Peters' Anglican Parish Moving to Canonsburg

The Anglican Parish of Christ the Redeemer (formally ) will vacate its property at 905 East McMurray Road in on Thursday, May 31, and relocate to Canonsburg.

It will turn its property over to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The Rev. David Wilson, rector of Redeemer Parish, said the parish "holds no acrimony toward the new occupants of our former property.

"We wish them well and we hope they and their newly-elected Bishop Dorsey McConnell will faithfully contend for the faith as once delivered to the saints,” he said.  

St. David’s has a long history of leadership in the renewal and reformation of the faith, first through the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and now in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Anglican Church in North America, according to a church spokesperson. 

A split occurred in 2008 within the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, with some churches staying within the Episcopal Diocese and others joining an Anglican body and forming a new diocese to serve the area.

“As we look back, we can recall how God has blessed our efforts in the past and we have every confidence He will continue that blessing in the future as we strive to remain faithful ministers of his Word and sacraments,” Wilson said.  

The Rev. Don Bushyager, the associate rector of Redeemer Parish, whose family has been members for 30 years, said, “We have been facing into the reality that the courts awarded our property to the Episcopal Church and it no longer belongs to us—the people and parish that financed, built, maintained and cared for it over the years.

"Our parish moved to Peters Township almost 60 years ago and now we move on. We leave taking with us resolve to stand firm on the Word of God, to preach Christ and Him crucified, and to offer others the same grace we have received. 

"We are starting once again in a new place and in a new community. We are missionaries and we will take the gospel of hope to the lost and hurting people living in Canonsburg. And someday, we will return to Peters Township and leave to the good people of Canonsburg a strong, gospel-centered Anglican Church planted there.”

The first service at the new worship site will take place at Christ the Redeemer Parish, 120 East College St., Canonsburg, on Pentecost Sunday, May 27, at 10 a.m. 

On Sunday, June 3, the worship schedule will be a traditional service of Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and a family-oriented service of Holy Communion at 10:30 a.m. 

Childcare is offered at both services and children's ministry at the latter service. A contemporary Saturday worship service will be offered starting Monday, June 16. All are invited to join. For more information, visit christ-the-redeemer.com or call Wilson at 724-941-4060 until May 18. 

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