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"All Are Welcome " |
Who We Are
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We draw our membership from the three island cities and the surrounding region of northwest Bradenton. We also have a significant number of seasonal members whose permanent residences - like their official “church memberships” - are often hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. These people return each year to spend from a few weeks to several months in this area. With us “from Advent through Easter,” they become deeply involved in the spiritual and social life of the parish, and we encourage them to exercise here whatever appropriate ministries they have been accustomed to fulfill “at home.” |
Our History
The first service held on Anna Maria Island - Evening Prayer - took place May 4, 1952, in a private home. Twelve people attended. The Rt. Rev. Henry Loutitt, Bishop of the then Diocese of South Florida, soon after assigned the Rev. Burkett J. Kniveton as Vicar of the new congregation. Initially, services were held in the original Island schoolhouse and community center, and the Vicar divided his time between Annunciation and another new congregation, St. Mark’s in Venice, some 30 miles to the south. When Fr. Kniveton was assigned to the Anna Maria mission full-time, the parishioners converted a garage beneath an apartment belonging to one of them and named it St. Michael’s Oratory. It seated 60 people and services were held there from October 1952 until the next year when land was acquired and ground broken for the present church building and rectory. The Church of the Annunciation was dedicated by Suffragan Bishop Martin J. Bramm September 14, 1953. You may obtain much additional information about the Episcopal Church in this Diocese by consulting our diocesan website: www.dioceseswfla.org. |
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