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The Reverend Tisha Williams of the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton. STEPHEN J. KOTZ
Since January, members of the First Baptist Church in Bridgehampton have been celebrating the congregation’s centennial year with guest preachers and other special activities.
The observance will culminate on Sunday, May 19, when the congregation will gather at the church’s original home in what is now Dia Bridgehampton/the Dan Flavin Art Institute on Corwith Avenue at 8 a.m. before making its way down Montauk Highway to its current church on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.
The Reverend Tisha Williams, who has served as the church’s pastor since 2018, said the Sunday morning worship will be held at 11 a.m. and be followed by “a fantastic fellowship lunch” at 1 p.m.
There will be an afternoon service at 3, with Bishop Andy Lewter of the Hollywood Full Gospel Cathedral in Amityville. Professor Jeff Roberson and Nulife Gospel group will also participate.
The weekend will include a service at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17, with the Reverend Reginald Sharpe.
The congregation, which began with prayer meetings in private homes in 1922, was formally organized in 1924, with the former firehouse on Corwith Avenue, which is now the museum, serving as its first home. The congregation purchased the building two years later and remained there until November 16, 1980, when it moved into its new brick church on the turnpike.
Staff Writer on May 8, 2024