First Church Organized 200 Years Ago in Pittsfield
Two centuries ago the First Church of Christ Congregational in Pittsfield was formed by eight Foundational Men amid town meetings and shared governance with the church. The narrative traces pew politics, ministerial disputes, and the 1817 reunion with Union Parish, leading to Bulfinch plans and the 1853 building dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson Thomas Alient
Pontocsuck
Capt
Charles Goodrich
Col. Williams
David Bush
David Noble
Capt. Goodrich
Pittsfield
Connecticut River Valley
Stephen
Crofcot
Aaron Baker
William Phelps
Lemuel Phelps
Elnathan Phelps
Ephraim Stile
Daniel, Hubbard
Jacob Ensign
Col
Charles Bulfinch
Strass
Parson Allen
First Church
Thomas Jefferson
Union Parish
Heman Humphrey
Bulfinch
Upper North Street
Pastor E. Roy Burchell Becomes 60th First Church Leader
The Rev. E. Roy Burchell assumed the 60th pastorate at First Church on January 1, 1980. He implements a 10-year plan focusing on modernization of Christian education and emphasizes individual guidance through counseling inside and outside the church, notably with Berkshire County House of Correction inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Roy Burchell
First Church
Mgr. Burchell
Berkshire County House of Correction
Bicentennial observance opens at First Church
First Church of Christ Congregational marks 200 years with an Old Church service at 10 36 a m followed by a noon historical exhibit and 3 p m pageant Two Hundred Years in Less Than Sixty Minutes features in the program along with sermons by noted pastors and a harvest supper to close in October Church activities include a May 15 annual meeting and a May 17 sermon by Rev Stanley A North D D and a 1974 standing committee and youth fellowships depicted in a new bicentennial booklet by Weston Morrill
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First Church of Christ
Congregational
First Church
Weston Morrill
Barley Downs
Japan
Stanley A. North
D.D
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
Lou R. Steigler
Massachusetts Congregational Christian Conference
Pittsfield
Ben MM. Herbster
United Church of Christ
Weston Morrill Jas
Clifford G. Lloyd
Pittsfield’s Fighting Parson Helped Spark Patriot War Role
The article profiles Parson Thomas Allen of Pittsfield, a key local leader who preached patriotism and supported schooling, armed defense, and community resilience during the Revolutionary era. Born in Northampton in 1743, he mobilized citizens, faced Tory opposition, fired the first shot at Bennington, and aided families while aiding public schooling and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Allen
Pittsfield
Parson Allen
Bennington
Shay
Savannah
England
Smith
Parson Atlen
Deacon Hubbard
Allen
Northampton
Rickover'S Nuclear Plant Pioneers Breeding Power View
A New York Times report says Vice Adm Hyman G Rickover leads a seed and blanket reactor concept that could breed more fuel than it consumes A 500000 kilowatt plant with a thorium blanket could be built for California with cost sharing from the state The design envisions burning thorium in the blanket while breeding uranium 233 in the inner seed rods and replacing rods to sustain fuel production Seaborg notes this could mark a major advance in reactor technology and national fuel conservation efforts
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Washington
Vice Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
New York Times
Rickover
Atomic Energy Commission
California Department of Water Resources
California
United States
Seaborg
Admiral Rickover
Shippingport
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Massachusetts
Meeting House
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Ing House
Foundation
Librizzi
Cherry
Boston
The
Pittsfield Rye
Columbus Ave
LEITZ
Pradovit
Photo Shop
East Street
SEARS
Parson
Pitts
Joseph Allen
Saratoga
London
George II
Josep and
Elizabeth Parsons Allen
Jonathan Edwards
Harvard
Elizabeth Lee
Salisbury
Conn
Pittsfied
William Allen
William Allen, D
Rev
Glenn T. Seaborg
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Thorium
State House
Mercantile Affairs
Winchester St
Mas
Savings Bank Life Insurance
Savings Bank
Pittsfield. Mass
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Pentyl Bleu
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