The Presbyterian Church, USA

Our church is part of the PC,USA. An assembly of congregations throughout the US and abroad. The PC,USA functions much like our federal government. We elect its members and they decide our policies. The governing body is known as the General Assembly. They maintain many resources online;

• PCUSA.ORG
• The General Assembly Blog
• The General Assembly Mission Council

And much more info can be found through those websites.

The PC,USA also has a strong public mission association that DCCCP has worked closely with in the past, known as PDA. The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program has become part of the GAMC, linked to above, as part of a recent restructuring of the national church.

The Presbytery of Southern New England

The Dunn's Corners Community Church, Presbyterian is part of the PSNE. Annually, the church sends governing members to council meetings held at churchs throught the presbytery. DCCCP last played host to PSNE back in 2005 after the completion of our sanctuary addition.

The PSNE maintains a webpage PSNE.ORG where up to date information can be found about our regional government.

DCCCP is one of 34 congregations in the presbytery made up of churches throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

The Dunn's Corners Community Church, Presbyterian, Inc.

The church started in 1944 as a Sunday School program held in the Dunn's Corners Community House, at the intersection of Post and Langworthy Roads. Worship services there began in 1949 and by 1950 the Dunn's Corners Community Chapel was born. In 1951 a shared pastor was hired to work between our church and our sister church, Babcock Memorial Chapel in Ashaway, RI. Also in '51, the church was incorporated using its non-dinominational name, with 50 members.

In 1954 the church began a committee to build a church on Post Road and changed it's name to Dunn's Corners Community Church. The current site of our church was dedicated in 1955.

In 1956 talks of affiliation began with the Presbyterian Church, USA and by the end of the year we became DCCCP. At around 1958 the Chapel-in-the-Pines was created. By late 1960 the central sanctuary was dedicated.

In 1979 the Fellowship Hall addition was dedicated and made use by the Westerly Adult Daycare Center which was originally formed in our church.

In 1985 the Memorial Garden was created and permission designated by the Westerly Town Council to bury ashes in the gardens. This period also began the church's Easter Sunrise Services in the Memorial Garden.

1989 saw the first of two buildings moved to the grounds to expand the church. The Community House, where the church first began, was donated to the church by the Dunn's Corners Fire Department as they were clearing the prime site at the very busy Dunn's Corners intersection for their new firehouse. The Community House today is attacted to the Fellowship Hall at the rear of the property and houses the Early Learning Center. In 1996 the church took another building donated by the original Bess Eaton Corporation, moved it from next-door, and renovated it into the Meeting House, today used for Sunday School and other youth activities.

The last decade, 2000-2010 saw many more changes at DCCCP. The church organized a building committee tasked with major renovations to the buildings and created a new governmental arm of the Session called the Trustees to oversee the finances of the church. In 2004 the church dedicated a massive expansion of the sanctuary and in 2007 the church finished its renovations to the Undercroft, the basement of the sanctuary where the Kid Kare and church offices are located.

In 2011 the church continues to change. With ever-expanding services to the congregation and community, new means to meet the needs of the church are being studied.