Christ Episcopal Church gives bus to St. Philip's Episcopal

By Beaches1 on Saturday, August 20, 2016
  • The Rev. Rick Westbury Jr., rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra, presents church bus keys to the Rev. Hugh Chapman, rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in downtown Jacksonville. Looking on are Rev. Amy Slater of Christ Church, left, and Sedly Huey of St. Philips,center right. (photo submitted)
    The Rev. Rick Westbury Jr., rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra, presents church bus keys to the Rev. Hugh Chapman, rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in downtown Jacksonville. Looking on are Rev. Amy Slater of Christ Church, left, and Sedly Huey of St. Philips,center right. (photo submitted)
The Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra's bus has found a new home. Since 2004, the Chevrolet 20-passenger bus shuttled hundreds of local youth and adults, to the airport for mission trips to Cuba and Bolivia, to camp and road trips throughout North Florida. Noting a recent decline in bus ridership, the church decided to seek another organization that might put the still sturdy transportation…

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