Church Dedications

Note: Christian Science churches are dedicated only when free from debt.

Johnstown. Pennsylvania (First Church).

Regular morning services on Sunday. September 30, 1945, marked the dedication of First Church of Christ. Scientist, Johnstown. The service was repeated in the evening.

A brief history of the Christian Science movement in Johnstown was given by the First Reader, who said that a church was organized here on April 7, 1901. The first public lecture was given in the fall of that year in the Johnstown Opera House.

Services were first held in Grand Army Hall, then in the Williams Building, 511 Main Street. Later, larger quarters were obtained in the Fisher Building, 607 Main Street, where church activities were centered until November, 1926.

On November 23, 1926, the present church building and the annex, located at the corner of Vine and Llewellyn Streets, was purchased from the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist congregation. The first Christian Science meeting in the present church building was held on Wednesday evening, November 24. 1926. A Thanksgiving Day service was held the following morning.

Johnstown Tribune

Butte, Montana (First Church).

Dedication services for First Church of Christ, Scientist, Butte, were conducted on Sunday morning. September 30, 1945, at the beautiful modern structure at 229 North Montana.

Records of the local congregation show that the first Christian Science organization in Butte was founded in March, 1893. For many years services were held at the home of one of the original members. In January, 1911, the church organization was incorporated and became First Church of Christ, Scientist, Butte.

As the membership grew, it was necessary on several occasions to move to larger quarters for services. In 1914, the congregation met for the first time in a house, later purchased, on the present church site. Plans to tear down the original building and prepare for the construction of a suitable edifice were launched in 1916.

Ground was broken for the first unit of the present church in October. 1920. While the building was under construction, services were held in the Woman's Club Building on West Park. The cornerstone for the first unit of the church was laid on December 31, 1920.

In 1929. attendance had increased to the extent that members felt the need of a larger auditorium. Plans were inaugurated for the construction of a second unit. Services in the completed auditorium were first held on Thanksgiving Day. 1930.

Montana Standard

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