A
Brief History of The Worship Center…
The Worship Center was founded in 1986 by Rev.
Mark A. Santostefano and a group of about 25
people who desired to start a Christian church
that would be centered on worship, biblical
teaching and relevant outreach to the community.
We first began meeting in the basement of a
Medical Building in Marlborough. Within two
years the church outgrew that facility and was
invited to hold it’s services at Patti Dunne’s
School of Gymnastics in Hebron, CT. The added
space allowed for an increase in attendance
to an average of 200 worshippers each Sunday,
which was the capacity of that facility.
During 1997, a church member, Mary Florence
Boucher, donated 11 acres of land on Marjorie
Circle in order for The Worship Center to build
a permanent church home. Florence and her husband
had always dreamed of a church being built on
the property.
In 1999, we began holding Sunday service in
the auditorium at the old RHAM High School,
which was eventually torn down in 2004. At this
time, we began meeting for Sunday service at
the new RHAM High School in the food court.
After hearing from God, Josh Phillips volunteered
to initiate the first phase of construction
on the road leading up our future church home.
The driveway site work began in May of 2004.
The retaining wall, which runs along side the
driveway, was completed in October of 2005 by
church members. In May 2006, the driveway was
completed and paved.
We are now invested in our second building campaign,
raising funds to build the sanctuary at the
top of the hill located at 99 Marjorie Circle,
Hebron. For photos of our progress, please go
to our New Building Project web page or click
here. Click on the links under "Photos
of Construction & Other Events."
We are currently meeting for Sunday service
at 10 a.m. in the Food Court of the new R.H.A.M.
High School, where the attendance is around
250. We are convinced that we will continue
to fill the space where we worship and would
need to go to a second service within a year
of moving into our new facility. |