Delavan Church shares unique bond with Beloit College
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Delavan’s United Church of Christ Congregational will host Beloit College President Scott Bierman at 2 p.m. Oct. 9, 2011.
DELAVAN — No church or denomination can claim a more storied history. And another bond that has separated the Delavan congregation — and other nearby Congregational-UCC churches — from everybody else is the connection to Beloit College.
Delavan Congregational Church was co-founded July 31, 1841, by Stephen Peet. That October, the Rev. Amnon Gaston became its first pastor. Two years later, these two men joined Milwaukee minister Aaron Lucius Chapin in conceiving plans for Beloit College. Chapin became the institution’s first president as it opened its doors in 1847.
Scott Bierman, president of Beloit College, will talk about liberal arts education at 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at the United Church of Christ Congregational in Delavan, 123 E. Washington St.
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