Newspaper Article

Membership dwindles at historic Norwalk church

Nickerson, John

2006

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Of the 500 Methodist churches in the New York Annual Conference, which includes western Connecticut, the Hudson River Valley and Long Island, about one church per year is closed, [Pastor Dennis Winkleblack] said. \"Hopefully, in the next year we will come to a decision as to what we are going to do,\" said Winkleblack, who took the part-time job after lay leaders decided not to pay a full-time clergyman to supervise the church's affairs. Winkleblack, who is also part-time assistant to Jeremiah Park, resident bishop of the New York Annual Conference, said this was the first time in more than 100 years that the church has not had a full-time pastor. [Elaine Deysenroth] and Winkleblack said a merger agreement with another church is still possible, but [Brec Morgan] remains doubtful.

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• موضوع: Deysenroth, Elaine / Lee, Jesse / Morgan, Brec / Winkleblack, Pastor Dennis