The move to Auburndale was not without controversy; parish by-laws at one point stated that Messiah would always be in West Newton, but as with many small mission churches of the era, property prices were tantamount in choosing a location.
Services begin the next year, and in 1907 the chapel is moved and attached to the church (now serving as a parish hall).
Harry Beal (later Missionary Bishop of the Panama Canal Zone) serves as rector during World War I.
Wood was very active in youth leadership, organizing one of the first Young Peoples Fellowship groups in the Episcopal church.
Richard McClintock, rector from 1938 to 1951, led the parish through the challenge of rebuilding the church during wartime; he builds the current high altar himself just before the first Eucharist, out of wood that survive the fire.
The rectory next door (sold in the late 1980s) is purchased a month before the fire (and is mortgaged to pay for the pipe organ).
Frederick W. Rapp, formerly an assistant at St. Paul’s Cathedral (and a Baptist minister before then), served at Messiah during the post-war boom.
A large parish hall (now rented as a daycare center) was built in 1952 with room for the basketball team, a stage, etc., and a Youth Director is hired.
During Lowe’s tenure Messiah at first continued to thrive, but slowly entered a period of decreasing membership, particularly during the last 15 years.
The rectory was sold in 1988, and Brookline Infant Toddler Center (BITC) began to rent the parish hall in 1998.
In 2003, Paul West, a parishioner and former UCC minister, along with several others, began “Parishes in Partnership" and several local small churches joined PIP.
At a Charles River Deanery Assembly held in September 2012, the Parish of Messiah was awarded a House of Mercy diocesan grant in support of its outreach ministry "Women and Children in Need," also known as "WIN," whose goal is to organize fundraising and outreach during key seasons in the liturgical and calendar year: Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
John Clarke was appointed priest-in-charge from 2001–2003, guiding Messiah through its transition and healing time, including the composition of a parish profile and the start of a search process.
Suzanne Colburn began serving as interim priest directly afterwards; her last day was Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 2012.
The parish celebrated its 140th anniversary on November 20, 2011, Christ the King Sunday, with a special Eucharist and singing of the hymn "Auburndale."
The children of the parish found the cornerstone laid in 1944 by Henry Knox Sherrill, Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, and Rev.