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St. David's Episcopal Church Cheraw
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The History of St. David's Cheraw

The General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina passed an act on April 12, 1768, establishing a new parish. This parish included a Welsh settlement at what is now Society Hill, so the parish was named for David, patron saint of Wales.

The parish church was located in Cheraw, which was something of an Anglican stronghold, near the banks of the Great Pee Dee River. Begun in 1770 and in use by 1772, Old St. David’s is still standing on Church Street. Used by both the British and the Americans during the Revolution and by both the Confederates and the Union Army at the end of the Civil War, the old church continues to keep quiet sentinel on the people of Cheraw.

By 1916 the congregation had outgrown its building, and a new church was erected on Market Street. Designed by the then rector, Albert Sidney Thomas, later bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, St. David’s continues to serve the upper Pee Dee. A new Sunday School wing was added in the 1950’s and a new Parish House in the early 1980’s.

St. David’s School was opened in 1970 and continues to serve the children of Cheraw.

Since its beginning more than 250 years ago, St. David’s has exerted an influence in the area and in the Diocese far out of proportion to its size. A remarkable number of its members have gone into the Episcopal ministry and several of our rectors have become bishops. The congregation welcomes visitors and new members who wish to join in worship in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition and in doing God’s work in the community.

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The Reverend Michael Bye
Interim Priest in Charge

    The Reverend Michael Bye

    Interim Priest in Charge

    Our congregation is led by The Reverend Michael Bye, interim priest-in-charge.

    Raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Fr. Bye was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Virginia in 1972. His ministry began in service to urban and small town congregations in the Dioceses of Virginia, Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina. In 2015, Fr. Bye retired from Calvary Episcopal Church in Wadesboro, North Carolina, and moved to his family home on Myrtle Beach.

    In retirement, Fr. Bye has continued to serve The Episcopal Church as supply clergy, leading worship twice a month for the past two years with The Episcopal Worship Group of Cheraw, which includes the faithful Episcopalians who returned to their church home at St. David’s Episcopal Church in August 2022. In that month, The Rt. Reverend Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, called Fr. Bye to serve as interim priest-in-charge of St. David’s through the remainder of 2022.

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    Regular Sunday worship at 11:15 a.m. begins on October 30, 2022 and we will continue to meet at that time at least through November.

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    420 Market St.
    Cheraw, SC 29520

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