WE HEAR THE SOFT AND GENTLE SOUND 
     
     OF THY PRECIOUS VOICE WITHIN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WE PRAY THE TIME FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE, 
     
     MAY STIR YOU TO FULFILL, 
     
    

    
     THE CALL TO WORSHIP IN GOD’S HOUSE, 
     
    

    
     AND STRIVE TO DO HIS WILL. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GRACE LINDQUIST RIZZO 
     
     22. PLANNING AND BUILDING THE MIMINEGASH CHURCH HALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first time that the Rev. Stewart B. Russell mentioned the startling new idea 
     
     of the possibility of a New Church Hall for the Miminegash United Church was on 
     
     June 15, 1981 during a research and study trip which he and Warren W. 0055 made 
     
     to the Archives, Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Previously, Rev. 
     
     Russell had also mentioned the possibility of securing the use of the Ebbsfleet 
     
     School which was no longer in use. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Projections of population changes and growth indicated to Rev. Russell not 
     
     only the potential for new members among the many young families in the 
     
     Miminegash —— St. Lawrence area, but also the future demand for more Sunday 
     
     School space and facilities for the many young people and children. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Miminegash Church 
     
     Building on August 23, 1981, plans for the New Church Hall began to move rapidly. 
     
     On Friday, September 11, 1981, the Rev. Stewart B. Russell informally announced 
     
     among the members of the Miminegash United Church the definite possibility of an 
     
     addition to the church. Such news, after one hundred years of relative serenity was 
     
     slightly earth-shaking in the quiet community of St. Lawrence and the surrounding 
     
     countryside. A preliminary meeting of the church officers of the Miminegash 
     
     Church was held in the church on September 14, 1981 with the following people 
     
     present: The Rev. Stewart B. Russell, Robert E. Maclnnis, Ross MacKay and Alfred 
     
     Smith. During the meeting, the type of building, construction, costs, insulation, 
     
     foreman of construction for supervision, government help, volunteer labor, and 
     
     donations of materials were discussed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On September 21, 1981 a Special Meeting of the Miminegash United Church 
     
     congregation was held in the church to consider the possibility of building a church 
     
     hall. There were twenty-one people present at the meeting which opened with prayer 
     
     at 8:00 pm. with the Rev. Stewart B. Russell as chairman. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fenton Shaw opened the discussion with a presentation of figures projected for 
     
     the proposed building. The first motion was voted to apply for a Canada Communi- 
     
     ty Development Program grant. The second motion was voted to create a Building 
     
     Committee of five people. The final motion was voted to appoint the following 
     
     people to the Building Committee: Ronald Costain, Robert E. Maclnnis, Eleanor 
     
     Murray, Jock Rix, and Russell Mclnnis. Allan Shaw was selected to act as an ad- 
     
     visor in any contacts to be made with government agencies. Robert E. Maclnnis was 
     
     chosen as chairman of the Building Committee. 
     
    
   
   
    
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