BRUNSWICK

Rev. George Adams was minister at Brunswick’s First Parish Church for 41 years — from 1829-1870 — and a lot happened during that time.

On Sunday, Dr. William Imes, another former pastor of First Parish Church, will give a talk, titled “Rev. Adams Goes to Washington,” highlighting historical touch points of Adams’s tenure. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. at First Parish Church, located at 207 Maine St.

During Adams’s time as minister, the current historical meeting-house was built, the Civil War erupted and his son-in-law, Joshua Chamberlain, brought distinction to the town of Brunswick with his war conduct, political achievement and presidency of Bowdoin College. Adams’s diaries showed particular concern for the men of the 20th Maine, so at the end of the Civil War he traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet and thank them.

A century or so later, Imes became senior pastor at First Parish Church, a position he filled from 1985 to 2001. During that time he dug deeply into local history, including twice reading through Adams’s 17 volumes of diaries. In 2001, he was appointed president of Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he retired in 2008. He and his wife Judy now divide their time between Massachusetts and Arizona.

The presentation is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

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