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Pastorate of Richard Watson In 1961 Richard Watson began a 16-year pastorate at Seminole under which the church started a kindergarten in September 1965 with one class each of 4 and 5 year olds. This new school would define the church's identity for the next 40 years. During these years, the church family also recommitted itself to personal evangelism and church planting. Seminole participated in a joint church-planting operation in the inner city with Mt. Tabor Baptist leading to the new Tampa Heights Community Church in July 1970. Also that year, Seminole began hosting the annual Tampa Youth Conference in which many young men and women were called into full-time ministry. SPC Missions Trip to Mexico, 1965 |