Anglican work began in the north Okanagan region in connection with the Kamloops Missionary District which was set apart in 1884. By 1892 the Okanagan Missionary District had been divided off which included the Okanagan Valley from Vernon south to the international border. In the northern section, churches had opened at Vernon and Lansdowne (moved to Armstrong in 1896) in the 1880's and at Enderby in 1891. In keeping with the growing settlement of the valley, the Okanagan Missionary District was further subdivided in 1893 with the southern section from Kelowna to the border worked from Penticton. In 1896 Enderby was separated from Vernon into a new parish, together with Armstrong, Mara, Hullcar and Grande Prairie (now Westwold). In 1904 Salmon Arm was added to the parish. In 1906 the parish was divided. Armstrong, with its parish church of St. James, consecrated in 1896, became a new parish while Enderby retained responsibility for Salmon Arm and Mara. In the following year, Salmon Arm was set apart as a new parish. The parish of Enderby continued to serve smaller outstations, including St. Paul's, Grindrod (opened ca. 1920, no longer active); St. Matthew's, Mara (opened in 1912); and St. Peter's, Sicamous (opened in 1955). In 1964 the parishes of Enderby and Armstrong were united into a single parish. At the same time St. Peter's, Sicamous was transferred to the care of Salmon Arm and Christ Church, Falkland (with Armstrong from 1957) to the Westwold Mission. In 1978 the parishes of Armstrong/Enderby and Vernon combined to form a team ministry called the Vernon Area Ministry which continued during the 1980's, and in which Lumby was later included as well.