Article June 14, 1913 Issue

AMONG THE CHURCHES

CURRENT NOTES.

ROCKLAND, MAINE.—First Church of Christ, Scientist, at the corner of Cedar and Brewster streets, was dedicated Sunday [April 27], with services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The historical sketch was in part as follows:—

The first meetings were held in the summer of 1895, when a practitioner met weekly with a few patients for the study of the Bible Lessons. In 1897 meetings were permanently established at a home on Limerock street, and were held continuously on Thursday afternoon or evening for about three years, or until 1900. During the occupancy of Grand Army hall for Sunday services, which began in 1898, mid-week meetings were still held at this same home.

After a time rooms were secured in the Ulmer block, and by holding regular Sunday and Wednesday evening meetings, the order of service as given in the Manual of The Mother Church was established. At last we were in line. While in this hall, in the year 1900, we received the charter for our church, opened a reading-room for the benefit of the public, and also organized a Sunday school. After a year or two we were forced to vacate for more commodious quarters, which were found in the Kimball block, where a hall was leased for a term of five years. The congregation still increased in numbers, and soon after the expiration of the lease it became evident that we would have to secure a still larger place for the meetings, and the board of trustees was desirous that it should be a permanent home. The building secured for this purpose was a disused church edifice, and this was duly transformed and made suitable for our use.

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