Sanctuary Centennial Anniversary Service
Sunday, March 26, 2023 - 10:30 a.m.
Join us for a Service of Divine Worship with liturgy commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Sanctuary
and music for choir, soloist, congregation, trumpet, organ, and percussion.
The City of Clearwater will present A Proclamation Honoring Peace Memorial.
and music for choir, soloist, congregation, trumpet, organ, and percussion.
The City of Clearwater will present A Proclamation Honoring Peace Memorial.
Divine Worship for the Centennial Anniversary Service
a letter from our enhancement leadership
Long before the pandemic, an extensive structural and mechanical evaluation revealed issues in the Education Building. We voted to demolish the 1951 structure at a Congregational Meeting. In recent weeks, you have relocated furnishings, and assisted Peace Café transition operations to the Roebling Building.
With Peace at the heart of Imagine CLEARWATER, beyond the demolition of the Education Building, we have an opportunity to preserve our century old Sanctuary and revitalize our campus! – with your help, that is. Please peruse these pages to learn of plans to address accessibility to our administrative and worship facilities, refurbish the Sanctuary and Chapel interiors, rebuild the organ, enhance the overall appeal of the campus, including the possibilities of a columbarium and labyrinth, among others.
At the outset, the Task Force recognized the Biblical faithfulness of tithing, and the importance of a beyond-our-walls mission component. Ten-percent of all pledged income to the Centennial Enhancement Fund will be tithed in a concerted effort to engage our faith community in vibrant intergenerational outreach. These opportunities will be identified and defined through a series of Town Hall Meetings in the coming year.
The quiet phase of our Cherishing History Imagining Tomorrow Centennial Capital Enhancement Campaign has gone very well. Members of the Task Force have committed more than $400K to date. However, we need everyone to help reach our goal.
That’s where you come in. We are asking everyone to make a prayerful commitment, over two years, to make the revitalization of our Sanctuary, Chapel, and campus a reality. We hope every person will make a generous contribution to the Centennial Enhancement Fund in response to God, and for future generations.
Together, let us prepare for a new vision in a new century of Peace,
The Centennial Capital Enhancement Task Force
With Peace at the heart of Imagine CLEARWATER, beyond the demolition of the Education Building, we have an opportunity to preserve our century old Sanctuary and revitalize our campus! – with your help, that is. Please peruse these pages to learn of plans to address accessibility to our administrative and worship facilities, refurbish the Sanctuary and Chapel interiors, rebuild the organ, enhance the overall appeal of the campus, including the possibilities of a columbarium and labyrinth, among others.
At the outset, the Task Force recognized the Biblical faithfulness of tithing, and the importance of a beyond-our-walls mission component. Ten-percent of all pledged income to the Centennial Enhancement Fund will be tithed in a concerted effort to engage our faith community in vibrant intergenerational outreach. These opportunities will be identified and defined through a series of Town Hall Meetings in the coming year.
The quiet phase of our Cherishing History Imagining Tomorrow Centennial Capital Enhancement Campaign has gone very well. Members of the Task Force have committed more than $400K to date. However, we need everyone to help reach our goal.
That’s where you come in. We are asking everyone to make a prayerful commitment, over two years, to make the revitalization of our Sanctuary, Chapel, and campus a reality. We hope every person will make a generous contribution to the Centennial Enhancement Fund in response to God, and for future generations.
Together, let us prepare for a new vision in a new century of Peace,
The Centennial Capital Enhancement Task Force
cherishing HISTORY
imagining TOMORROW
David Arthur Dunseith’s first sermon at then First Presbyterian Church of Clearwater took place one week before peace was declared in World War I. This undoubtedly accounted for this single-minded purpose to lead his growing congregation of 121 in the building of a large, noble edifice dedicated to the worship of God and to the ideals of world peace and to the brave soldiers who lost their lives in this effort.
Session minutes dated March 24, 1919, indicate how quickly Dr. Dunseith acted toward that end. By November 10, 1920, Franklin Adams, noted Tampa architect, had been contracted to design the structure. The cornerstone was set in 1921.
– Michael L. Sanders, A Hundred Years at Peace
Session minutes dated March 24, 1919, indicate how quickly Dr. Dunseith acted toward that end. By November 10, 1920, Franklin Adams, noted Tampa architect, had been contracted to design the structure. The cornerstone was set in 1921.
– Michael L. Sanders, A Hundred Years at Peace
