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Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott: Today as we leave this house of worship, accepting that it will be removed and replaced, may we feel a sense of fulfillment and completion and be able to depart in peace, said Elliott, looking intently at some of the tear-stained faces of his congregations 60 members, according to The Star. Everyone was asking me if I was sad about the move but I told them I wasnt, Anthony said. It was time to look onto the future and From her usual spot on the last pew beside the centre aisle, 88-year-old Lily Anthony watched as Rev. Bill Elliott stood below the pulpit and declared the deconsecration of their century-old congregation. The day was Dec. 31, 2012, the last time members of Glebe Presbyterian Church gathered in the midtown church where Anthony had been baptized, married and laid her husband to rest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.