Woodland Rustic Resort  Minocqua Wisconsin  1916

Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Nashotah, Wisconsin

Founded in 1842 as a mission to the frontier, Nashotah House is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion of Churches, providing theological education for prophetic, priestly, pastoral and servant ministries, concerned for the proclamation of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, the mission of the Church in the world, the salvation of all people, and the worship of Almighty God.

First Chapel and Old Blue House   Nashotah Mission

 Nashotah Mission Current Patch

Early Diagram of Nashotah Mission

Nashotah Depot Nashotah Wisconsin ca1900

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Grace Episcopal Church   Chicago Illinois

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  Grace Episcopal Church was established in 1851 by parishioners of Trinity Church. The present Grace Church represents the second oldest church in Chicago and is at its sixth location. The first Grace Church, described as a "little wooden box", was located at the corner of Dearborn and Madison Streets. The Rev. Cornelius F Swope served as the first rector until 1854. At what is now East 8th Street and Wabash Avenue was the next location of Grace Church. It was there that the "Golden Era" of Grace was begun in 1859 by the installation of the Rev. Clinton Locke as rector. This period of social, theological and civic excellence lasted until 1915 when a fire destroyed both the church and chapel of the third Grace Church at Wabash Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets. The damaged parish house was repaired by the parishioners under the leadership of the vestry and the rector, the Rev. William Otis Walters. It served as a place of worship for the congregation for the next ten years. 

The fourth Grace Church at 1450 South Indiana Avenue was formally consecrated in 1929. Its work was dedicated to the benefit of St. Luke's Hospital. The Rev. William T. Travis's rectorship was a period of renewed growth for the church and a considerable number of Chicago's Loop business men and women were involved in both Grace Church and the work of the hospital. In 1966 the fifth Grace Church was dedicated at 33 West Jackson. The decision to move to the Loop renewed the Church's historical dedication to the business people of the City and began an era of ministry to the Loop community. 

The present Grace Church and Community Center, GracePlace, was opened in December, 1985, at 637 South Dearborn Street. The Rev. William L. Casady, rector from 1979 to 1989, led the move to the Printers' Row location and spearheaded the acquisition and renovation of a former commercial building. Following plans by the architectural firm of Booth Hansen, the building was converted into a unique, award-winning loft-sanctuary on the second floor, with the large open hall on the street level to be used for church and community affairs. 

In the mid-80's, the Dearborn Park area was changing and growing into a neighborhood. Another small Loop parish, Christ the King Lutheran Church, in its search for space, began sharing the facility. In the years since, many other faith communities have shared, or are sharing, facilities with Grace Church in GracePlace.

Grace's current Rector is Ted Curtis, the 19th to serve this church. 

In 2001 Grace Church celebrates 150 years of witness and service to the near south side of Chicago!

The following institutions / ministries have been birthed by Grace Church over her history:

St. Luke’s Hospital (1864 – present  as part of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's)
The Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy (1983 – 1994 – now merged with Loyola University's Center for Ethics)
GracePlace Community Center (1983 – present)
Central City Housing Ventures (1987 – present)

St Paul's Episcopal Church  Cleveland Ohio

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, organized downtown on 26 Oct. 1846, later followed its parishioners' migration to the suburbs. The parish organized at the American House Hotel, with 45 members and Gideon B. Perry as the first rector. Services were held in rented rooms until a frame church was built on the southeast corner of Euclid and Sheriff (E. 4th) streets in 1848. This building burned before completion, and the entire city contributed to the construction of its brick Gothic rep    placement, opened in 1851 and consecrated in 1858. As the area became more commercial, St. Paul's sold the site and met in temporary quarters until a new church at Euclid Ave. and Case (E. 40th) St. was completed in 1876, in time for the first services there on Christmas Eve. Designed by Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit, the Victorian Gothic building was faced in Berea sandstone and could seat 1,000. Sited in the center of the fashionable "Millionaires Row," the church became identified with the district. Several churches started from St. Paul's, including Emmanuel Church (Episcopal), (1876), St. Philip the Apostle (1894), Christ Church (1909), and Grace Church, South (1869).By the 1920s, due to population shifts, the vestry elected to move to Cleveland Heights, joining with St. Martin's parish. A new building, designed by the Cleveland firm of Walker and Weeks, was begun at the corner of Fairmount and Coventry roads in 1927. The parish hall was erected in 192728, the 125' tower in 1929, and after many delays and changes the church was completed in 194951. The style is an adaptation of English Gothic idioms. The building has been twice enlarged since 1951. A pre-school wing was added in the mid-1950s and the 6,000 sq. ft. South Wing was completed in 1991. In addition, St. Paul's renovated and remodelled the Parish Hall and named it Tucker Hall in 1983, in honor of the Right Rev. Beverly D. Tucker†, Bishop of Ohio in the 1930s and 1940s. The downtown building was sold in 1931 to the Cleveland Catholic Diocese and rededicated as St. Paul's Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament. Several noted clergy have served the parish, including Dr. Walter R. Breed†, Dr. Theodore H. Evans, and Dr. Chave McCracken. Additionally, 2 curators of music at the Cleveland Museum of Art have served as organist/choirmaster: Wlater Blodgett† and Karel Paukert. In 1995 the 2,200 member congregation was served by Rector Nicholson B. White. St. Paul's will observe its 150th anniversary in 1996 with a year-long series of special observances and projects.

St. Paul's Chuch is another of Cleveland's one-hundred-year-old-plus churches. The parish was first founded in 1843; this classic Art Nouveau building took 15 years to build with construction completed in 1860.
St Pauls Episcopal Church, (216) 451-8115, 15837 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 44112

St Paul's Episcopal Church   Cleveland Ohio

St Paul's Episcopal Church   DeKalb  Illinois

The roots of the Episcopal Church in DeKalb County begin in the late 1850's with the ministry of the Rev. Warren H. Roberts, who was rector of St. Peter's Church in Sycamore and held services in neighboring communities, including DeKalb.  In February of 1876 the Bishop of Illinois, the Rt. Rev. William E. McLaren, received a petition for the establishment of the mission of St. Paul's in DeKalb which he granted.  The Rev. William E. Toll was appointed priest-in charge (he was also the rector of St. Peter's in Sycamore).  The first church building, consecrated by Bishop McLaren in 1881, was erected on a lot in the 300 block of South Second Street.  The second church building, built in 1909, was funded in part by a large donation from Mrs. Alida Young, a faithful member of the church.  The cornerstone was laid by Fr. Toll, who was by then archdeacon of the diocese (he was elected the first suffragan bishop of Chicago in 1911).  The original building was turned 90 degrees on the lot and used as a parish meeting hall.

Christ Church  Episcopal  Waukegan Illinois

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St Andrew's Episcopal Church Grayslake Illinois

The first Episcopal service in Grayslake was held on October 20, 1907. Seventy people attended the service, which was officiated by The Rev. William E. Toll, the rector of Christ Church, Waukegan. Fr. Toll, who later became suffragan bishop to the Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, traveled through Lake and McHenry Counties with his horse and buggy, ministering to people in small towns and rural areas.

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Alter St Andrew's Church   Grayslake Illinois