New Horizons Baptist Church holds first Easter service since $3.8 million renovation – Halifax
Following a renovation process that expanded over the course of four years, the New Horizons Baptist Church held its first Easter service on Sunday since reopening.
Formerly known as the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church because of its location on the North-End Halifax street, the building which underwent a $3.8 million expansion was full of community members attending to see performances from the church choir, sermons, and a baptism ceremony.
Sherrian Garcia, an attendee of the church since he arrived in Canada from Jamaica in 2012, said although churchgoers were provided a temporary location as renovations were underway, it felt good