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times was the new philosophy the church adopted and it seemed to work well. Chabot was very conscientious about bringing the service to Schreiber. Every Sunday evening he made a trip in from Marathon and service was held at St. John's. The people supported him and the church as best they could and, for awhile things remained much as they had been. A church without a rector cannot meet all of the needs of its parishoners however and eventually some of the people began to drift away. The average service in 1968 saw some 30 adults in attendance but by 1972 this number had dropped by 1/3 and when the Reverend Chabot left the Schreiber ministry in the spring of 1973 it was down even further. No one came to take over the weekly services and it fell to visiting priests to celebrate communion on a monthly basis. This continued through 1974 until the coming of the Reverend George Quibell to Nipigon-Red Rock. He took up the Schreiber ministry and once again the parish had clergy visits on a weekly basis. About twenty faithful attenders came out every Sunday and St. John's struggled on through 1974 and 1975. Increasingly Lay Readers took more and more of the responsibility for the church. Dave Stephens and Vic MacKay celebrated Morning and Evening Prayer and this, coupled with the work of George Quibell kept St. John's going. The Reverend Inshaw returned periodically and the odd visiting clergy rounded out the roster of celebrants. Life in the church went on! The people of the parish kept busy too. The ACW were active and a variety of fund raisers and special projects were held during these years. Those who attended the church supported it financially and slowly the financial picture of the parish improved. Finally the day arrived when the people of St. John's felt they could approach the bishop about a resident for the church again. He didn't say no! Their financial picture had improved. They had kept the church alive and relatively healthy through the lean years. The parish was officially placed within the realm of the Nipigon-Red Rock parish and in May of 1978 the Reverend Tim Delaney came down for service. Things continued as they had been but there was a sense of change in the air. Delaney liked the parish and the parish Sl. John's Anglican Church - 26