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St. Agatha's Episcopal Church
St. Agatha's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic ECUSA, Episcopal church located at 144 Circle Drive, in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, DeFuniak Springs, Florida in the United States. It is a contributing property in the DeFuniak Springs Historic District. History In the late 1880s, the Rt. Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed, Edwin G. Weed, third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, found three families of Episcopalians when he visited DeFuniak Springs and from that nucleus St. Agatha's was born. The first baptism was in 1890 in a private home. Construction of the church building began in 1895. At Easter when the women of the mission wanted services in the unfinished church they asked the men of the church to read Morning Prayer (Anglican), Morning Prayer. The men refused stating that the church had not yet been consecrated and no men in the parish had yet been licensed as lay readers to conduct services. The women took matters into their own hands. They decked the lath tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Agathas Episcopal Church Circa 1915
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