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Youth Mission Trip
Youth Mission Trip
Summer Outdoor Worship
A Open and Affirming Church
Yankee Fair
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Yankee Fair 2009 1
Yankee Fair 2009 2
Yankee Fair 2009 3
Family Worship - Outdoor Chapel 2009
Summer Campfire Dinner 2009
Gods view of the church
Confirmation 2009
New Members Spring 2009
Easter Sunrise Service 2009
Yankee Fair 2008
Sunday Church School 2008
SYF Mission Trip, Slidell, LA 2008
Baby Kits
Ultimate Frisbee
VF Hike at Happy Landings
Blessing of the Animals
Confirmation Healthy Choices Retreat
SYF Bowling
JYF Team Building Night
Sunday AM Church School 2007
JYF Popcorn Stringing for Fair
SYF Camping Trip
Painting Youth Rooms
New Members Winter 2007
New Members Fall 2007
Vacation Bible School
SYF Youth Mission Trip 2007
Memorial Day Parade
Colonial Service Reenactment
New Members Spring 2007
Installation of Bryn Smallwood-Garcia
Pastors Bryn & Jen join CCB
250th Anniversary Quilt Presentation
Talent Show 2007
More Talent Show 2007
Silver Lake Family Retreat 2007
Instant Christmas Pageant 2006
Joy Ringers
Praise Ringers
New Members
Pancake Breakfast 2006
Lessons and Carols - December 18, 2005
Welcome New Members - December 4, 2005
Advent Wreath Workshop - November 28, 2005
Cherub Choir Fun Day - November 5, 2005
Yankee Fair - October 15, 2005
Fundraiser for Back Bay Mission - October 9, 2005
Fourth Grade Bible Presentation - September 11, 2005
Church School Pancake Breakfast - September 10, 2005
Brookfield Vacation Church School 2005
Campfire / Vesper Service - July 13, 2005
Campfire / Vesper Service - July 6, 2005
Bell Festival - June 23 thru 26, 2005
All Church Picnic - June 12, 2005
Relay for Life - June 3 & 4, 2005
Children's Choirs at Brookfield Commons - May 31, 2005
Youth Groups Ultimate Frisbee - May 15, 2005
Serendippers - May 10, 2005
New Members - May 1, 2005
Handbell Conference in Avon, CT - April 30, 2005
Easter Sunrise Service - March 27, 2005
Confirmation - March 20, 2005
SYF & JYF GaGa with St. Paul's - March 13, 2005
JYF Heifer Project - March 4-6, 2005
Stewardship Dinner - January 30, 2005
Confirmation Painting Project - January 17, 2005
Wiley Farewell Celebration - January 2, 2005
Lessons & Carols - December 19, 2004
Instant Christmas Pageant - December 12, 2004
An Abridged History of the Congregational Church of Brookfield
| 1752 | Privilege Meetings were held in homes in the Parish of Newbury. |
| 1754 | Parish of Newbury boundaries settled. Land was taken from New Milford, Danbury and Newtown. |
| 28 Sept 1757 | The first church was formally dedicated and Rev. Thomas Brooks was ordained as the first settled Pastor. |
| 1768 | The men started petitioning the government for town privileges. |
| 1775 | Brooks signed his allegiance to the Declaration of Independence. Two of his sons fought in the Revolutionary War. |
| 1779 | Rev. Brooks was paid in wheat and Indian corn |
| May 1788 | The Parish of Newbury was incorporated as the town of Brookfield, named for Rev. Thomas Brooks |
| September 1799 | Rev. Thomas Brooks dies and is buried in Land’s End Cemetery. |
| 1819 | Lucia Ruggles Holman & her brother, Samuel Ruggles, with their spouses, left for The Hawaiian Islands as missionary. Lucia became the first American woman to circumnavigate the globe when she returned home |
| 1824 | A steeple was added to the first meetinghouse. There was no bell in the steeple. Horse sheds were added in the back of the meetinghouse. |
| 1827 | The meetinghouse was seated by age with free seats for the destitute |
| 1829 | A new bell was added to the Town House across the street from the Meetinghouse. This bell was used by the Episcopal Church and us to call worshippers to church. |
| 1830 to 1920 | The church supported the temperance movement |
| 1842 | The first parsonage was built by members of the church. Rev. Dan C. Curtiss was the first minister to live here. |
| 1854 | The Present building was dedicated and a bell was added to the steeple. |
| 1865 | The members voted to put lights in the church. |
| 1874 | Voted to take a collection every Sunday morning. |
| 1880 | A new pipe organ was purchased. A boy was hired to pump the organ for 10 cents a Sunday |
| Dec 1888 | Rev. Pierce dies quite suddenly at the parsonage. This happened on a Sunday. |
| Jan. 1889 | Mrs. Pierce dies at the parsonage. She had been given life use of the parsonage. They are both buried in Central Cemetery. |
| 1891 | The pews were made free |
| 1895 | The First Ecumenical Thanksgiving held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church |
| 1900 | The Church wagon was started. They picked up people that needed a way to church |
| 1904 | Mrs. Eliza G. Fairchild Peck was the first woman to be elected to the Ecclesiastical Society. |
| 1907 | Sequa-centennial celebration was held and the chapel (Brook’s Hall) was added. |
| 1908 | A loving cup was presented to Deacon Alfred Somers for his 50 years of service as a Deacon. This was the year that the church began using collection envelopes. |
| 1910 | Rev. Harry & Rose Martin resigned and left as missionaries to Peking China. Clarence Vroman purchased a Stanley Steamer as the church wagon. This was the last year the church wagon was used. |
