Allyn Robinson's 100th Anniversary Sermon - 1981

During the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the church in 1981, former pastors were invited to return for a guest sermon. Allyn Robinson's sermon for that occasion was called "Let Memory Serve the Future".

Let Memory Serve the Future (PDF)

A Peculiar People - By Peggy Hoffmann

In the 1970s Peggy Hoffmann, with help from others, wrote this play to paint an overview of the history and essence of Community UCC.

A Peculiar People (PDF) (15 pages)

Cally Rogers-Witte

Rev. Cally Rogers-Witte was Pastor of CUCC from 1977 to 1995. The article below appeared in the Raleigh Times in 1977.

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Demolition of United Church - 1977

Newspaper coverage from 1977 on demolition of the United Church building in downtown Raleigh. This church was the predecessor to the present CUCC.

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Historical Sketch of the United Church of Raleigh

Stuart Noblin was a member of the United Church of Raleigh during the 1960s, as well as a historian at NC State. He wrote two histories of the United Church. The brief one below was written in 1967 as part of a self-study project within the church. The longer one entitled “The United Church of Raleigh: A Case Study” was written two years later and is also available in this archive (link on left).

Historical Sketch of United Church of Raleigh (PDF)

The United Church of Raleigh: A Case Study - By Stuart Noblin

The United Church of Raleigh, A Case Study -- written by Stuart Noblin, North Carolina State University, for the Southern Historical Association, 1969.

A Case Study (PDF) (14 pages)

The E&R Church - Our Present Home

The First Evangelical and Reformed Church of Raleigh was formed in 1954. (See first photo in collection below. This plague is hanging in the CUCC Fellowship Hall.) In 1956 the E&R congregation completed construction of the church building on the corner of Dixie Trail and Wade Avenue. (See second photo in collection. This plaque also hangs in the Fellowship Hall.) The photos in this collection represent the earliest known pictures taken of the new church. One of them pictures the Rev. G. Harold Myers in the pulpit. Rev. Myers served as Pastor at the Evangelical and Reformed church during the 1950s. In 1969, the United Church of Raleigh abandoned its downtown location and moved to the E&R church to merge with the E&R congregation. (The E&R and Congregational-Christian denominations had merged in 1957, so this joining of churches in 1969 was a merger of churches which were already associated with the same denomination). By 1969 the E&R congregation was relatively small, and following the merger few of the E&R members were actually assimilated into the new congregation.

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Organization of E&R Church of Raleigh, 1954

Architectural award for new church building on Dixie Trail and Wade Ave., 1956

Earliest exterior photo of the new church

Front: W. C. Pickett, Jr., William Cope. Rear:T. Edsel Cooke, Helen Peeler, Perry Moore, ?

First Consistory of the E&R Church of Raleigh

New sanctuary

Rev. G. Harold Myers in pulpit