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Over sixty years ago, as a token of their friendship, the Masons in New Canaan donated a bell from their Main Street temple to the newly established First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. The 150 original members of the church contributed the money necessary to construct a bell tower to house this unique gift.
When the new bell tower was formally dedicated on November 24th, 1963, it had tolled just two days earlier in mourning to mark the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The bell tower was later rededicated to Stuart Higley, the church’s first Clerk of Session.
Since our rather humble beginnings in 1956, members of the community of the faith at the First Presbyterian Church have bequeathed enduring statements of their devotion in the form of their generous gifts to the Church.
To commemorate the Church’s Bell Tower and enable its parishioners to leave a legacy, the Bell Tower Society was created to recognize those individuals who have given generously and to encourage and facilitate planned giving. The church touches our lives in many ways, and a legacy gift ensures that our church will be able to serve everyone for the generations to come.
More than forty individuals and families have left a legacy to our spiritual home, and we ask that you consider joining them. The gift amount and its use is entirely up to you, based on what you are passionate about here at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan.
If you would like more information about the Bell Tower Society, please email Wendy Starr at wendy@fpcnc.org.
