The many stain glass windows have special Christian significance as well as an interesting history of their own. The beautifully sounding pipe organ is a two-manual Moller instrument with excellent volume and exceptional tone quality. The church vestry, located on the lower level and adjacent to a full service and well-equipped kitchen, seats a large number for dinner and program activities and is in excellent condition. Church members and friends love to have covered dish luncheons and dinners in the vestry and enjoy the fellowship with one another. We have been known to be a friendly church with a sense of caring and concern for others. We reach out to people in hospitals and nursing homes with regular visitations by church members. We are concerned and responsive to our shut-ins and make an effort to help people with physical difficulties get to church for worship and special programs.

Our church is handicap accessible since we have a modern elevator to take people from the lower level on the first floor to our sanctuary. The lower level has Spring Street handicap access with a wheelchair ramp going down slightly to the first floor’s lower level. In reaching out to the community, our church has been active in the Exeter Clergy Association’s “Feed my Lambs” program to assist local people in need of food and necessities. We also support a small emergency food pantry of our own. And we have in recent years maintained a thrift shop of slightly used clothing which has been open two days each week in morning hours.

On Thanksgiving Day, our church has, for many years, put on a full Thanksgiving dinner for those in the community without families or who would otherwise be alone. Members of the church with the help of friends within the community and the Exeter area have generously volunteered their time to continue this program. Our church is responsive to the need for local, countrywide and world missions within our denomination, and these efforts are administered and coordinated by our missions coordinator, assisted to a large degree by the very active Women’s Fellowship and Diaconate. Groups active in the church include the various Boards and Committees, the Women’s Fellowship, Hospitality Committee, Bible Study, and Prayer Group. Church groups sponsor many luncheons, suppers and programs in the vestry, and the kitchen becomes an active resource and center for church fellowship.

Many men and women whose names are renowned in early New Hampshire history, lived and worked here and left their imprint on this historic town. A stroll through downtown Exeter with its many shops, restaurants, and historical sites is always a pleasant experience for both visitors and residents alike. The old bandstand is a familiar landmark, and the American Independence Museum is one of the many visitor attractions highlighting the town’s long and distinguished history.

Exeter, of course, is especially known today for being the home of Phillips Exeter Academy, formerly an all boys school and now co-educational. The town’s proximity to Seacoast beaches as well as New Hampshire lakes and the White Mountains make it ideally located for recreational opportunities. The University of New Hampshire with its many services and activities is close by, and the town is located about halfway between Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. Boston is only about a one-hour drive by automobile. Major airports are located in Boston, Portland and Manchester, New Hampshire. Exeter is a great location for family life and bringing up children. It is also ideal for business and occupational opportunities in view of its closeness to Portsmouth, Boston, and other growing communities in the tri-state area. There are many social and service organizations in Exeter including the Lions, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees, Women’s Clubs, Boy and Girl Scouts, Senior Citizens Club, Masonic Orders, American Legion, League of Women Voters, Habitat or Humanity, and the Historical Society. Exeter is tremendously blessed with a fine hospital and an excellent medical staff with access to many of the best physicians in the greater Boston area. The Exeter school system is highly regarded providing a wide curriculum for students of Exeter and surrounding communities. A state of the art new high school in a spacious setting opened its doors in 2006. Just a few years earlier, a new and beautiful Middle School was constructed providing exceptional learning facilities and opportunities.