Ladies Organ Society of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, UCC, is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. As part of that celebration and on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the church in 2023, the Society is donating a new pulpit for the sanctuary. The pulpit will replace the current dais, donated by the Society in 1908. Society members are interviewing local craftsmen and viewing possible designs. Input from ministers and laypersons who have used the pulpit is being taken into consideration and valuable suggestions have been made. No date has been set for the installation of the pulpit, but the hope is it will take place during the church’s 250th year.

Over the 200 years that the Organ Society has been in existence, it has donated many items for the betterment of the church,starting in 1822 with a stove for the unheated church. The Society takes is name from its donating of the church organ. To date, the society has given three organs. A baptismal font and brass vases are more recent gifts, as well as equipment and furniture for Fellowship Hall. The Society meets weekly from September through June. Members work on items to sell at Summerfest, an event originated by the Organ Society and which is now an all-church event. Funds raised from sales at Summerfest support the church and various charities.