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The first wedding in the little church was that of Miss Paula von Gohren and W. W. Jenks on October 24, 1891. The interior of the church was not completely finished, but the Chancel and one panel on each side had been finished for the occasion.
Each panel in the little church represented a different entertainment. As money accumulated materials were purchased and building began. When material ran out work stopped until another entertainment brought in funds to purchase more material.
In 1898 the Waveland Church property was authorized to be sold, the proceeds to be used for a church in Bay St. Louis at some central location. In 1903 the Trustees of the Diocese reported the payment of $600.00 received from the sale of the church property at Waveland to Charles T. Cowand, W.J.Chapman, and Eugene Roberts, a committee of Christ Church.
On May 8, 1901 Christ Church was admitted to the diocese as an organized Mission under Rev. N. Logan. The next year the Rev. Irenaeus Trout became Missionary on the Gulf Coast, residing at the Bay. The Baptist Church in Cedar Rest Cemetery was rented or services held there until 1903 when Rev. Trout, having moved to Gulfport and Dean Logan again being in charge, the Baptist Church was given up and services maintained regularly in the little Chapel of Christ Church at Cedar Point.
On March 15, 1905 the Trustees of Christ Episcopal Church, and by instrument signed by members of the congregation, conveyed to Mrs. Elizabeth A. F. Harris the lot of land which had been purchased from Mrs. Alexander Lamy, but not to include the church house which was to be removed within ten days from that date to another location. (Book A-9» page 444, Hancock County Deed Records.)
On March 30, 1905. Lot 1 (beach lot) east of Front Street and the eastern 150 feet of Lot 2 on the west side of Front Street of the Plan of Partition of the lands of D. R. Carroll, deed., were conveyed by Charles G. Moreau and Walter J. Gex to the Rt. Rev. T.D.Bratton,
L. Brame and W. S. Hamilton, Diocesian Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Chnrch. (Book A-9. page 407, Hancock County Deed Records.)
Shortly thereafter the church was moved on rollers down Boardman to Dunbar Avenue, down Dunbar to Carroll Avenue and a more central location at the corner of Carroll Avenue and North Beach, easily accessible from all parts of the Bay and much nearer Waveland. The first service in the little church at its new location was on Whitsunday, June 11, 1905.
With the church at its new location other families were added to the membership rolls, including Miss Jennie Hunter, the Jenks, Lilius, Delamain, Harris, Horton, DeMontluzin, Crawford, Pepperdene, Miss Armide del Bondio, Penrose, Pitcher, Williams, Briggs, Weston, Wlsner, Thurston, Firsching, and jtognan families.
On June 17, 1908, Mrs. Caroline West Chapman and Mrs. Katherine S. Worsley, as Trustees for the Ladies Guild of Christ Episcopal Church, purchased from Mrs. E.A.F. Harris a lot of land on Carroll Avenue near Second Street to build a rectory. (Book B-8, page 114, Hancock County Deed Records.) The first occupants of the new
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