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The effect of Paul Boëda’s resignation is recorded in a letter written by [[Bruce Sommacal]] (2/11/59), who was endeavoring to the best of his ability to maintain the Breaking of Bread meeting. “The young French Canadian Christians who had received very little teaching and had practically no experience in controlling the assembly, gradually fell into a spiritual slump until our numbers have been reduced most pitifully. The few that have remained are terribly discouraged and also very discontent.”
Meanwhile, the ousted group began meeting in homes but by November 1959 had returned to the Chapelle on Belvédère. By then, John Spreeman had moved to the area and, together with Mr. Berney, was lending a helping hand. Jim and Nancy Godfrey were also there at that time. Harry McCready was still in the picture until his fall from grace and departure from the work in 1962, yet another casualty, causing the city to become known as the “graveyard of French Canadian missions.”
By 1963, there was talk of getting rid of the building which all considered to have been a gigantic error. The following year we learn that a decision had been reached to keep it and proceed with repairs. Nonetheless, it was finally sold to the C&MA, an evangelical group in which Jean Heidman was by then serving as pastor. With the sale of the building in 1969, meetings continued at the YWCA on rue Holland. In 1973, operations were moved to the Berney home on Maskinongé in Sainte-Foy until the following year when the Maison Dompierre was completed. The ''Assemblée Évangélique de Sainte-Foy'' had now found its permanent meeting place.