We're delighted that you're interested in getting to know about our congregation and about Unitarian Universalism.
 

Our congregation is descended from a group of Universalists who began meeting in 1868 on Main St. and then formed the Second Universalist Society of St. Johnsbury. Five years later, they moved to a newly built church on Eastern Avenue capable of seating 500 worshipers. The present Meetinghouse was added to the back of that church in 1926 and the original building torn down in 1972. 
 

The Second Universalist Society, which adopted the name of Church of the Messiah, carried on a tradition of Universalist worship in the region dating back to 1805. The current name -- Universalist Unitarian Congregation at St. Johnsbury -- was adopted after the 1962 merger of the Universalists and Unitarian denominations to form the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). The congregation places the Universalist name first to honor its heritage, but is a member in good standing of the UUA.
 

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