A brief parish history - With the approval of the Diocesan Council of 1868, members of Cunningham Chapel Parish living in the White Post vicinity organized the Meade Memorial Church, Greenway Court Parish. The church was named in memory of The Right Reverend William Meade, third Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia and a native of the White Post area. A cornerstone was laid in 1872 and the church was built of bricks removed from a house which burned on the church site some years before. The church was consecrated on July 13, 1875, and functioned independently until 1967 when it was closed due to a lack of members. Only occasional services were held between that time and 1996 when, on the initiative of some of the former members, the church was reopened as a mission Church of the Diocese and resumed regular Sunday services. |
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