Mission

To make Disciples for Jesus Christ through our worship and ministry in the greater Berwick/Somersworth community.

About:

School Street Methodist Episcopal church, of Berwick, goes back to the year 1810 for the initial impulse to which it owes its origin. Bishop Francis Asbury frequently passed through this town before this date, and on one occasion May 26, 1807, preached in Berwick. But no effort was made to establish Methodism here until 1810. That year the Norway Plains (now Rochester) circuit was formed, and preachers from there came into Berwick. During the conference year of 1810-11 a class was formed. Among those who are mentioned as coming here are Hezekiah Field, Abner Clark, Leonard Frost, John Lord, and others. About 1816 quite an extensive revival occurred in this section on both sides of the river, under the preaching of John Lord. Again in 1824, according to Zion's Herald of Oct. 20 that year, a revival was in progress in Berwick.

Rev. Lindsay Wallace (or Wallis), a Methodist local preacher, came to Berwick to live in 1820. He associated himself with some Methodist people residing at Cranberry Meadow, and seems to have been responsible for the continuance of Methodist services from 1820 to 1830. He continued to be actively indentified with the society until 1861. Holding a commission as Justice of the Peace, he served the community very helpfully. His sons became prosperous business men of Rochester, N.H.