 A church in downtown Brainerd is in the process of moving across town to Baxter. The First Presbyterian Church is exchanging businesses or buildings, I should say, with the Halverson-Johnson Funeral Chapel on Excelsior Drive. The church is moving due to a decreasing number of attendees of their church and it can hold over 300 people. They worked out a deal with Halverson-Johnson who is in need of a bigger space to accommodate services for their patrons who are without a church home. The First Presbyterian is looking forward to a smaller space but it will be a huge change for the church that has had a home in downtown Brainerd now for over 100 years. The church has been here a long time, it has a long history in this location downtown. We have been on a block down here since about 1889 and so it's a struggle because people emotionally are connected to it. A lot of people got married here, had their kids baptized here and so it's just a change. The church will have its last service at the current location on Sunday, November 4th and it will hold its first service in their new location on Sunday, November 11th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.