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| Title | A Grand Centennial for a Grand Church |
| Extended Title | Congregation celebrates its continuing evolution to meet downtown's needs in variety of ways. |
| Abstract | The Grand Avenue Temple United Methodist Church (205 E. 9th St., southeast corner of 9th Street and Grand Boulevard) was completed February 1912. It is the second church building that the United Methodist Church built in that location. Today the church is home to the "inderdenominational Lazarus Ministries, which provides clothing, meals, a health clinic, a library and a women's shelter to Kansas City's urban core. Many of the 200 or so worshippers at the Sunday service are homeless." Article gives some history of the building and church. |
| Author | Helen T. Gray
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| Photographer | Susan Pfannmuller
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| Date | February 7, 2012 |
| Source | The Kansas City Star |
| Location | Vertical File: Churches–Kansas City-Methodist–Grand Avenue |
| Page | A1, A7 |
| Subject | Anniversaries
Historic buildings
Methodist churches
City & town life
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| Local Subject | Grand Avenue Methodist Church
Urban Core
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 40118 |
