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A Parish of the Diocese of Quincy in the Anglican Communion Network of Dioceses and Parishes in North America.
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Welcome to Christ Episcopal Church, Moline!
Sunday Services
7:30 A.M. – Holy Eucharist
10:00 A.M – Choral Eucharist
10:00 A.M.- Church School
(September through May)
8:45 A.M. -Adult Education Hour
(September through May)
We are located in Northwest Illinois, in one of the Quad Cities, where “the River Runs West”.
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Christ Episcopal Church History
Christ Church is over 100 years old, and the congregation still worships in the original building
that was dedicated on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 1895. Planning for the church had
begun
in the 1850's when Moline was a fledging community. Episcopalians worshiped first in family
homes and
later in other denominations' churches. Then in 1868, the small congregation formed
a building
committee and organized as St. Paul's Church. Apparently money was not available and
the
construction of St. Paul's remained an unfulfilled dream.
In 1891, some 60 people met with Bishop Burgess in the Diocese of Quincy and organized a
mission church. They called their first priest, Father Robert Hewitt, to conduct services. A year
passed, and
Father Hewitt,
perhaps tired of waiting for action on the new church, resigned.
Undaunted, the small congregation called
Father Laurence Sinclair to serve. The next four years
were devoted to fund raising. Finally, a lot was
purchased, and a simple frame building, 35 feet
wide and 75 feet long, was constructed. The church was
named Christ Episcopal Church.
Within ten years a rectory was acquired, the vestry was added, and a
parishioner donated a magnificent rose window.
In 1948, major renovations took place. The frame exterior was bricked, a bell tower was
constructed, and
an apse was added behind the original altar to provide more room for the
choir and celebration of Communion.
In 1981, the need for a parish hall was addressed,
and Savage Hall, named for a long time priest at Christ Church,
was dedicated. When the
parish hall became inadequate for the congregation's needs, a new parish hall was
constructed to replace it. The new Savage Hall was dedicated in 2003. Christ Episcopal
Church is committed
to remaining a downtown church fulfilling the hopes and dreams
of its forebears as well as ministering to the
community and sharing the word of God.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree,
and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead; and for many days he appeared to
those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, this he has fulfilled to
us their children by raising up Jesus.
-- Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 13
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