Christ Episcopal Church, Woodbury, New Jersey Explained

Christ Episcopal Church
Location:Woodbury, New Jersey
Country:United States
Denomination:Episcopal
Churchmanship:Tractarian / Anglo-Catholic
Founder:The Rev. W.H. Norris
Dedication:1856
Consecrated Date:September 17, 1857[1]
Status:Church
Functional Status:Active
Groundbreaking:July 1855[2]
Completed Date:1856
Diocese:New Jersey
Province:Province II
Bishop:William H. Stokes

Christ Episcopal Church is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal church in Woodbury, New Jersey. Founded in 1854, the parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and a member of the Anglican Communion.

The parish was established by the first rector, the Reverend William Herbert Norris, at the direction of Bishop George Washington Doane; the church building was finished in 1856 and consecrated September 17, 1857. In 1911, a fire in the undercroft of the church nearly caused the loss of the building; during the fire the women of the church rescued the altar cloth, bible, and bishop's chair. The bishop's chair is still used for visiting bishops today.

The adjoining parish house was renovated in 2018. In addition to serving as the assembly room for coffee hours and parish meetings, in the 1930s and 1940s it also served as the performance space for the Woodbury Sketch Club.[3]

In 2020 the congregation reported 862 members, average Sunday attendance of 208, and plate and pledge financial support of $261,924.[4]

The church's pipe organ is M. P. Moller Opus 10523 (1969c) with eight ranks and two manuals. The previous installation was Hook & Hastings Opus 1747 (1897) with two manuals and 17 registers. The building includes stained glass by installed over two centuries from English and American workshops, with notable work by Paula Himmelsbach Balano (1877-1967), a German-American church artist working in a medium uncommon for women at the time of her installations. The sanctuary is designed to accommodate ad orientem liturgical celebration.

Clergy

  1. The Rev. William Herbert Norris
  2. The Rev. William E. Lewis
  3. The Rev. George M. Bond
  4. The Rev. Howard E. Thompson
  5. The Rev. Abram L. Urban
  6. The Rev. Malcolm Taylor
  7. The Rev. James O. McIlhenny
  8. The Rev. Edgar Campbell
  9. The Rev. Howard M. Stuckert
  10. The Rev. Robert G. W. Williams
  11. The Rev. The Rev. William V. Rauscher, Jr.
  12. The Rev. Douglas E. Anderson
  13. The Rev. Brian K. Burgess, now Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, Illinois
  14. The Rev. John D. Alexander SSC (interim)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christ Church - Church History.
  2. Web site: nj.com. April 14, 2017 . A sacred history: Here are 15 of the oldest churches in NJ . January 28, 2022.
  3. Web site: Sketch Club Players plan pop-up holiday show after exiting longtime Woodbury theater . November 22, 2019 . January 28, 2022.
  4. Web site: Explore Parochial Report Trends . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022.

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