Lamp­light ser­vice at the Old North Church after restora­tion in the 1950’s-60’s

Dur­ing 1957 the Old North Church became active once more as sum­mer evening lamp­light ser­vices com­menced and have con­tin­ued once a month. They fea­ture a hymn sing, as min­is­ters and choirs rep­re­sent­ing sev­er­al area denom­i­na­tions take turns each month. The ser­vices, held only dur­ing ‘warm’ months, proved pop­u­lar, espe­cial­ly those held dur­ing fall foliage when some six­ty voic­es sang from the gallery and over three hun­dred peo­ple crowd­ed the pews. Wor­shipers came from many sur­round­ing towns and up to eigh­teen or more states have been rep­re­sent­ed. The church is also the scene of many weddings.

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Join us for wor­ship at the his­toric Old North Church Lamp­light Services
2026 Sched­ule | Sun­day Evening Ser­vices Begin at 7:00pm unless not­ed below

May 31, 7:00pm – Ecu­meni­cal Memo­r­i­al Day with Host Pas­tor the Rev. Diane Ray­mond of the ND Bap­tist Church & Sal­ly Fish­burn play­ing TAPS

June 28, 7:00pm – The Rev. Ann Hock­ridge of St. Johns­bury who serves as priest for a four-church con­stel­la­tion of Epis­co­pal church­es in the North­east King­dom; spe­cial music with dulcimers

July 26, 5:30pmOld Home Day with Danville Town Band Con­cert fol­lowed by a light sup­per, and at 7:00pm a ser­vice with a talk by his­to­ri­an & author Howard Cof­fin on Women of the Civ­il War to com­mem­o­rate America’s 250th Anniversary

August 30, 7:00pm – The Rev. Mar­garet Lewis of Nashua NH

Sep­tem­ber 27, 7:00pm – The Rev. Robert Lit­tle of St. Johnsbury

All are wel­come! Bring a flash­light and dress for the weather.


Learn more about the Old North Church History