St. Mary’s Episcopal Church: 150 years of God’s goodness

  • St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is celebrating 150 years of worship in Lampasas with a special service planned on All Saints Day, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. Erick Mithell | Dispatch Record
    St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is celebrating 150 years of worship in Lampasas with a special service planned on All Saints Day, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. Erick Mithell | Dispatch Record
  • Parishioners of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church gathered at Oak Hill Cemetery recently to honor Dr. Thomas S. Denny, the founding lay reader of the church. In the mid-1870s, Denny was appointed by the first bishop of Texas to establish an Episcopal mission in Lampasas. Denny died in 1883, a year before the cornerstone and foundation were laid for St. Mary’s first and only church building. Warren Bluntzer | Courtesy Photo
    Parishioners of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church gathered at Oak Hill Cemetery recently to honor Dr. Thomas S. Denny, the founding lay reader of the church. In the mid-1870s, Denny was appointed by the first bishop of Texas to establish an Episcopal mission in Lampasas. Denny died in 1883, a year before the cornerstone and foundation were laid for St. Mary’s first and only church building. Warren Bluntzer | Courtesy Photo

    For 150 years, Lampasas County residents have worshipped at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Despite trials and tribulations, faith in Jesus has carried congregants through the toughest of storms, its priest noted.

    “St. Mary’s has never been a real big church, but the story of the faith community here is very powerful,” the Rev. William Fowler told the Dispatch Record. “It’s a faith community that has …