History and Tour
Since 1740 Greenwich Church has served people with a lively faith, a living hope and warm love. We provide inspiring worship, edifying Church School, a vital youth ministry, and adult and family fellowship. We also sponsor youth and adult choirs, and Boy Scout and Junior Girl Scout programs. We are actively involved in public service and Christian Mission locally and world-wide.
Historical Old Greenwich
The history of Old Greenwich is long and rich. The earliest record of our congregation is a call in 1739 to the Presbytery of New Brunswick for "supplies of preaching in Mr. Barber's neighborhood near Musconnekunk." That was us! At first we were interchangeably referred to as Mr. Barber or Mr. Green's neighborhood; then Greensridge, Greenridge, Greenage, and finally, Greenwich.
Among the supply ministers sent to preach in that log church was the frontier missionary, Rev. David Brainerd. In 1775, the site of the log church and the early cemetery were abandoned in favor of the present location and the first stone church was erected. In 1835 the original stone building was replaced by our present, larger church.
Memorial Hall
In 1951 the cornerstone was laid for Memorial Hall. The great hall itself has become a sort of all purpose room, housing such events as Sunday School classes, after church Fellowship, committee meetings, Christmas pageants, and many more activities. Adjacent to Memorial Hall are the library and youth room.
Trinity Wing
Dedicated in the spring of 2004, Trinity Wing is the latest addition to the physical church. This new addition provides the much needed space for Sunday School classes, committee meetings, support groups, and other gatherings. The infant's room and offices for the Pastor and secretary are also located in this building.
Greenwich Cemetery
The Cemetery predates the American Revolution, with memorials dating back to 1740. It has beautiful, historic characteristics of an early American church graveyard and nineteenth century rural cemetery. The Cemetery's growth through the twentieth century affords visitors a historical cross-section of gradually changing styles of burial layout and monuments, from family plots and vertical markers to the memorial park with flush markers.
Greenwich Nursery School
Since 1973, Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church has been proud to house the Greenwich Nursery School (908-479-6886).
The nursery school was set up by the church to serve the community. It is now governed by a separate board and subsidized by the church as a part of its local mission.