| 1915 | Electricity was put in the church, chapel and parsonage. |
| June 1916 | The present Austin Organ was installed at the cost of $3000. A concert was held in celebration of the event. |
| 1917 | The first telephone was put in the parsonage. |
| Oct 1918 | All public events were cancelled because of the Spanish influenza epidemic. |
| 1926 | Steam heat was put in the parsonage. |
| 1927 | Two chemical toilets were placed in back of the church |
| 1928 | Lightning struck the steeple and lightning rods were added. |
| 1935 | When the weather was too cold, services were held in the Chapel. |
| 1939 | The Chapel kitchen was added (the old kitchen upstairs) |
| 1942 | An oil burner was put in the church for heat. The Young People’s Fellowship was added. |
| 1944 | New cushions were put in the pews. |
| 1950 | The first Summer Bible school was held. |
| 1952 | Hot water was made available at the church. The Alpha Iota Pilgrim Fellowship was stared for the youth. |
| 1953 | For the first time there were two Easter services. |
| 1954 | Agnes Johnson was responsible for establishing the Book of Remembrance. |
| 1955 | Women’s Fellowship was started along with the Men’s Laymen’s Fellowship. |
| 1957 | Planning stages were started for the Silver Lake Conference Center. The first Holiday Tea was held. |
| 1961 | The church voted against joining the United Church of Christ. |
| 1964 | A resolution was passed that all were equal regardless of race or creed. |
| 1965 | Two Sunday worship services were held. The cement walk was broken up. |
| 1966 | More votes were taken about joining the United Church of Christ. The vote was in the affirmative in October. |
| 1967 | A new hanging sign was put on the front lawn of the church. |
| 1968 | The first fair was held. The money raised went for the people of Biafra. FISH was started with the churches of Brookfield. |
| 1971 | The Board of Deacons and the Board of Deaconesses became one. The iron railings were put in next to the front walk. |
| 1972 | Palms were handed out on Palm Sunday for the first time. The room above the old kitchen was made into a music room. |
| 1973 | For the cease-fire, the church was rung by anyone that would like to -- It took all afternoon. CROP walk was held in Brookfield. |
| 1974 | To clean out the barn, a Church auction was held. Sold everything including the kitchen sink. |
| 1975 | The youth raised money for the Heifer project. Weekly coffee hours were started after church. |
| 1976 | Traffic lights were install outside the church. For the Bicentennial, a Colonial Worship was held. The Mission’s committee put up the first Mission Tree. Storm windows and an attic fan were installed. |
| 1977 | The youth groups held their first Rock-A-Thon. The First Do-It-Yourself Christmas pageant was held. |
| 1978 | Mystery property was found in Bethel and was sold. There was the first printing of Lucia Ruggles Holman’s Journal. |
| 1979 | The Littlest Bell Choir was formed. When the furnace broke down, services were held in Fellowship Hall. |
| 1982 | The 225th anniversary of the church was held. A time capsule was put together. It was decided to have it opened on the 250th anniversary of the church. |
| 1983 | There was a complete reconditioning of the meetinghouse. |
| 1984 | Lightning struck the steeple again. Lenten Lunches were held. |
| 1987 | A handicap ramp was added to the entrance of Brook’s Hall. The first computer was used in the office. |
| 1988 | The town celebrated its 200th anniversary with an Ecumenical Colonial worship service in our meetinghouse. An Alleluia choir and a K-2nd grade choirs were formed. |
| 1989 | The outside of the meetinghouse was painted and the windows could be opened for the first time in many years. |
| 1991 | The church, parsonage, barn and cottage were all added to the National Register of Historic Places. |
| 1992 | A youth hand bell choir was started. The Confirmation Program was changed to include mentors. The Memorial Garden was dedicated. |
| 1993 | The first 8:00 a.m. Sunday worship service was held in the Memorial Garden. The Serendippers group began. |
| 1995 | The entire front of the church was rebuilt. The closet to the rear of the meetinghouse was removed to make a larger entryway. |
| 1997 | Rev. M. Sargent Desmond was named Pastor Emeritus. Stephen’s Ministry program was started. |
| 1999 | A special service was held at Land’s End Cemetery on the 200th anniversary of the death of Rev. Thomas Brooks. A dinner was held and former members of the 1964 youth group were invited back to open the time capsule. The Parish Nurses program was started. |
| 2000 | The church and offices were air-conditioned. An Ecumenical Service was held here – Worship 2000. |
| 2001 | A lift was added to the entry next to the office. The barn was completely renovated. |
| 2002 | On the 245th anniversary of the church, a dinner was held and all former clergy were invited back. The cottage renovation was begun. A refugee family will be housed there. |
| 2003 | Tom Eaker made the Stewardship boxes in the shape of the church for the “Winter Privilege Meetings. First Annual Variety Show was held. |
| 2004 | Voted to write a church statement on Open and Affirming. “God Is Still Speaking,” movie and dinner program. |
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