History of East Orrington Congregational Church

1788 – Town of Orrington incorporated.

1833 – Congregational Meeting House dedicated.

1834 – First congregational society in Orrington formed.

1842 – East Orrington Congregational Meeting House dedicated.

1864 – New bell calls residents to Sunday worship.

1875 – Begins association with Bangor Theological Seminary to supply student pastors.

1888 – Meeting Hall raised and vestry built underneath.

1931 – Church auditorium redecorated and repaired.

1964 – Leases Burns Memorial School for services.

1967 – Church buys schoolhouse.

1977 – Seminary student Bob Carlson begins serving as pastor.

1981 – Steeple purchased from South Orrington Methodist Church to replace church steeple.

1984 – Church marks 150th anniversary with pageant.

1994 – First worship service held in new meetinghouse across from original building.

2002 – The Rev. Bob Carlson retires.

2006 – Seminary student Carl Schreiber begins serving church.

2008 – The Rev. Schreiber to be ordained as church marks 175th anniversary.

Source: East Orrington Congregational Church