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On August 1st, Anne Liis Keelmann “stepped into a new decade” as she put it and decided that in lieu of birthday gifts for her 70th special day, she asked her guests to contribute a monetary donation to support St. Peter’s Estonian Church instead, because it is the right thing to do.
Anne Liis has worked in various capacities, passionately being involved in almost all aspects of Estonian society. She is the president of Eesti Selts, an active member of her Sorority Filiae Patriae, a member of the Estonian Central Council, a member of the Estonian Businessmen’s club, and now a member of the St. Peter’s executive council.
A lot of misinformation about our congregation and Council has appeared in Eesti Elu and the Estonian World Review. The Council of St. Peter’s church wishes to clarify its actions and the decisions which have been taken to solve the congregation’s financial problems.
We emphasize that Council has had no discussions nor has it any connection with the International Estonian Centre (Keskus).
The most egregious lie about our community is that we are disappearing, writes Reet Marten Sehr on social media. At the same time, St. Peter’s church has seen its attendance to plummet to no more 8 – 10 parishioners in church on any given Sunday. We should separate fact from rumour and concipiracy theories says Ms Sehr in her post.
At the Toronto St. Peter's Estonian Church's Congregational Meeting on September 27, 2020, the St. Peter’s Board told its members that the congregation’s church had to be sold, as the congregation/church was approaching imminent insolvency. That proclamation has proven false, as two and a half years later the church is still standing, and will continue to stand, although two underlying problems remain. First, the stale St. Peter’s Board has had no changes, though its ELCIC constitution requires three resignations each year. In addition, the ‘worldly’ minister does not appear to be committed to saving ‘wrong track’ souls in Toronto, as his other interests, such as political ambitions in Estonia, appear to have his greater attention.