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Immigrant 6;); Information Services \4/ ...In your community Connecting newcomers and immigrants to services and information! 6 Would you like to learn English? Our Outreach Team will be meeting with newcomers and immigrants at sites V .- Do you need help getting settled in Canada? IS DIABETES Do you want to know more about other services available in your community? u naeedfhelp DID YOU KNOW: Main St. church survived tough times The modern-day St. James Presbyterian Church was built in 1894, replacing a frame struc- turethatwaserected30yearsearlier.1hecongregation,whidistartedmeetinginahallon the Summitview school property, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. A series of weekend events kicks 03 next weekend. AMain Street church is celebrating its 150th year in Stoufi‘ville with a series of weekend events. St. James Presbyte- rian Church has invited its former ministers to preach at services dur- ing the four weekend cel- ebradons. Former members are also being invited to join in the celebrations. A pot luck dinner fea- turing a presentation on the history of the church, kicks things off Feb. 20. Rev. Don Muir. who now works at the national church omces in Toronto. will speak during Sunday morning service the next day. A dinner and his- ,, M,V,#_.,.-‘.~_-,__V- toric walking tour of the For many Imam, go neighbourhood led by to sfiamossmummwrg or call historian Ruth Burkhold- 9056403151. ‘Still Welcoming After 150 Years’ is the theme. Ministers, members returning for 150th er, who is clerk of session at St. James, are being planned’for May. A pig roast 'will take place in late September. The weekend of Oct. 23 and 24 will include a Saturday-night banquet at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. The church is at 6432 Main St., on the east- em edge of downtown Stoufl’ville. Kathryn Strachan is the minister at St. James. ‘Still Welcoming After 150 Years’ is the theme. St James started in 1859 as a satellite to Melville Presbyterian, a church in mral north Markham. Students from Knox 00le in Toronto conducted services in the Temperance Hall on College Avenue, on what's now the Summitview Public School slte in Stoufl‘ville. James Johnson, an ardent and wealthy member of the congegation. spearheaded the erection ofmeflrstStJames,aframe building on the present site, in 1864.The modem-day brick church replaced it in 1894. Over the decades, the congegation dwindled to 11 members atone point. survived a vote toloin other Christian churches and was part of a joint charge for many years. The congegation added two nelgibour- ing properties, Including its manse. Last year, it lnfialled a new chair-lift and other accessible equipment St. James is home to several community goups, including SparksJOPS and the Pathwa/splaygoupforpre-schoolers. 'Therearemanymemorleslnmewallsol this church:happytlmes,sedtlmes,large crowdeandverysmallconoeutlons; workbeestokeepthebulldlnfltlonts callingasapleceofworshlpandwlt- nessfwrotehlstorlan Ruth Bulrholderon sdamesetoullvllleorg Wealthy Presbyterian led church construction In 1864