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Holy Apostles Episcopal Church, is an historic Carpenter Gothic church located today at 505 Grant Avenue in Satellite Beach, Florida in the United States. It was built in 1902 some 60 miles to the south in Fort Pierce to serve St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, which it did until March 25, 1959, when St. Andrew's moved into a much larger structure and gave its old building, less its organ and stained glass windows, to the old Episcopal Diocese of South Florida to be used as a mission church. The diocese gave it to Holy Apostles, which had been formed in 1957 and had been holding services in a synagogue, and it was barged up the Indian River on July 14, 1959 to Satellite Beach, where it became the first church building in that two-year old city just south of Space Age Patrick Air Force Base.

History

The future Holy Apostles Church was built in 1902 for St. Andrew's Mission on North 2nd Street in Fort Pierce and was consecrated in March 1905 by the Rt. Rev. William Crane Gray, missionary bishop of South Florida. St. Andrew's first vicar was Bishop Gray's newly ordained son, the Rev. Campbell Gray, who later became the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana. In 1923 the building was moved to a waterfront location on the Indian River and in 1933 was enlarged to double its seating capacity.

On July 14, 1959, the old building was placed on a barge and towed by a small tugboat north up the Indian River to its new location in Satellite Beach. The Rev. Hugh Cuthbertson, vicar of Holy Apostles, was on hand to give his blessing as the church began its journey from Fort Pierce. The tugboat was captained by a 17 year-old who proved himself more than equal to the task. After being unloaded at Satellite Beach, the church was pulled by a bulldozer to its present location over utility poles laid flat on the ground.

In the 1970s, Carleton Emery, one of Holy Apostles' charter members, made stained glass windows for the church to replace those that St. Andrew's had kept. In 1985 Holy Apostles achieved full parish status in the new Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. Unlike many other Carpenter Gothic churches which feature large rose windows high on their fronts or backs, Holy Apostles has only a small pin-hole window high on its front.

Cleregy Over the Years

Rev. Hugh E. Cuthbertson / May 28, 1957 - June 1, 1960 / Priest-in-Charge

Rev. George Swallow / June 1, 1960 - June 1962 / Vicar

Rev. Leonidas (Lee) M. Rose / Nov 1, 1962 - Oct 1965 / Vicar

Rt. Rev. Wallace E. Conkling / 1965 - 1965 / Interim Priest

Rev. Charles B. Farrar / Feb 13, 1966 - May 4, 1969 / Vicar

Rev. Paul E. Cosby / Aug 15, 1969 - Dec 31, 1972 / Vicar

Rev. George M. Jarvis IV / Jan 1, 1973 - Nov 1, 1979 / Vicar

Rev. Leonard Griffiths / 1979 - 1979 / Exchange Priest, British Naval Chaplain

Rev. Lyman B. Greaves / 1979 - 1979 / Supply Priest

Rev. Louis A. Towson / Jan 1, 1980 - June 30, 2005 / Vicar/Rector

Rev. Bob Lieffort / 2006 - 2006 / Interim/Supply Priest

Rev. Norman Desrosiers, Jr. / June 1, 2006 - Present Rector

Youth Group

Holy Apostles current youth leader is Martha Baird (as of September 2010). The youth is included in many things such as the shrove (fat) Tuesday pancake dinners, Many donations including food and shoe drives, camp Wingmann, volunteering at VBS (vacation bible school), and many other things. The youth group meets Sundays from 6 - 8 P.M. and has a bible study Tuesday 7 - 8 P.M.

VBS (Vacation Bible School)

Holy Apostles is very active when it comes to VBS. Every year in late July, the church hosts a week of having fun and becoming closer to God. The church has many people who help make it a fun and memorable experience. At VBS you pray, do crafts, sing, listen to stories, play outside, become closer to God, and HAVE FUN!

Acolytes

The church has a very good group of acolytes. Currently, It is currently led by Richard and Darlene Stryhal. The Acolytes act as assistants to the priest. The posistions are as followed: 1st Server, 2nd Server, Crucifer, and (2) torch. Each year as a treat, the acolytes are taken to Wet and Wild.

Choir

The Church has a wonderful choir currently led by Diane Spahr. Each Sunday, they fill the church with beautiful pieces of music.

Entire Staff

Rev. Norman Desrosiers / June 1, 2006 - present

Rev. Bob Lieffort / June 2006 - present

Rev. Donald Goodheart / June 2008 - present

Secretary: Agnes Wichmann / Jan. 12, 1981 - present

Youth Director: Martha Baird / September 2010 - present

Organist: Diane Spahr / January 16, 2005 - present

See also

• Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, Holy Apostles' original diocese.
• Holy Apostles Church (disambiguation)
• Daniel T. McCarty, 31st governor of Florida, who died in office in 1953 and who was buried from this church when it was still in Fort Pierce.

Resources

• http://www.cfdiocese.org/news/pdf/cfe0501.pdf 40 pages, Central Florida Episcopalian, May 2001, article, Past and present intertwine in church and (Brevard) county, pp. 8–9, includes text on and picture of St. Andrew's/Holy Apostles, p. 8 (accessed 12-22-2007)
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~flslchs/andrews.htm Early history of St. Andrews Church, contains much the same information as Hellier's book, which is listed below, (accessed 12-22-2007)
• Hellier, Walter R., (with introduction by Marjory Stoneman Douglas), Indian River: Florida's Treasure Coast, (1965) Coconut Grove, Florida: Hurricane House Publishers, 5 pages of text on this church (pp. 107–111), with picture of church on p. 109. Library of Congress Catalog No. 65-24681 (copy borrowed from Martin County Library System, Stuart, Florida )
• Rights, Lucille Rieley, A Portrait of St. Lucie County, Florida, (1994) Virginia Beach: Donning Company, text and picture of church on barge on p. 163. ISBN 0-89865-917-5
• Williams, Ada Coats, Images of America: Fort Pierce, (2003) Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, picture of church on N. 2nd Street, p. 22. ISBN 0-7385-1530-2

References

1. ^ Hellier, Walter R., Indian River: Florida's Treasure Coast, (1965) Coconut Grove: Hurricane House Publishers, pp. 107-111.
2. ^ Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles
3. Satellite Beach
4. Hellier, Walter R., Indian River: Florida's Treasure Coast, (1965) Coconut Grove: Hurricane House Publishers, pp. 107-111, with photo of Fr. Cuthbertson's blessing on p. 109
5. Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles

External links

• Early history of St. Andrews Church, contains much the same information as Hellier's book, (accessed 12-22-2007)
• Holy Apostles website
• Holy Apostles history
• History of Satellite Beach

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