Our Church
The purpose of our Church is to bind together followers of Jesus Christ to share in the worship of God and in making his will dominant in the lives of persons individually and collectively, especially as that direction is set forth in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.
The Church continues in a long line of wintesses to the Congregational Way, and welcomes all persons to its Fellowship of Faith and Freedom.
Church History
The church was gathered in 1781 as the First Ecclesiastical Society of Barkhamsted. The first meeting house was built in 1784. Reverend Ozias Eels was ordained in 1787 as the first pastor.
In 1843 the Congregation voted to build a new meeting house in the "modern style". The current Greek Revival meeting house was built starting in 1844. The originial meeting house was dismantled about the time of the Civil War. The name of the Church was changed to First Orthodox Congregational Society.
In 1914 the Church was incorporated and became the First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted, although it is also known as Barkhamsted Center Church.
The present meetinghouse has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is in the final stages of restoration.
On the steps of the Church - September 7, 2008.
First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted
Pastor: Reverend Charels Hall
Organist and Music Director: Marie Bouchard
Church Officers for 2011:
Moderator: Kay Page Greaser -- phone (860) 379-3159Clerk: Kathy HartTreasurer: Paul HartAsst Clerk/Treasurer: Sandy DavisElected Boards and Committees for 2011:
Diaconate Board:
Beth Nyerick (chair)Janet BaileyLiz RitchieBonnie BoyleBetty ReedAlice Judd Pastoral Relations Board:
Leslie Cosgrove (chair)Liz RitchieOrianne Barnowski Christian Education Board:
Liz RitchieBonnie Boyle (chair)Leslie Cosgrove Property Board:
Janet Bailey (chair)Len NicholsonPaul Hart Music Committe:
Marie Bouchard (chair)Harriet WinchenbaughBonnie Reynolds Board of Trustees (Finance):
Betty Reed (chair)Donni AndersonSandy DavisKay Page GreaserPaul Hart Library Committee:
Janet Bailey (co-chair)Marilyn CramptonLiz Ritchie (co-chair) Church Fellowship:
Alice Judd (chair)Christine KeeslerAppointed Boards and Committees for 2011:
Auditor:
Nick Mason Christian Social Outreach Committee:
Alice Judd (chair) Newsletter Committee:
Leslie Cosgrove Nominating Committee:
Activated late in the year Restoration Committee:
Leslie Cosgrove (chair)Bonnie BoyleHarriet WinchenbaughSearch Committee:
Disbanded- Pastor Charles Hall settled in 2010 Representative to the Fellowship of Connecticut
Congregational Christian Churches (FCCCC):
Kay Page Greaser Representative to the National Association of
Congregational Churches (NACCC):
Rev. Ken BeresAbout Us-
