Hurlbut Memorial Community Church

Hurlbut Memorial Community Church

Chautauqua, NY

Please join us Sundays for Church School at 9:30

and Worship at 10:45

Midweek Vespers each Wednesday

Dinner at 5:30 pm

Worship at 6 pm

Hurlbut Memorial Community United Methodist Church is a church of God. We know God as our Creator, Jesus as our Redeemer, and God's Spirit as our Sustainer. The Hurlbut family is a family of God striving to live life faithfully as God calls. The local congregation of about 130 meets on Sundays September through June for Church School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. and at 5:30 Wednesdays for Midweek Vespers. During July and August, we meet at for communion at 8:30 am Sundays, and we share in the Chautauqua programs and worship at the Chautauqua Amphitheater. Hurlbut is a "church home away from home" for many seasonal Chautauquans and visitors. The church building is located on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution (a summer season cultural center for learning and enrichment) on Chautauqua Lake in western New York. The church was founded to provide an ongoing worship center following the Chautauqua season.

The church is named for Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut (1843-1930), a Methodist minister and educator. He was a leader of religious education at the Chautauqua Institution and the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle activities for 50 years. He designed Palestine Park, the model of the Holy Land beside Chautauqua Lake. He is author of Hurlbut's Story of the Bible, a religious classic, and The Bedtime Bible Story Book, featuring 365 stories.