WZZM13.com |Jan 08, 2021
In January, 13 ON YOUR SIDE profiled the church s window issues and financial needs to get them fixed. Pastor Tucker says after the story aired on TV and circulated online, donations really picked up. After the story aired, over a 3-week span, we took in around $9,000, Pastor Tucker said. That got us to a place where we could pay to have only the window on the west end of the church repaired this year.
Once that project was completed, the church would have to start over from scratch and raise another $45,000 so the east window could be restored.
They re falling down | Fennville church needs financial miracle to save stained-glass windows
Built in 1931, two stained-glass windows in Ganges United Methodist Church are in danger of falling due to age. The church is fighting to find $89,000 for repairs. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 6:21 PM EST January 8, 2021
FENNVILLE, Mich. Two giant stained-glass windows inside a landmark Fennville Church are in danger of falling because the wooden frames that have secured them for 90 years have weakened, and with the cost for repairs being twice the church s annual budget, the small congregation is hoping for a miracle. We really noticed the frames were separating, said Pastor Marcia Tucker, who has led worship services at Ganges United Methodist Church since 2014. We knew something had to be done.
GANGES TWP. — It might take a Christmas miracle, but the congregation of Ganges United Methodist Church is determined to save two stained-glass windows that are in danger of falling as the frames holding them weaken.With a price tag of $89,000, the cost to replace the frames and secure the two windows, original to the 1931 church building, is approximately twice the church s entire annual budget."Needless to say, we don t have that kind of money in the treasury," said Pastor Marcia Tucker.