From The Spokesman-Review, by Pia Hallenberg:
The congregation at Mission Community Presbyterian Church at 2103 E. Mission Ave. will hold its last service on Sunday.
Church membership has dwindled. About 50 years ago there were 150 children in the church’s Sunday school. Now, with barely 40 members left, the congregation decided earlier this fall that it was time to close the 103-year-old church on the corner of Mission and Crestline Street.
“We have an aging congregation. I don’t know how many deaths we’ve had in the time I’ve been here,” said the Rev. Lucille Gump, who’s been with Mission Community Presbyterian for five years.
She expects congregation members will spend some time visiting other churches looking for a good match.
“It’s not like everyone is going to one other church,” Gump said.