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On May 7, 2006, a rededication worship service was held for our 100 year old worship home. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger picture. Find out more about the history of our church! Read the Worship Bulletin - Including many of the same hymns and words from 100 years ago. Check out the elders skit! Our Akron style sanctuary, with its beautiful stained glass windows, and ceiling which looks like an inverted Noah's Ark, was dedicated in 1906. It was stated: "And may the beauty of this edifice be ever symbolic of the beauty of holiness that dwells with God's people in his temple." The stained glass windows were donated from 1896 to 1906 by the following families: Martin, Barnard, Nichols, Cody, Royce, Scott, Goodrich, Crampton and Earl. The baptismal font was donated by Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Martin. First Congregational UCC is privileged to have the oldest functioning pipe organ in DuPage County, Illinois. For 100 years this beautiful two-manual instrument has led Sunday worship services, accompanied choir practices, and performed for weddings, funerals, and myriad other occasions. It was built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut and installed in 1906—a generous gift from Mr. T. P. Phillips, a member of this church, who attached one unusual proviso to his gift: he insisted that the new church be dedicated without debt, and that was accomplished. Capt. Morris Sleight donated the land for our church with two stipulations: that there always be a bell in a bell tower and that no burials would take place on the land. The church has been on its present site since 1846. |
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