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--- church_of_the_new_dawn [2025/08/29 07:28] – created admin
+++ church_of_the_new_dawn [2025/08/29 07:35] (current) – [Gamma Age — “After the Ashes”] admin
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   * **Location:** Public Services Ring, [[arla_town|Arla Town]]
-  * **Address:** SE Public Services Ring Road 2
+  * **Address:** SE Public Services Ring Road 3
-  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to the [[arla_town_courier_station|Arla Town Courier Station]]
+  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to the [[john_hickensaw_s_practice|John Hickensaw's Practice]]
 The Church of the New Dawn was the only Christian church in the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]. Established in 2627 by the [[covenant_of_the_new_dawn|Covenant of the New Dawn]], it became the movement’s spiritual home and the only dedicated religious building on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]] during the [[beta_age|Beta Age]]. While local attendance averaged just 35 members from Arla Town, the annual Easter gathering drew nearly 170 believers from across all Free State settlements.
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 ===== Management =====
-The church had no full-time clergy. Pastors were elected by the Covenant members, often serving part-time while maintaining their day jobs. During Easter gatherings, multiple pastors from across the Free State preached in rotation, while lay members shared testimony and communal meals.
+During the [[beta_age|Beta Age]], the church was led by a full-time pastor, supported financially by Covenant members in Arla Town and donations collected during annual Easter gatherings. This pastor provided weekly services, pastoral care, and coordination for the wider Covenant network.
+For the Easter gatherings, multiple pastors from across the Free State joined in rotation, delivering sermons and sharing communal meals with the congregation. This reinforced Arla Town’s role as the Covenant’s spiritual center until the destruction of both town and church in 2629.
 ===== Architectural Significance =====
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 ==== Gamma Age — “After the Ashes” ====
-Today, nothing remains but charred stone footings and scattered alloy roof panels, half-buried in weeds. Driftwood crosses lean, forgotten, at the lakeside path. Pilgrims sometimes leave flowers or scraps of scripture at the ruin, but the Covenant has no church anymore — only private homes where whispers of prayer continue in secrecy. When fog drifts in from Lake Arla, the bell’s echo is said to ring again, though no bell remains.
+Today, nothing remains but charred stone footings and scattered alloy roof panels, half-buried in weeds. Driftwood crosses lean, forgotten, at the lakeside path. Pilgrims illegaly sometimes leave flowers or scraps of scripture at the ruin, but the Covenant has no church anymore — only private homes where whispers of prayer continue in secrecy. When fog drifts in from Lake Arla, the bell’s echo is said to ring again, though no bell remains.
 ===== Influence and Local Role =====
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 ===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
-  * [[covenant_of_the_new_dawn|Covenant of the New Dawn]]
+  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]]
+  * [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]
   * [[arla_town|Arla Town]]
   * [[lake_arla|Lake Arla]]
-  * [[poseidon_inn|Poseidon Inn]]
+  * [[covenant_of_the_new_dawn|Covenant of the New Dawn]]
-  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]] / [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]
+  * [[poseidon_inn|Poseidon Inn]]
   * [[great_war|Great War]]