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Volume 28 Issue 3
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This old church
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Watermelon carvers will compete for first place at Slice of the Good Life Expo.
Slice of the Good Life Expo toasts watermelon SENIOR LIFE Matt Clark
St. Luke’s Chapel still has three original stained-glass windows dating back to 1889.
Faith, perseverance, history BY LINDA JUMP
Since 1889, St. Luke’s Chapel has provided Episcopal worship experiences. After the Civil War, three Episcopalian cousins from Charleston, South Carolina relocated first to Eau Gallie, then to the north end of what was then called Merritt’s Island in
the 1870s. “They’d heard that Florida was becoming a land of plenty,” said Gary Young, a historian who offers tours of the adjoining cemetery. “They pulled a wagon all the way here.”
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BY JEFF NAVIN Take a break on the Wednesday before Labor Day to attend the third and final in the summer series of Senior Life’s free Senior Day events. Free watermelon will be provided from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center at 400 South Sykes Parkway on Merritt Island as Senior Life presents the Slice of the Good Life Expo. A watermelon carving contest will be held as Senior Life
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