Directors of the Camp Seggie ministerial team for a number of years, resigned. Their terms were years of unparalleled growth. in 2005, 150 attended the first ever organized winter programs and there were 850 registrations for the summer camps. The continued effort of the energetic Camp Board, supported by First Baptist and the PEI Baptist Camp Association, will see this energetic outreach ministry operate well into the future.

Noticeable in the sanctuary on Sunday mornings were increasing numbers ofSpanish and Asian members. Kind and loving people who had recently moved to Prince Edward Island, in some cases escaping difficult times in their home countries, they became a contributing part of this community and chose First Baptist to be their church.

The year 2006 marked the 170th anniversary of Charlottetown Baptist Church’s origin, and there were still "firsts” being established. On the first day of January, 90 year old Charlie Scranton was named the church’s first Honorary Lifetime Deacon. A few weeks later, at the annual meeting, Gloria Atkinson officially tendered her resignation as organist. She had been by far the longest employee in the church’s history, starting as the first Christian Education director in 1960, church pianist in 1974, and then organist for 28 years. A special Sunday service of tribute and a luncheon was held for her shortly after retirement, in appreciation for service that spanned the entire lifetime of the current church building.

Our intention in the compilation of this story was to detail the history of the church. To document all members, received either by baptism, letter or experience, would be a publication in itself. We have not noted all committees Adaluz&Rafae/Cierra or events and used names only as they FirstSpanishmembersofFirstBaptist applied to the sequence of the story. AnnMa‘Nel'wm Many hundreds of others, not noted, have played major roles in this story, and their contributions are well preserved in minutes and annual reports. If we have missed known facts, or details, it is only because they were not made available to us through our countless hours of research. No doubt the reading

of this story will stimulate memories and bring out new information that we wish could have been included. All

new findings should be filed and preserved with our information on the Charlottetown Baptist Church, now situated in the Provincial Archives.

The story of the Charlottetown Baptist Church will continue on, but at this point in timethe narration ofthis era had to

cease, if it was to be documented.

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