Christ the King, Huntington, reception, 25 March 2018
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Adapted from Christ the King's website: http://episcopalchurch-huntington.org/
Episcopalians first organized a church in Huntington under the leadership of Bishop David Buel Knickerbacker on 19 May 1884. The Rev. William Naylor Webbe, rector of Trinity Church, Fort Wayne, conducted the first known service. Calling the diocesan mission Christ Church, its lay leaders included T. A. Carhart, warden; David Moriarty and George Moses, vestrymen; C. R. McCullough, secretary and treasurer; and Mrs. Carhart, assistant treasurer. In spike of a promising beginning, the mission struggled to continue with a dwindling membership. The Rev. William Burk and the Rev. Otway Colvin, both of Trinity Church, Peru, conducted occasional services. The surviving parish register of this first congregation contains records from 1884 to 1898 with some gaps. In 1900, Archdeacon Torrence reported to the diocese that Huntington has “a neat little church,” but no services had been held for more than a year. For a time, the building was rented to a Quaker meeting. By 1902, after regaining control of the building, various supply clergy held services on alternate Sundays, and the diocesan building commission held a mortgage of $283. The following year the archdeacon reported a leaking roof. It was repaired, but the mortgage remained unpaid until 1904. From 1913 to 1918, James A. Baynton, the archdeacon, held services, but they would cease after Baynton left the diocese.
In the 1920s, the mission of Christ Church was reconstituted under the rector of Trinity Church, Peru, as well as the diocesan archdeacon, the Ven, Joseph Gubbins. The Rev. George Jewell, a missionary at Hartford City and Kokomo, also held services, but they were discontinued with the onset of the Great Depression. From 1938 to 1939, the Rev. Raymond M. O'Brien held services, followed by the Rev. Clarence Reimer and the Rev. Philip Shutt, but the mission closed in 1943. These services had been conducted in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers building on Market Street.
On September 11, 1949, several Episcopal families formally petitioned Bishop Reginald Mallett to establish a new mission church at Huntington. The Rev. David Reid of Marion arrived and held services in Engineer’s Hall. The response was strong enough for Reid to continue weekly services, and eleven people were confirmed on November 6, 1950. After receiving approval for diocesan mission status, the congregation purchased a house for $8,000 at 904 Jefferson Street and converted the downstairs into a chapel, with another house at 916 Jefferson Street becoming a vicarage. During the tenure of the Rev. John T. Russell from 1952 to 1954, the congregation officially adopted a new name, Christ the King. Upon his death in 1984, Russell left the church $5,000 in his will, which was applied toward purchasing the present organ.
On July 18, 1958, the congregation purchased the Ayres home, a large Victorian house at 1224 North Jefferson Street, and converted it into a chapel. The first service in the new location was celebrated on September 7, 1958. The present crucifix, now located in the baptistery, was then located at the altar.
In 1976, Bishop Walter Conrad Klein requested that a new building be erected that more befitted a church. Choosing to remain at 1224 North Jefferson Street, the congregation demolished the Ayres house and built the present A-frame edifice. Ground was broken on November 25, 1968, and the cornerstone was laid on August 9, 1969, with the Rev. Ian Schlotterbeck as vicar. In the cornerstone, the congregation placed a copper box containing a cross, a Holy Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, a record of the founders, and the original church petition, which listed the 24 founders of 1949. The new edifice was dedicated on December 7, 1969. In March 1970, the present Christus Rex was hung on the east wall for Easter. It was hand-carved by woodworkers in Oberammergau, Germany, as a gift from the Morrett family.
In the summer of 1969, a new entrance and baptistery were constructed as a first phase of an expansion plan. As the congregation continued to grow in number and faith, Christ the King became a parish of the diocese in 1994. Construction of the parish hall with five classrooms took place in the spring of 2001.
