Join this fall as we Thrive! Through October 5, 2025 Pastor Liza will lead us in a special back-to-church sermon series called, “Thrive.” 

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Join us for these two upcoming lectures: one with Dr. Andrew Gardner and the first of our Fred and Elizabeth Boyajian Lectures for the 2025-2026 season!

Dr. Andrew Gardner will deliver an online lecture entitled, “An Ecclesial Crises: Joel Hawes and Abolition at the First Church of Christ.” Hawes was Center Church’s tenth pastor and served this congregation from 1818 until 1864. Hawes pastored at a time when the church was divided on the “great moral issue” of the time, chattel slavery. Learn how Hawes navigated the competing interests and how he, in his personal life, worked for abolitionist causes. Online only, registration is required. You can register for the lecture here.

Our first lecture will be a collaboration with Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. On September 28, 2025, the Rev. Dr. William Yoo joins us for Freedom Trail Sunday, leading worship and later that day offer a lecture on his book, Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the making of American Christianity. We hope you join us for both of these great events! Please register for the afternoon program here.

In March 2026, Dr. Jennifer Barclay will join us for our second lecture of the year on her book, The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America. Stay tuned for more information!

Stay up to date and watch past installations of the lecture series on its Facebook page, linked below:

The Fred & Elizabeth Boyajian Lecture Series “Lest We Forget”

If you missed it, here’s a link to the video from Hartford’s 19th annual Messiah Sing.  Save the date for next year, Hartford’s 20th Anniversary  Community Messiah sing – January 4th, 2026!