Canada: Trying to build up the congregation

Saturday September 25th, 2010
SANDRA DAVIS
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL

SAINT JOHN - Two decades ago, up to 600 parishioners would pack St. Luke's Anglican Church for Sunday service - today, there's about 100 to 120 between two Sunday services, says Rev. Eileen Irish, rector of the Parish of Portland, St. Luke's Anglican Church.

Irish has been encouraging Anglicans to come back to church this weekend as she and ministers across the country mark Back to Church Sunday this weekend.

"People are searching for spirituality, which we all are at some point in time, and I believe it's the church where you can find that spirituality of God," she said. the rest