It’s a devastating loss for the town, but the surrounding faith community is stepping in to help.
Today is the first Sunday in about 160 years that the people of Spencer, Massachusetts don’t have a place of worship.
The First Congressional Church of Spencer was destroyed by a fast-moving fire Friday reducing a church that had been standing since the Civil War to a pile of rubble all in about 45 minutes. The building was on fire at 207 Main Street, which is Massachusetts Route 9, according to the Spencer Police Department. The address is for the First Congregational Church of Spencer, United Church of Christ, a congregation that dates back to 1743, according toThe First Congressional Church of Leicester opening their doors to the Spencer congregation today for a service at 10 a.m. The sister churches share an interim minister.
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