Stow - First Parish Church

From Church website: First Parish Church traces its origins back to 1683 when the town of Stow sought to settle a minister as a condition of its incorporation. The First Parish Church of Stow became Unitarian in 1833. The Universalist Church had its beginnings in Acton when the Reverend Hosea Ballou began preaching sermons on universal salvation in 1814. In 1961 the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Churches of America merged. In 1969 the Universalist Church of Acton and the First Parish Church of Stow combined to become First Parish Church of Stow and Acton.