Guild of the Charlottetown Baptist Church broke into a number of smaller fellowship and mission groups. The Dorcas Group was dedicated to being a blessing to anyone or any activity in the church that needed aid or assistance. First Baptist found their next Senior Pastor in Rev. Frank E . Locke, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Truro, Nova Scotia . Frank Locke and his wife Barbara moved to Charlottetown and began duties on August 1,1983. Dr. Murray Armstrong left the pulpit at First Baptist after Easter and returned with wife Janet to a life of retirement at their home in New Brunswick . Dr. Armstrong , in his few short months filling in as senior pastor, brought a slightly tense congregation back to reality and made a lot of new friends who were truly sad to see him leave. He lived another 17 years, passing away at St. Andrews , New Brunswick , in 2000. During the summer the church ratified a deal on with the PEI Baptist Camp Board, that would settle operational concerns for the next decade. Despite this positive move there were a couple of sad notes. One was that three loyal church officers; Andrew Bagnall , Nelson Good and George Lewis , who all played leading roles in the building of the new church in 1959, passed away. Another was that one of the church's bus ministry vehicles had traveled its final mile. There was a problem with "change" in the mid 1980s, and with people and technology moving at such a rapid pace, something almost had to happen. For example, at a general meeting in 1983, just prior to Dr. Armstrong 's departure, a number of report items were presented to members. There were a few present who objected to these reports because some of them involved a "change in thinking". Clerk Norman Dallin , reporting on the meeting, noted, "Yet, there are a few in our midst who seem intent on impeding God's progress, and opposing every effort, and who, at times, succeed. These persons I leave in God's hands." The reports in question required approval at the annual meeting, and Dr. Armstrong started things off by objecting to the changes being in the reports and asked that they be deleted, and a few others supported him. This raised some hackles and those who wrote the reports would not alter them. They felt they were simply stating what had happened, noting that: "There are some who are objecting to any changes, and the level of commitment is low in a large portion of our membership". It was debated for some time and when the motion was called to accept the reports as printed, it was defeated 34-28. The actual references to change were rather insignificant, and not worth documenting, but we mention the issue to indicate there was feeling on both sides, to any reference to new thinking. This was a classic example of changing times and how some were moving with it and others were not. Change has always been difficult to contend with because it is not always construed as progress, especially in a 147 year old church. To some, change is scary and to others it is not understood and is threatening. Living in a fast paced society it is expected that changes in fundamental thinking occur, and no matter what anyone thinks, it is going to happen. The responsibility of the church must always be to make it happen within God's biblical rules. What was changing in society, was changing in the church. Music was changing, formats were changing and customs and attitudes were changing. Some were adapting to the changes while others were fighting every indication of it. It was evident that those who objected to change were locked into the teachings and habits of their youth. Very few ladies now wore hats to church. Pastors no longer wore stiff white us