St. Raphael’s Episcopal Priest Moves on to Create New Church (Florida)

from Stand Firm by Matt Kennedy

From here

Last Sunday, Pastor Alice Marcrum, priest and vicar of St. Raphael's Episcopal Church, preached her last sermon at the historic structure. She is leaving to form a new church, the St. Raphael's By the Sea, an Anglican church next week. Most of the members of the congregation stood up and read letters of support for Pastor Alice, as she is known, declaring that they would make the change with her and leave St. Raphael's to form a new church. This Anglican church will meet, starting next Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the Beach United Methodist Church. They will meet there until they find a suitable home for themselves.

Bob Bunting, the Junior Warden of St. Raphael's, said that Rev. Marcrum left without any warning and he had to call the bishop to get a priest to come and do the service for next Sunday. He said there was never any time that it was a possibility that St. Raphael's would close, and Rev. Marcrum agreed. She said she knew that St. Raphael's would be fine. That was just a rumor that was stifled immediately...more