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2020’s

Covid-19 shuts down in-person worship and other gatherings on March 15, 2020. Congregants learn to Zoom and watch live-stream services to connect for worship, church school, meditation, prayer and book study. These technologies continue to support in-person ministries to the congregation and community.

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2010’s

Frances Wise Grenley becomes the first female senior pastor, followed by Kelly Hough Rogers. Sandro Russo becomes Music Director and Organist. Joya Colon-Berezin is Minister of Christian Education. 47 Woods Lane is sold and a new manse is built at 2 Heathcote Road.

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2000’s

The church votes to be “An Open and Affirming Church – Warmly Welcoming All of God’s Children.” The Phillip and Nancy Washburn Memory Garden and a refurbished sanctuary are dedicated. Larry Kalajainen begins his four-year ministry.

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1990’s

The cornerstone of The Little Stone Church comes back as part of the new church sign. The first service on Easter becomes a pageant with the children as participants. The website is launched.

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1980’s

Phillip Seely Washburn begins his 24 year pastorate. Firsts in the decade include the do-it-yourself children’s pageant on Christmas Eve, a computer in the office, a spring clothing sale and a Nursery School for two-year olds.

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1970’s

Roger William Johnson begins his eleven-year pastorate. June Lumby becomes the first female moderator. John Frederick Schuder begins his 34 years as Minister of Music.

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1960’s

The Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement are important parts of life during Avery Denison Post’s six year ministry. 47 Woods Lane becomes the parsonage. Coffee hours begin after worship.

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1950’s

First services in the new sanctuary are held Easter Sunday 1951. Howard Stone Anderson succeeds Rev. Boynton. Claire v. g. Thomas begins twenty years as Minister of Music. The church remodels Dyckman Hall, takes title to 2 Heathcote Road, joins the newly-formed United Church of Christ and opens a Nursery School for three and four-year-olds.

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1940’s

The Sherbrooke property is sold. Women of the congregation organize The Guild. Property adjacent to and north of Dyckman Hall is acquired for a sanctuary. The first Bazaar Day (now the Family Fair) is held Election Day 1947 to raise money for the sanctuary.

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1930’s

Edward Chadbourne Boynton begins his twenty-one year pastorate spanning the Great Depression and World War II. The congregation buys 5.76 acres at the corner of Heathcote and Sherbrooke Roads with plans for a sanctuary seating 600. The Depression halts these plans.

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1920’s

An assembly hall is built for worship and community events. When Rev. Dyckman dies suddenly, the hall is re-named Dyckman Hall. Theodore Merrell Shipherd succeeds Rev. Dyckman. The congregation is formed as a separate church with its own constitution and by-laws on October 22, 1924.

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1910’s

On three-quarters of an acre purchased next to the church, a parsonage (now the office building) is built. Congregants support the World War I effort with many donations. Henry MacPherson Dyckman succeeds Rev. Pritchard.

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1900’s

Adults seek a preacher and in 1903 select Arthur Osborn Pritchard who serves until 1918. The congregation becomes a branch of the Westchester Congregational Church. Scarsdale Estates gives a half-acre plot at the corner of Heathcote and Post Roads on which The Little Stone Church is built.

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1890’s

The Arthur Manor Union Sunday School Association is organized to provide religious education for the children in Arthur Manor in the Town of Scarsdale. Its first meeting is November 10, 1895 in the Sprague Road Fire House.

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