B. P. Runkle (deacon), 1884
William Naylor Webbe, 1884-1885
William Burk, 1885-1886
Otway Colvin, 1891-1894
George Torrence, 1900-1902
James A. Baynton, 1917-1918
Joseph Gubbins, 1920-1921
George Jewell, 1921-1929
Raymond M. O'Brien, 1938-1939
Clarence Reimer, 1940-1941
Philip Shutt, 1942-1943
David A. Reid, 1949-1951
Hugh Neil Barnes, 1951-1952
John Tennyson Russell, 1952-1953
Horace L. Varian, 1954-1956
Carl Richard Bloom, 1957-1960
John Ralph Ansell Patston, 1960-1965
Rodney Wells Jarchow, 1966-1967
Ian Schlotterbeck, 1968-1974
Peter D'Alesandre, 1976-1980
John Miles, 1982-1984
Jack Clark Bliven, 1984-1985
Curtis Evans Ross, 1987
Margaret Ann (Griggs) Harker, 1993-2004
Monroe Richard Miller, 2005-2014
Theodore Neidlinger, 2014-
Christ Church Parish Register, Huntington, 1884-1898
Episcopalians first organized a church in Huntington under the leadership of Bishop David Buel Knickerbacker on 19 May 1884. The Rev. William Naylor Webbe, rector of Trinity Church, Fort Wayne, conducted the first known service. Calling the diocesan mission Christ Church, its lay leaders included T. A. Carhart, warden; David Moriarty and George Moses, vestrymen; C. R. McCullough, secretary and treasurer; and Mrs. Carhart, assistant treasurer. In spike of a promising beginning, the mission struggled to continue with a dwindling membership. The Rev. William Burk and the Rev. Otway Colvin, both of Trinity Church, Peru, conducted occasional services. The surviving parish register of this first congregation contains records from 1884 to 1898 with some gaps. In 1900, Archdeacon Torrence reported to the diocese that Huntington has “a neat little church,” but no services had been held for more than a year. For a time, the building was rented to a Quaker meeting. By 1902, after regaining control of the building, various supply clergy held services on alternate Sundays, and the diocesan building commission held a mortgage of $283. The following year the archdeacon reported a leaking roof. It was repaired, but the mortgage remained unpaid until 1904. From 1913 to 1918, James A. Baynton, the archdeacon, held services, but they would cease after Baynton left the diocese.
In the 1920s, the mission of Christ Church was reconstituted under the rector of Trinity Church, Peru, as well as the diocesan archdeacon, the Ven, Joseph Gubbins. The Rev. George Jewell, a missionary at Hartford City and Kokomo, also held services, but they were discontinued with the onset of the Great Depression. From 1938 to 1939, the Rev. Raymond M. O;Brienb held services, followed by the Rev. Clarence Reimer and the Rev. Philip Shutt, but the mission closed in 1943. These services had been conducted in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers building on Market Street.
On September 11, 1949, several Episcopal families formally petitioned Bishop Reginald Mallett to establish a new mission church at Huntington. The Rev. David Reid of Marion arrived and held services in Engineer’s Hall. The response was strong enough for Reid to continue weekly services, and eleven people were confirmed on November 6, 1950. After receiving approval for diocesan mission status, the congregation purchased a house for $8,000 at 904 Jefferson Street and converted the downstairs into a chapel, with another house at 916 Jefferson Street becoming a vicarage. During the tenure of the Rev. John T. Russell from 1952 to 1954, the congregation officially adopted a new name, Christ the King. Upon his death in 1984, Russell left the church $5,000 in his will, which was applied toward purchasing the present organ.
On July 18, 1958, the congregation purchased the Ayres home, a large Victorian house at 1224 North Jefferson Street, and converted it into a chapel. The first service in the new location was celebrated on September 7, 1958. The present crucifix, now located in the baptistery, was then located at the altar.
In 1976, Bishop Walter Conrad Klein requested that a new building be erected that more befitted a church. Choosing to remain at 1224 North Jefferson Street, the congregation demolished the Ayres house and built the present A-frame edifice. Ground was broken on November 25, 1968, and the cornerstone was laid on August 9, 1969, with the Rev. Ian Schlotterbeck as vicar. In the cornerstone, the congregation placed a copper box containing a cross, a Holy Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, a record of the founders, and the original church petition, which listed the 24 founders of 1949. The new edicife was dedicated on December 7, 1969. In March 1970, the present Christus Rex was hung on the east wall for Easter. It was hand-carved by woodworkers in Oberammergau, Germany, as a gift from the Morrett family.
In the summer of 1969, a new entrance and baptistery were constructed as a first phase of an expansion plan. As the congregation continued to grow in number and faith, Christ the King became a parish of the diocese in 1994. Construction of the parish hall with five classrooms took place in the spring of 2001.
Clergy:
William Naylor Webbe, 1884-1885
William Black Burk, 1885-1886
George Davis Adams, 1888
Otway Colvin, 1890-1894
Willis Darwin Engle, 1897-1898
James Augustus Baynton, 1913-1918
Joseph William Gubbins, 1928-1930
George Arthur Peters Jewell, 1930
Raymond Mansfield O'Brien, 1938-1939
Clarence Charles Reimer, 1941-1942
Philip L Shutt, 1942-1943
David Reid, 1949-1951
Hugh N. Barnes, 1951-1952
John T. Russell, 1952-1954
Horace Lytton Varian, 1954-1956
Carl R. Bloom, 1956-1960
John Ralph Patston, 1960-1965
Rodney W. Jarchow, 1966-1968
Ian J. Schlotterbeck, 1968-1975
Peter D'Alesandre, 1975-1980
Arnold Hoffman, 1980-1981
John Miles, 1982-1983
Jack Bliven, 1984-1985
Curtis E. Ross, 1987-1993
Margaret Harker, 1993-2004
M. Richard Miller, 2005-2014
Theodore Neidlinger, 2014-