Английская Википедия:Church of the Good Shepherd (Dedham, Massachusetts)

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The Church of the Good Shepherd is an Episcopal church in Dedham, Massachusetts and the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.

History

The first group of Anglicans in Dedham began meeting in Clapboardtrees in 1731.Шаблон:Sfn A few decades later, Samuel ColburnШаблон:Efn died in the Crown Point Expedition of 1756.Шаблон:Sfn Though he was not an Anglican, he left almost his entire estate to the Anglican community in Dedham to establish St. Paul's Church.Шаблон:Sfn

Charles C. Sanderson, who sold the building lots in Oakdale, also erected a building containing a public hall and a store.Шаблон:Sfn A mission Sunday school was begun by lay readers from St. Paul's in the Sanderson Building on June 8, 1873Шаблон:Sfn for Anglicans in the Oakdale section of town who could not get to the church easily.Шаблон:Sfn Soon after, on the 29th of the same month, public services of the Episcopal Church were begun in Sanderson Hall and for three years they were conducted by lay readers.Шаблон:Sfn

The mission was funded by the family of Horatio Chickering, a member of St. Paul's.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1874, Chickering purchased a lot of land for the purpose of building a church.Шаблон:Sfn He died in the spring of 1875 but he made provision in his will for the erection of the church.Шаблон:Sfn Besides the gifts of the church and land by Chickering, the parish received other bequests from his widow, Lucy Lee Chickering, and from his sisters.Шаблон:Sfn In the church were placed memorial windows in memory of Chickering and his sisters, Mrs. DF Adams and Miss HB Chickering.Шаблон:Sfn

The parish was organized under the name of the Church of the Good ShepherdШаблон:Sfn and, at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Convention of the Diocese of Massachusetts in 1876, it was voted to accept the Church into union with the convention.Шаблон:Sfn William Franklin Cheney was also elected to take charge of the congregation in August 1876.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn

The cornerstone of the church was laid by Bishop Benjamin Henry Paddock on June 8, 1876Шаблон:Sfn and he consecrated the church just a few months later, on November 2.Шаблон:Sfn

Community

A tradition began the 1880s of youngsters from the community climbing to the top of the bell tower and ringing the bells at midnight on July 4 to celebrate Independence Day.Шаблон:Sfn

Beginning in the early 1900s and continuing until the 1990s, bonfires would be held first in Oakdale Square and then in the Manor to celebrate the 4th of July.Шаблон:R It would usually begin at midnight, either on July 3 or July 4, when a young person would climb onto the roof of the Church and ring the bell.Шаблон:R This would signal others to bring old farm carts they had stolen into Oakdale Square and light them ablaze.Шаблон:R

The Church, along with the Dedham Country Day School, were the first to sponsor cub scout packs in Dedham.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:As of, the Church still sponsors Troop 3 of the Scouts BSA.Шаблон:R

When the cornerstone of the Oakdale School was laid in 1902, the Church's rector, Cheney, led the crowd in prayer.Шаблон:R

Connection to William B. Gould

After arriving in Dedham in 1871, William B. Gould signed the Articles of Incorporation and became a founder of the Church.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He and his wife were baptized and confirmed there in 1878 and 1879.Шаблон:Sfn

Gould's family remained active members of the church and, along with the Bonds and one other family, the Chesnuts, were the only black parishioners.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Four generations of Goulds would ultimately be baptized there.

A pew at the Church is dedicated to Gould and Cornelia.Шаблон:Sfn When a park in Dedham was named in his honor, a sign with Gould's name and image was unveiled by his great-great-great-grandchildren. It was then blessed by the former rector of the Church, Rev. Noble Scheepers. When a statue was unveiled there two years later, it was blessed by Rev. Chitral De Mel, the then-current rector of the Church.

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