{"id":46552,"date":"2023-09-07T14:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=46552"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:12:22","slug":"first-congregational-to-celebrate-300-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/09\/07\/first-congregational-to-celebrate-300-years\/","title":{"rendered":"First Congregational to celebrate 300 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><\/div>\n<p>RUTLAND \u2014 The First Congregational Church of Rutland is celebrating its 300th Anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the church, 264 Main St.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen of the church&#8217;s members and friends will share tidbits of the church&#8217;s history. A large-screen slideshow is guaranteed to bring back good memories. There will also be music and a recognition of 50-year members.<\/p>\n<p>Following the celebration, refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall, where there will also be displays of clippings and photo albums, memorabilia and two continuous slideshows from different time periods in the church\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, 1720, Proprietors voted to build a meetinghouse 41\u00bd by 30 feet within the Old Burial Ground. Each town was required by the king of England to have a meetinghouse built in the center before the town could be incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>Worship services began in 1723. The congregation has worshipped in five buildings in approximately the same location, despite losing several buildings to fire. The present church building was constructed in 1927.<\/p>\n<p>First Congregational&#8217;s current pastor is the Reverend David W. Fish; 30 ordained ministers preceded him, along with several interim pastors. The First Congregational Church of Rutland has always been, and continues to be, open to all.<\/p>\n<p>Please join the church in celebration on Sept. 17. Meet some old friends and make some new ones. All are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUTLAND \u2014 The First Congregational Church of Rutland is celebrating its 300th Anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the church, 264 Main St. Sixteen of the church&#8217;s members and friends will share tidbits of the church&#8217;s history. A large-screen slideshow is guaranteed to bring back good memories. There will also be music and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}