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Article: FABIUS BAPTIST CHURCH MARKS 200TH ANNIVERSARY; 200 YEARS AT FABIUS BAPTIST; LANDMARK CHURCH MARKS BICENTENNIAL SUNDAY.(Neighbors East)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2003
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Byline: Mike Fish Staff writer
For 200 years, the Fabius Baptist Church has been a centerpiece of the town.
FABIUS On Sunday, that centerpiece will be the focal point of a huge celebration, as church members and townsfolk gather to fete the church's 200th birthday with games, food and worship.
"We want to open this up to the whole community," said Mark Vilardi, one of the organizers of the celebration. "The history of the church is very much the history of Fabius and the whole community."
The church - one of three in the Fabius area - began in 1803 when a council of six ministers and nine lay members from the Baptist churches in ...