1951-1967

Mission church under various vicars

• Father George Foster Pratt – 1951-1954
• Father Johnson Edwin West – 1954-1956
• Father Glion Thomas Benson – 1956-1967

1954

Named ‘St. David’s’ – mission to all San Juan Islands

1957

Fletchers donate land in town

1958

Gryphon Hall is built – serves as church

• John Dickinson designs St. David’s Church and construction begins

June 16, 1963

Mission church under various vicars

• Father George Foster Pratt – 1951-1954
• Father Johnson Edwin West – 1954-1956
• Father Glion Thomas Benson – 1956-1967

1967-1998

Rev. Edward Douglas Leche III and family move into Gryphon Hall

• Rev. Leche serves island for 21 years

1989-1992

A series of interim clergy

• Johnson West (1989), Edward Wallace (1989-1991), Charles Hunter (1992)

1993-2001

Rev. West Davis presides over an expansion of the congregation

• St. David’s becomes an official parish in 1999

2002-2008

Rev. Nancy Tiederman hired

• Major renovation of the church

2008-2020

Father Doug Simonsen brought in as Priest in Charge and stays for 12 years

• 2010 Capital Campaign – mortgage burned in 2017
• 2012 – many programs started – Vision Action Support Team; Activities Committee