From Florida-
It began with the visit of a woman named Lucy Boardman, who stepped off a sailboat in a river town called Melbourne and cheerfully offered to buy a small plot of land to help build what would become Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
The year was 1886. By that Christmas, the church of early pioneers rose out of the thicket of woods that bracketed the south side of Crane Creek.
After two moves and countless prayers during sweltering Florida summers, the congregation is set to celebrate the church’s 125th anniversary.
“The church is actually a little older, but we’re celebrating the building of the chapel. That chapel is the oldest continually used building in Melbourne. We still hold services in that building,” said the Rev. Steve Easterday, spiritual leader of the church and its 1,200 members.
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http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111021/NEWS01/310210022/Holy-Trinity-Episcopal-Church-firm-faith-125-years?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News
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