On October 4, 1970, the Rev. Richard Morris, Vicar of Brooksville’s St. John’s Mission, held the first Episcopal church service in Spring Hill in a storefront mission at St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church. Episcopal worship services continued in a room of The Little Red Schoolhouse in Spring Hill. In May of 1971 the Rt. Rev. William L. Hargrave, Bishop of Southwest Florida, appointed the Very Rev. Terrell T. Kirk, dean of the Clearwater Deanery, as interim priest. On September 1, 1971 the Rev. Ernest L. Bennett (1971-1985) was appointed full-time Vicar. He later became our first Rector.

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