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First Church of the Nazarene
1465 Union Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone : 207-942-7216
Reverend Ernest Bradley, who was the Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Skowhegan, felt a burden for a Nazarene Church to be planted in Bangor. In October 1945, Reverend Bradley located a few interested persons and began cottage prayer meetings in homes in the Bangor Area on Wednesday evenings. The first public service was held at 32 Central Street in Bangor upstairs over the May Fair Restaurant on Tuesday Evening, January 22, 1946 with 32 present. A note in the church history from Frances Hodsdon reads: "I'll never forget that meeting! We were mostly all strangers to each other in the group of 32 people. It didn't take long for each of us to get acquainted and work for a common cause." In the beginning, the Church's Sunday School, as well as Sunday services were held in the afternoon because Reverend Bradley had to preach at the Skowhegan Church on Sunday mornings. Reverend Bradley continued to commute from Skowhegan each week to hold services until the Church could be organized.