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‘By MOYRA BURNETT

No. one can: say. the
good | old-fashioned
church ‘‘work-bee’” ois

dead. The. “volunteer .

parishioners _
St.

restoring:
Andrew’ s' United

Church “in: North. Van- |

couver are living proof”
of exactly the op pposite.

The "wood and . “granite.
church at St. ‘George’ Ss and -
10th, with its tall spire and.

1912. At-that time it.was the .
centre of great activity’ and.
‘membership. was. large. . In-:
years to. come. ‘the . area
became less. populated as’
families moved to -newer™
homes—and the church fell

into ‘disrepair’ for. lack of.
funds.

In recent years, however,
the reverse became true.
With the- construction of:
highrises, -apartment build-
ings and duplexes, member-
ship once again began to
grow. To accommodate the

.various church and commun-

ity. activities, it became
necessary at one point to
build a new Christian Educa-
tis Guilding on adjacent
property; and it was more
and more evident something —
had to be done to save the

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“church building’ itself as well.

_ Lone ‘hours - spent asses-

work needing .to be:
done,
necessary ‘funds without -re--
Sorting to borrowing, and the
finding. of :-volunteers to do.
the actual work. resulted i ina
plan that: could very .well
have’ discouraged. the ‘repairs
ever, being made.

The roof. leaked, ‘the
interior needed to. be | pain-
ted, the pipe. organ - (with
tremendous potential) was.
inoperable, - many |

broken. leaded. windows were.
creating a tremendous heat.

loss, and. the building, foun-
dations were rotting.

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: Nevertheless, decision was

‘made to proceed with: the™
monumental task. Groups

within. the church’. geared more than 20 members of the

their fund-raising projects to
‘pay for roof repairs,. profes- .
sional painting of parts of the ©

church interior needing scaf-.’

folding, restoration of the

pipe organ and installation of |
new carpets.

-Volunteer work bees were:

organized which began = re-
‘placing: rotting foundations
with cement. footings, paint-
“ing lower portions of the
church interior and removing:
the ‘old carpets which had

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ments.

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been. cemented to ‘the floor.:

One problem remained—
‘the windows... Estimates ob-.
“tained indicated the cost to”
“them professionally -
repaired was far beyond the.
church’s budget, which by
now .was. strained to the
breaking — ‘point. Hardly
window in the building was
-without’ a break of - some.
--kind—the | playground next.

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By coincidence (or was it?)
a stained. glass artist trasfer-
‘red “membership | to the
church at the needed time
and, seeing the condition of .
the: windows, volunteered to.
teach. a group’ within. the
church : ‘to. do the necessary |
repairs. A work-shop was set |
-up-in the basement, amongst
the construction debris, and .

. congregation -embarked on
twice-weekly work ‘bees to
systematically remove, . re-:

pair and replace the win-
dows.

With a minimum of cut
and burned fingers, and with
a maximum ‘of enthusiasm.
and good fellowship, the
restored windows are taking
_on a new beauty which will
soon provide the finishing
touch to the church’s ambit-.
ious restoration program.

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