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$1M Anonymous Donation To Keep Church's Doors Open
The gift means St. Lawrence Episcopal Church will not have to sell its downtown Libertyville church to help pay off debt.
LIBERTYVILLE, IL â A $1 million gift from an anonymous donor will mean St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Libertyville will be able to continue to preach in its 100-year-old building instead of selling it.
The church at 125 W. Church St., across the street from Cook Park, fell on hard times after adding an addition onto the church in the early 2000s. The church, which has about 80 households in its congregation, put the building up for sale in 2018 to pay off its debt, according to the Daily Herald.
After receiving the $1 million donation from a member who chose to stay anonymous, the church was taken the church off the market on April 30.
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"With the financial freedom this opens up, we are finally able to invest in the ministries that matter to most to us, to reach out to the community and share the joy and vitality that we have in such abundance," Rev. Kristin Saylor, rector of the old church located in downtown Libertyville, told the Daily Herald.
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