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Summary
The Beaver Island Christian Church began on Easter Sunday in 1963 at the Harbor View Motel, according to a June–July 1970 Beaver Beacon history. For its first three years, services were held in the basement of the Beaver Island Medical Center and in summer at Holy Cross Parish Hall. The church was incorporated in 1966 and had purchased its present property by the time of the 1970 mortgage drive. The September issue reports that the drive had reached $2,093.80 toward its $3,000 goal, with the campaign scheduled to end on Thanksgiving Day.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified institutional record. The article does not give the exact Easter date, incorporation filing, property deed, denomination beyond its description as non-denominational, or evidence of later continuity.
Open questions
- What date and legal record establish incorporation and purchase of the present property?
- What records document the church’s later congregation, building, and status?
- Did the 1970 mortgage drive reach its $3,000 goal, and when was the mortgage formally retired?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June–July 1970, “Drive to Burn Mortgage.”Reports that the church began on Easter Sunday 1963 at the Harbor View Motel, met in the Beaver Island Medical Center basement and Holy Cross Parish Hall during its first three years, was incorporated in 1966, purchased its present property, and held a 1970 mortgage drive.
- Beaver Beacon, September 1970, “Fund Climbs.”Reports that the mortgage drive had reached $2,093.80 toward a $3,000 goal and was scheduled to end on Thanksgiving Day 1970; it does not establish the drive’s final result.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1971, “Thanksgiving Dinner.”Reports the church’s annual Thanksgiving potluck on November 25 for island residents without families nearby; it does not provide attendance totals, a complete membership list, or a separate building record.
- Beaver Beacon, May 1973, “Christening.”Reports a surprise Easter Sunday christening for Craig Allen Wagner as part of the church’s tenth-anniversary program; it does not provide a sacramental register or officiant.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1974, “Obituaries.”Reports that A. J. Roy requested memorial contributions to the Beaver Island Christian Church after Mable Roy’s death; it does not establish a completed donation, amount, or church ledger.
- Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “Obituaries” and “Christmas Bazaar.”The obituary again names the church as a memorial-contribution recipient after Mabel E. Roy’s death, and the Christmas Bazaar notice says Beaver Island Christian Church participated with the Ladies of Holy Cross Parish in offering handmade and homemade objects. Neither notice supplies a donation ledger, bazaar accounting, or parish register.