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Est. 1824
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523 Waldoboro Road, Bremen, Maine 04551
History
Around the time of the Revolutionary War, the original meeting house was constructed at Greenland Cove on what is now the Old Shore Road in Bremen. After much discussion, three new buildings were constructed in the area: one in Greaenland Cove, another in Walpole, and the Harrington Meeting House. As travel by roads replaced travel by boats, more people moved from the islands to the mainland, and the Meeting House from Greenland Cove was taken down and reconstruted at the present site on Route 32, where it stands today.
The church reopened as the First Congregational Church of Bremen, and by 1920 services were again held in the church building. It remained active year round until the end of the tenure of John J. Bullfinch who was pastor for 34 years - from 1878 to 1912. After his death, services were not held consistently, and from 1920 to the 40s the church was used mostly for summer worship.
For the next several decades the building was only used sporadically. Barbara Teele served as pastor in the 1960s and with Althea Genthner organized a youth fellowship. Ruthie Poland and Joyce Kaler led Sunday School. (Her daughter Ann Marie and Ruthie continue this valuable service with the chilodren's program.) Many remember coming to the church building for special events such as graduation from the Bremen School.
In 1991 Sadie Ames and a group of former members meeting for Bible study and prayer became the praying backbone for the re-opening of the Bremen Union Chruch year round. The doors opened June 11, 1991 and it has been serving the Bremen Community ever since. It continues as a non denominational Christian fellowship with caring stewardship of an historic building.
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