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Emmanuel Episcopal Mission, Garrett, altar ca 1930, First Presbyterian Church
12019-08-21T07:46:14-07:00John David Beatty85388be94808daa88b6f1a0c89beb70cd0fac252327161Emmanuel Episcopal Mission, Garrett, altar ca 1930, First Presbyterian Churchplain2019-08-21T07:46:15-07:00John David Beatty85388be94808daa88b6f1a0c89beb70cd0fac252
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12019-07-27T13:44:26-07:00Emmanuel Episcopal Mission, Garrett (defunct)13plain2022-08-11T11:18:41-07:00Emmanuel Episcopal Mission was founded in 1885 under Bishop David Buel Knickerbacker in an attempt to bring the Episcopal Church to DeKalb County. For a time it was served by a missionary who also had charge of Trinity Mission in Kendallville. The mission closed in 1899 when it had only 14 people. The priest, the Rev. Thomas B. Kemp, filed his final diocesan report before retiring.
Under Bishop John Hazen White, the mission revived for a short time between 1905 and 1920, and a lot was purchased but no building constructed. The acting minister serving Kendallville usually conducted one service a month at Garrett. For a time the services were held in First Presbyterian Church, but the congregation never had a building of its own. The diocesan trustees ordered the sale of the property in 1919. A year later the Rev. Duncan Weeks attempted to revive the mission, and it struggled on through 1924. In 1928 and again in 1939 there were further attempts, all failures.
