UUCSW’s 300th Anniversary
300 years of Celebrating Love, Seeking Knowledge, and Advancing Justice
UUCSW turned 300 on October 28, 2024 and we have held events throughout the 2024-2025 church year to highlight our legacy of social justice, love in action, and freedom of belief. Keep an eye on this page for more information about our upcoming Rededication Ceremony on September 7, 2025.
Did you know?
Fun Facts about Unitarian Universalism, and UUCSW:
~Unitarians and Congregationalists are descended from the Puritans.
~The Rev. Ebenezer Parkman served as the first ordained minister of Westborough, Massachusetts, from 1724 – 1782. He was the reverend of the First Church of Christ in Westborough, from which both UUCSW and The Congregational Church of Westborough descend. You can find out more about Rev. Parkman at the Ebenezer Parkman Project website: https://www.ebenezerparkman.org/
~So what’s the difference between Unitarians and Congregationalists, you might ask? Good question! We have a long history with our Congregational siblings, but in the late 1700s, the Congregational church split into “Trinitarian Congregationalists” and “Unitarian Congregationalists”. There were a number of reasons, but one in particular is evident in the name: Unitarian Congregationalists believed that God was all-one, and rejected the doctrine of the Trinity.
~In 1849 we began to build our present building, and dedicated it in 1850. We are legitimately the First Congregational Society. Our friends across the street are legitimately the First Congregational Church. Both are parts of the Church that was founded in 1724.
See more about Colonial church history in Westborough HERE