A new building is not always the way to go. And in this case it comes with benefits not originally sought.
Mt. Harmony, a church founded in 1876, is now home to more than one congregation.
One fills a church roll with about 125 names, and is predominately African-American Methodists who travel in from Charlotte, Fort Mill and Gastonia for a 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. service.
The other includes about 35 guests, predominately older, white Episcopalians from Lake Wylie who show up at 8 a.m.