Our Journey of Faith (with Perk and Anne Murphy)

I (Anne), was born, baptized, and confirmed in the faith of my family--the Catholic Church.  Perk was baptized as a child in the Pentecostal faith, but his training stopped at an early age.  I remained a Catholic until Perk and I married in Reno, Nevada in 1942.  As our two children reached the teen ages, we decided they needed a spiritual education.  Since Perk was against some of the teachings of the Catholic church, we decided to go church hunting.  So for about 6 months we attended a different church every Sunday.  We did this until Perk's brother, who had been going to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, invited us to go with him the coming Sunday.  Needless to say, I was very pleased as the service was near to what I grew up with, and Perk was also impressed with the service and the friendly people.  So that was our first step into the Episcopal faith.

We began going to Confirmation classes along with our children.  Perk and our children were confirmed by the then Bishop Ned Porter and I was welcomed into the church.  We stayed at St. Matthew's for about 8 years, then we moved across town and joined Our Merciful Savior.  We stayed there about 8 years, then moved and helped build a new little church called St. Mary the Virgin.  We stayed there until we moved to Albuquerque and found St. Thomas of Canterbury.  

By this time we had been retired a good number of years and traveled many miles and visited and prayed in many churches as we crossed the USA 3 times, going across the North, Middle, and South, and by car, RV, and cruises we visited Mexico, Canada, Alaska (twice), Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malasia, Panama, Barbados, Caribbean, and Hawaii.  We ended up here in Albuquerque to be close to our daughter, and will remain here for the rest of our lives.  

PS If I included all our adventures, I would write a book!