{"id":262,"date":"2012-07-31T19:17:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:06:02","slug":"the-first-congregational-church-of-camden-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/the-first-congregational-church-of-camden-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Congregational Church of Camden, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_262' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_262=new _2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_262');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_262=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_262');\n}\nif  (typeof _2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_262=new _2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_262, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_262=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_262, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/');\n}\npano_0_262.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_262.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_262.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011_08_02_The_First_Congregational_Church_of_Camden_Maine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite setbacks in its early years when assignment of a regular minister was intermittent, the parish of the <a title=\"First Congregational Church of Camden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.camdenucc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Congregational Church of Camden<\/a>, Maine, which is the oldest church in town, continues to persevere more than two hundred years after its founding in 1805. 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