"No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are ALWAYS welcome here!"

The First Parish Federated Church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ & the United Methodist Church.  We are a congregation on the move in visionary, inspired ministry.  We walk out "in the field" with Jesus Christ, seeking opportunities to serve rather than be served.  We look to tomorrow instead of yesterday.  We focus on discerning God’s call and responding to his will for the living of this new day, not those good ol’ days.

Our worshipers come from Maine and New Hampshire.  Almost every week, we welcome new visitors of all ages!  Worship services are lively with modern and traditional music, a talented and personable choir and Minister of Music, and a family friendly environment.  The preaching is biblically-based, while relevant to daily life issues.

We hold our children and youth in high esteem, and many volunteers and the pastor are diligent about nature, safety and education of young people.  Junior and Senior high youth groups are active in missions and fellowship.

Reverend Donna Lee Muise began pastoring First Parish Federated Church in August 1997.  She was born and raised in Gloucester, MA, where her family still resides.  After a 12-year career with Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston while earning a Bachelor's Degree in English from Salem State College, Rev Donna attended Andover Newton Theological School, graduating cum laude in 1994 with a Master of Divinity degree.  A United Church of Christ Minister, Rev Donna was ordained on March 12, 1995 at Second Congregational Church of West Boxford, MA, and served two years as assistant Minister of Christian Education before being called to South Berwick, Maine.

There are very few municipalities, societies, schools or churches in the United States that can trace their origins back 300 years.  The First Parish Federated Church of South Berwick belongs in that limited classification.  The written record of the founding of this church on June 4, 1702 is preserved in the church archives.  These records contain fairly complete histories of the Congregational Church and the Methodist Church, the two religious societies which joined in 1929 to form the present day Federated Church.