Our History - Pakachoag Church

Originally founded as a chapel, and then organized as a community church, Pakachoag retains the character of a small church in spite of substantial institutional development over the years. Families and children are very much in evidence, and a strong sense of interpersonal attachment prevails among all the members. Friendliness and caring are hallmarks of our life together.

 

In its eighty year history, Pakachoag has extended this sense of caring beyond its walls in many meaningful ways. One of the most significant efforts this Church undertook was establishing an AIDS Support Group and ministry in the 1980's when this disease first became identified. AIDS Project Worcester grew out of this effort and that agency continues a worthy service role in the whole Central Massachusetts region.

 

 More than twenty five years ago, the Church established and nurtured the Pakachoag Community Music School, which, while now an independent organization, www.pakmusic.org, remains housed in the Church building. Our affiliations with the Worcester Area Missionary Society (our founding organization), the Worcester Community Loan Fund, and the Auburn Visiting Nurse Association among others are long and sustaining. In short, Pakachoag is a church that understands the notion of “community” in a broad social context, and understands faith as something to be exercised in practical ways.