Change arrives at Advent
By Janie Nelson
DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER

This Sunday will be the last that members of some families will worship together at the Episcopal Church of the Advent.

The church's minister, the Rev. Robert Coon Jr., nine of its 12 vestry members and around half the congregation are breaking from the Episcopal Church and forming a new church, Holy Cross Anglican Church.

Departing church members will begin holding services at a temporary location on Martin Hurst Road on Ash Wednesday.

“We have families that are splitting up,” said Coon. “Parents, sons, daughters, grandchildren.”
The split, which has been in the works for several months, comes with both emotional and financial challenges.

But, he said, he saw no way around it. The rest