| The
mission church of St. Andrew's Farmers Branch was formed in
May 1956. In 1957 land was purchased at Valwood Parkway
and Dennis Lane, and on August 3, 1958 the first service was
held in what is now our parish hall.
The present church building
on the land at Valwood and Dennis was dedicated on September
5, 1968.
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A
mission is a congregation supported by the diocese.
A parish is a congregation that contributes to the
support of the diocese and has the right and responsibility of
hiring its own rector/priest. |
| Two
buildings were built to provide Sunday school rooms and to
house a pre-school program. One of these buildings was
later demolished to allow the construction of a two story
structure,
Terwilliger Hall, dedicated in 1985. This building is
now home to the youth Sunday school, the nursery, and St. Mary's
Chapel.
Our rectors have been:
- Rev. Walter G. Fields
(1956-1960)
- Rev. Norman B. Godfrey
(1960-1963)
- Rev. Richard Hall
(1963-1979)
- Rev. William C. Warnky
(1979-1996)
- Rev. Phillip D. Read II
(1997-2002)
- Rev. Craig A. Reed (2004-
)
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Terwilliger
Hall is named after the later Suffragan Bishop of Dallas,
Robert Terwilliger.
In 1994, the parish hall was
named Hunsaker Hall to honor Rufus Hunsaker, a founding
member of St. Andrew's parish. |
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