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1895 - 1935 The Missionary Years
During a period of prosperity from 1895 through
1905 the church was renovated and ten stained-glass windows were
added.
Departed Children
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The two chancel windows were memorials. One was to the
"departed children of the church"
and the other
donated by Mrs. T. S. Gibbs in memory of Minnie, Anna, and Ella
Gibbs. Three of the other windows were donated in memory of
Minnie Avery, Charles Church, and George McCreedy.
Guild Hall 1908
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In 1903, Mrs.
Elizabeth H. Gibbs gave five hundred dollars for a Guild Hall.
The building was of frame construction containing one large room
with a small stage and two rooms in the rear. The completed cost
was $1,400. This hall is still in use after many other
renovations.
The record of St. Paul’s during the years 1906
through 1916 is mainly that of a succession of missionaries. In
1916 St. Paul’s was under the charge of Reverend R. S. Nash of
Belding. No permanent priest was appointed to Greenville through
1935; the church was served by lay readers from Grand Rapids.
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