OUR HISTORY - Grace Episcopal Church
OUR HISTORY - Grace Episcopal Church
1907
A group of Episcopalians in a private home started what was later called Grace Episcopal Church
1912
The Rev. Arthur G. Roberts served Grace Church from 1912 until November 1941
1943
Grace Episcopal Church was consecrated on November 28th 1943 by Bishop DeWolfe
1956
The first Rector, the Rev. Robert A Brown was installed
1968
The second Rector of Grace the Rev. William Russell was installed
1969
The third Rector of Grace the Rev. William Howard Melish was installed
1999
The Reverend Canon Leopold C. Baynes was installed and served until retirement on May 28th 2015. He was the first Black Rector to serve at Grace Church.
2015
Grace Episcopal Church held its last service on May 31th 2015. It was deconsecrated on December 7th 2015 at a service officiated by The Right Reverend Lawrence C. Provenzano.