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Unitarian Church of Sharon
4 N. Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-3652
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Our Historic Congregation
The
First Parish in Sharon was gathered in 1737. In 1740 the group was granted
the right to become a separate parish. Reverend Philip Curtis was called
as the first minister in 1741 and ordained by the congregation in January
of 1742. Services took place in a simple meetinghouse somewhere in Pole
Plain (Sharon Heights), the exact location of which has been lost. The
second meetinghouse was erected on the site of this building, in 1787
on land donated by the Reverend Curtis. Land that he called, “A Meetinghouse
spot of Land.” The Revere bell which was purchased in 1811 still
hangs in our belfry.
In 1813, religious controversies caused a small group to separate from
the Parish; they became the Baptist church. Another group left in 1821
and called themselves the Christian Society, now the Congregational Church.
The remaining liberal Christians, called “Unitarians” because
of their theology found the 1787 church to be too old and too large to
be manageable. They dismantled that building in 1842. Many of the materials
saved from the 1787 building were used to build the present, third meetinghouse
on the same location as the old.
Since that time the building has housed the group first known as the
First Congregational Parish, Unitarian, and more recently as the Unitarian
Church
of Sharon.
We are a vital, growing congregation and a member church of the Unitarian
Universalist Association.
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