Read about - Westminster Presbyterian Church
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the church should acquire the property. In August 2000 the<br />
Session recommended the purchase of the property, on the<br />
grounds that it would enhance options for future growth. At a<br />
special meeting of the congregation on October 22, 2000 the<br />
congregation approved the purchase. The closing date was<br />
February 12, 2001, with a purchase price of $277,900. Following<br />
the closing, the church continued to offer the property<br />
for rent. When Stephen Carl was called to <strong>Westminster</strong><br />
<strong>Church</strong> in 2004, he and his family occupied the house until<br />
they purchased a home on Greenview Drive in 2005. Following<br />
the Katrina and Rita hurricane disasters in 2005 that left<br />
so many homeless, the Session voted to invite a hurricanedisplaced<br />
family to occupy the then vacant house. A Housing<br />
Task Force was formed and in December 2005 a family of six<br />
moved into the house.<br />
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