First Parish Congregational Church 1 Church Street, Wakefield, MA 01880

"Beautiful historic church"

"Very bad church and horrible leadership. Pastor help woman only and never help men unless forced to. I was threatening there by a woman and nothing done about it. False teachings. Don't bring family. Very racial church. Frame men"

"My parents...brother...n friend all got married here!! GORGEOUS!!! AA....Art classes....Boy scouts...Bible studies....Two Sunday morning services!!! Food pantry...clothing closet....A caring ,welcoming place!!!"

"We visited and had a great experience. They are respecting distancing and everyone is wearing a mask. Felt very welcoming and safe."

"Two Extremely bad experiences. One year ago I was told the secretary "RUTH" of the parish was selling her Toyota truck and a fellow worker brought us together. I looked at it and agreed on a price she talked to her husband he agreed Ruth called me and we moved forward. She said she would call me in a few days when ready to finalize the sale. I needed to sell my truck also so I advertised it locally and took a deposit and was ready in her time frame of a few days. She called me and said tomorrow will work and we made definite plans. I called her the following evening to pick it up and she said she had bad news, she had went and bought a brand new Subaru and traded it in to the dealer and they already had it. I was in shock, my vehicle was sold and I was screwed. I had been going the this Church for 39 years. Imagine this behavior / integrity within a "Holy" place. You take the cake Ruth. Yesterday was the final straw 11/6/18 I went to the Congregational church for a meeting in the basement which I have been attending for decades. There was about 20 of us attending and the janitor welcomed us and got us set up with some coffee. All of a sudden I heard a woman complaining about us to everyone in the kitchen and she was being very rude. I asked her if there was a problem and she said we weren't supposed to be their this particular day and we knew it because she told someone last week. her attitude was mean, sarcastic, complaining, controlling so I asked her if she would like us to leave and she said yes. I said we are always willing to follow the rules. To whom ever is in charge at this Church You may need to put more honest, kind, communicative, loving people in key spots. No more donations from me."