The service included a baptism for a baby girl, which had been planned for the Spencer church, he said Sunday. A second church building erected in 1772 was destroyed in 1862 when “a superheated stove” started a fire, according to Baker-Wood.ĭuring Sunday’s service in the Leicester church, MacLeod said that while the Spencer church building “held our encounters with the holy,” God was still with them. Its first building was “little more than a barn” with unfinished walls and no pews, according to a history of the congregation posted to the church’s website. The church had been in the same Main Street location since 1743. The church building lost Friday had also been destroyed by fire more than a century prior but rebuilt according to Mary Baker-Wood, chairperson of the Spencer Historical Commission. Hicks said he did not know where a permanent replacement tower would be built or when construction would begin. Related : ‘It is very much like a death in the family': Spencer mourns historic church destroyed by fire A state Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson said over the weekend that the agency would be in touch with the town’s fire department to address cleanup early this week. Ralph Hicks, a town selectman, said Sunday he hopes the church does rebuild and on its present site along the town’s Main Street.Ĭrews covered the rubble left from the fire out of concern there might be asbestos in it. “I would say there is a desire not to abandon our role in Spencer.” We have lots of talking to do before we make big decisions about the direction and mission now,” MacLeod said. “Today was the first time we have gathered so that was our focus. In a text message to the Globe Sunday afternoon, MacLeod said it was too early for parishioners to have a conversation about whether to rebuild.īut he indicated that the church would seek a way to remain in Spencer. ![]() And that God is here with us to help us pick up the pieces and figure out what to do next.” ![]() ![]() “I do believe God is there with us, in the midst of it. I don’t think God makes the bad things happen,” MacLeod said during the service. Bruce MacLeod, who serves as interim pastor of the First Congregational Churches of Spencer and Leicester, spoke to parishioners of both churches during the service in Leicester on Sunday morning.
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