{"id":50,"date":"2021-05-05T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpaulsportdover.ca\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:13:05","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsportdover.ca\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50\" class=\"elementor elementor-50\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9174b07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9174b07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a2db7b\" data-id=\"1a2db7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565b59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"565b59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49fb702 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49fb702\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9445731\" data-id=\"9445731\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857422b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"857422b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1847 the Anglican community in Port Dover was gifted land for the building of a church. Four years later with donations coming from as far away as the United States and England, St. Paul\u2019s opened its doors to the faithful who had previously been gathering to worship in stores and homes.<\/p><p>St. Paul\u2019s steeple became and remains to this day, a beacon of hope for returning fishermen. Over the years, St. Paul\u2019s has withstood two fires. The most recent, in 1965, resulted in extensive damage to the chancel area, destroying both the organ and the stained glass window over the altar. Two years later, with renovations completed, the church re-opened, displaying a new pipe organ and a new stained glass window.<\/p><p>In 2021, St. Paul\u2019s was honoured to receive and dedicate, <em>The Fishermen, a<\/em> new stain glass window, prominently positioned above the main entrance<em>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-097c843\" data-id=\"097c843\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d9439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41d9439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsportdover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/History.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-167\" alt=\"History\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsportdover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/History.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/stpaulsportdover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/History-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1847 the Anglican community in Port Dover was gifted land for the building of a church. 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