This series contains the records of the Church's effort to spread its influence in the community. These have been divided by categories, rather than by administrative function. On one level, the church spread the Gospel through worship services. The records in Worship are very brief and should be supplemented by the scrapbooks in series 6 and by the sermons of second minister Samuel Edward Herrick in series 7. The parish reached out to the wider world through a magazine, through radio programs, and through newspaper announcements at different periods. It also had relations, through its ministers, with other churches in its denomination. The Christian Education material should be considered with material from the records of the voluntary societies, all of whom were concerned with educating their members. There were Sunday Schools for small children, but the main educational effort was always aimed at college students, especially those at M.I.T. Herrick House, at one point run as a residence for college students, was part of this effort.