To celebrate the 30th anniversary of St. David\u2019s Episcopal Church congregation, church historian Wesley Martin put together a book entitled The Little Church that Could, but now, the addendum he\u2019s writing will have be titled The Little Church that Tried, because St. David\u2019s is closing. The last service will be held July 26, with Bishop Thomas Shaw in attendance. After the service, the church will be deconsecrated and sold.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a heartbreaking end to the little white mission church built by the congregation 13 years ago after searching for a permanent home for its first 26 years. The church\u2019s mission was to bring new members to the church, but membership has stayed at about 25 since the beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a very small congregation, but everybody does things, everybody helps,\u201d\u009d Diane Williams, the congregation\u2019s senior warden, said as she sat in the pews of the empty church one sunny day.<\/p>\n