Overview Nancy E. Forsberg was born on August 5, 1922. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Denison University and later from Yale University School of Divinity. She was ordained in 1951. Rev. Nancy became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Union, New Jersey, in 1967. She was a leader in interfaith and interracial efforts in Union County. She served as the pastor of the First Congregational Church until her retirement in 2000. She died on April 5, 2008. This collection contains a single portrait...

Abstract Union Congregational Church was formally organized in 1896 in the Point Shirley neighborhood of Winthrop, Massachusetts. On February 22, 1896, a meeting led by Arthur Truslow met to discuss the creation of a "Christian Church at the Beach". The neighborhood consisted of roughly 200 families during the winter, the population increasing to 2,500 during the summer months. At that present time, families had to travel to Congregational Churches in Revere or Chelsea for service Winthrop had only just...