Light the First Church Steeple
Light the Steeple
Join The Steeple Fundraiser Workgroup as we launch our Light the Steeple campaign. The workgroup will be dedicating the lighting on the week of October 29, 2023, to all First Church pastors, past and present!
Link is available for anyone to sponsor the steeple lighting for a week in honor of, or in memory of a loved one for just $25 per week. Please pick your date at least one week in advance of desired week. All donors will be acknowledged in our weekly Happenings.
Fill out the online form by clicking bar below, or find paper forms outside church office. Please note that more than one dedication can fall on any given week. There is enough light for everyone so please share it!
Thank you to all who donated!! We have surpassed our goal of $40,000!!
In the News
Ronni Newton, managing editor of We-Ha.com, grabbed a photo just as the scaffolding was being installed in May 2023 for this feature story about our iconic steeple. Read the We-Ha.com story HERE.
The Hartford Courant featured our steeple on the front page, May 24, 2023. See image in our photo gallery below.
Michael Walsh, editor with the CT Insider and The West Hartford News interviewed several church members involved with the Save the Steeple project. Read his story HERE.
We made the front page, again! See the summer issue of 2020 Media’s West Hartford Magazine HERE to read more about the project, some history and see a few cool photos too.
Thank you to Court Lewis and Bob Cave for feeding information to Steve Smith with The Hartford Courant to write this great summary of our steeple project. READ IT HERE. This appeared on page one of the Connecticut section on Thursday August 17, 2023.
