A Short History

On this island since 1882.

1882

Eagle Harbor Congregational gathers for the first time on Bainbridge.

1903

The clapboard church and bell tower you see today is dedicated.

1957

The Congregational Christian Churches join the UCC. We are charter UCC.

2008

Voted Open & Affirming — full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ folks in every part of church life.

Our History

Founded in 1882 as a Congregational church by two settler families, we became United Church of Christ in 1957. It's been nearly 150 years of incredible history. Click through the images below to see a bit of it.


Or click the links on the right to see some of the articles written about our history in recent years.


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  • A black and white photo of two people in a boat titled the beginning of eagle harbor

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  • The suquamish people continue to use the island to this day as a place of ceremony and economic and substance activities.

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  • A black and white photo of horses pulling logs in the woods

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  • A black and white photo of a lake with the year 1880 on the bottom

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  • A black and white photo of mr. and mrs. riley haskins

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  • A black and white photo of mr. and mrs. r. ley haskins

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  • A black and white photo of mr & mrs r. ley haskins

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  • A black and white photo of a man and woman on easter sunday march 25 1883

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  • A black and white photo of mr and mrs scotts daughter

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  • A black and white photo of a building with the words the parsonage at the bottom

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  • The church met in the local school house but soon outgrew these facilities

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  • A black and white photo of a church from 1896

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  • A black and white photo of eagle harbor longnega tional church

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  • A black and white drawing of eagle harbor settlement

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  • A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage from 1912

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  • A black and white photo of a church in 1915

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  • 1918 first female minister 1925 first remodel a kitchen and fellowship hall were added

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  • A black background with white text that says sponsors iii of the lenmanis family from latvia

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  • A black and white photo dated march 30 1912

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  • A black and white photo of a man from 1941.

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  • The united church of christ was established in 1957

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  • A black and white photo of a group of people in 1960.

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  • A black and white drawing of a church says 1962 large remodel begins

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  • A black and white photo of the bell tower mystery in 1974

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  • A stained glass window with the year 1982 on it

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  • The church property expanded with the purchase of the stephens ' home in 1985

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  • A black and white floor plan of a building from 1896 and 1915

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  • A newspaper article about a church taking steeple drive to the public

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  • A newspaper article from saturday october 6 2006

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