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Our archive display in the sanctuary highlights pew ownership from the 1840’s and includes the original 1846 pew seating chart among other artifacts cataloged within our church archives by our amazing Mildred Jones who spent 25 years organizing our historical documents and artifacts. Our archives include two large…
What would we do without women in our lives? Although their voices were stifled for years in church and public meetings, the women of First Parish Church, similar to other churches around the country, developed a robust women’s group. As we celebrate not only Mother’s Day this month,…
Can you imagine 1000-1200 people gathered in our church? From the 1846 reports, on the 18th of March, it was estimated that these were the numbers of church and parish members gathered to dedicate our third Meeting House (sanctuary). Our present church sits on the same site as…
After last month’s focus on the history of our indoor labyrinth, we will now turn our attention to the history of our outdoor labyrinth. Our archive display on both can be seen in the sanctuary through December. Although our church and community have enjoyed our Church’s indoor labyrinth…
This is a photo of the original “Gentle Dove” weathervane that adorned our steeple when our Second Meeting House was built in 1806 and is an artifact in the Pejebscot History Center collection. Our Sanctuary Archive Display is focused on the “Gentle Dove,” a copy of the large…
For those of you who have not been able to attend our summer worship services in person, you may be surprised to learn that in addition to Judy and Rev. Bill Imes, former pastor 1985-2001, joining us for a service two weeks ago, in June many of us…