tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post1545919833455799912..comments2024-03-30T00:33:32.285+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: What are the limits to our imagination?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-29052205425755011452012-05-16T06:52:51.602+12:002012-05-16T06:52:51.602+12:00"The church for sale is a Methodist church. B..."The church for sale is a Methodist church. But quite a large one. I think my one and only visit to it was to hear (John) JONAH Spong speak."<br /><br />FIFY. Explains why it was closed, I guess. <br />Not big enough for a temporary cathedral?<br />MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-3337021063102593182012-05-16T02:49:56.030+12:002012-05-16T02:49:56.030+12:00It seems to be propped up all round with what look...It seems to be propped up all round with what looks like some rather recent and substantial wood buttressing. But it looks large, and rather pretty. You might find an iron frame under all that wood [there is certainly a typical iron roof and fittings], and I suppose it depends on what the surveyed state of that is. If in good condition the frame was probably designed in kit form to assemble and disassemble.<br /><br />That if the community would let it be moved. They seem rather attached to it.Pageantmasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-49671248813710237642012-05-15T20:44:29.580+12:002012-05-15T20:44:29.580+12:00So, by virtue of that particular preachment, this ...So, by virtue of that particular preachment, this church not likely to be used by some Christchurch people. They might want to have it 'cleansed'. I can imagine the Nelson congregation might offer it at a very low price.Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-73827866363509858312012-05-15T17:00:42.703+12:002012-05-15T17:00:42.703+12:00No doubt there are other precedents but here are s...No doubt there are other precedents but here are some pictures of the Kelburn Presbyterian Church ... which now sits very happily some 60 kilometres north of where it used to be and is Waikanae Presbyterian Church instead.<br /><br />See it before and during the move<br />http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/photogallery19/page2.html<br /><br />See it as it now is using street view here:<br />http://www.zenbu.co.nz/entry/1152986-otaki-waikanae-presbyterian-church#<br /><br />Sold for $1 and the knowledge it went to a very good home!!!<br /><br />MargaretAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-14948807692019628412012-05-15T12:45:38.608+12:002012-05-15T12:45:38.608+12:00No, Ron. Nelson Cathedral is made of marble blocks...No, Ron. Nelson Cathedral is made of marble blocks and concrete.<br /><br />The church for sale is a Methodist church. But quite a large one. I think my one and only visit to it was to hear John Spong speak.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-35130567488888980762012-05-15T11:46:19.155+12:002012-05-15T11:46:19.155+12:00It's not Nelson Anglican Cathedral by any chan...It's not Nelson Anglican Cathedral by any chance, is it Peter?Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com