Woodstock Works to Save Historic Church Building


	Woodstock Works to Save Historic Church Building

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12-26-2008 2:07 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/567e4468-9099-425a-8899-405cfa4bf2bb/E5EDC228-B5FC-432D-A42A-FF485E5BF629/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101" href="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101" style="font-size: 11px;">www.columbusdispatch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.columbusdispatch.com/img/C656F25F-2B80-48ED-A9BE-8B4756935DF8" alt="<p>Tim Kemper surveys some of the damaged interior, below the stained glass from 1896, at the Unitarian Universalist church in Woodstock. Kemper is the second generation in his family working to restore the church, built before the Civil War in the village in Champaign County.</p>" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><DIV>Town aims to save its historic church</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101">WOODSTOCK, Ohio -- Tim Kemper's eyes well up and his voice gets a little softer 
when he talks about continuing his father's mission to save this town's old 
church.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><P>The Unitarian Universalist church, a landmark in this small community steeped in Civil War history, is in ragged disrepair. Debris loosened by a leaky roof litters the floor, and wall plaster is crumbling.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><P>But Kemper and the Woodstock community are determined to change that.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><P>"Somebody has to do it," Kemper said as light from the distinct stained-glass windows -- full of Civil War imagery -- hits his face. "I'm not in it for the glory."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101"><P>He's not alone.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/24/Civil_War_Church.ART_ART_12-24-08_B1_BMCB25R.html?sid=101">Woodstock, about 40 miles northwest of Columbus in Champaign County, has 316 
residents. As Kemper puts it, the church is "something we can hang our hats on." 
It's been a part of the community since 1844 and continues to host a small 
Christian congregation with less than 30 members</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E5EDC228-B5FC-432D-A42A-FF485E5BF629/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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