had sunk in several places.  He did this by jacking up the building with forty or so jacks and digging out the granite slabs that had shifted, pouring and reinforcing new footers and then replacing the granite the foundation. 

    In 2012, we asked Andre Garrand to look at the windows to see if he could repair  them since many of the panes had leaks around them from the mullions being deteriorated with age.  Andre took on the job of rebuilding and replacing the wooden frames and installing new glass where needed with the majority of the funding coming from a donation from  Mr. Kauffmann.  Today the windows are as good as new while still following their original design. 

    There have been many people and organizations that have helped us along  the way with either materials, labor, money and expertise but some of  the most notable were the contributions from the Stark Improvement Fund,  the Tillotson Fund and John Kauffmann.