About our Church

The First Spiritualist Church of Willimantic was founded by the Doubledays in the late 1800s. Large photographs of the Doubledays, given to Pastor Sandy Bulson by their great-grandson, hang in the church.

For years, the church met on Valley Street in town in a storefront until the current church property was donated in 1957 by Arthur and Grace Tully.

On 12/31/1961, NSAC granted our church a charter.

We have an extensive Spiritualist/Spiritual library where church members can take out books. Many books support MPI students. Morris Pratt Institute is the credentialing program that certifies our mediums, healers, reverends, and national spiritualist teachers.

We were blessed to have Joyce Orcutt as Pastor for many years from the mid-1970s until she passed on 2/9/2017. Currently, our co-pastors are Rev. Sandy Bulson and Rev. Susan Ferency.

Our church has ample seating for services and enjoys outside services on the lawn out back during nice weather. We are next to Eastern Connecticut State College grounds.

The original church property

Children’s Lyceum 1928

About Spiritualism

“Spiritualism is the Science, Philosophy, and Religion of continuous life, based upon the demonstrated fact of communication, by means of mediumship, with those who live in the Spirit World.” - NSAC

Many have found comfort at our services. Each week, a guest medium gives messages from loved ones in spirit. The messages are loving, reassuring, and helpful. Our loved ones may express the beauty, realizations, and healing that they are experiencing.

We also have a healing portion of the service. You will have the opportunity, if you choose, to sit in one of the healing chairs. Trained Spiritualist healers will place their hands only on the shoulders and up to give you hands-on healing. Since this healing energy comes from Infinite Intelligence (God), who knows all, the healing will support wherever it is needed.

We hope to meet you at one of our Sunday services. All are welcome

Declaration of Principles

We believe in Infinite Intelligence.
We believe that the phenomena of nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence.
We affirm the a correct understanding of such expression and living in accordance therewith, constitute true religion.
We affirm that the existence and personal identity of the individual continue after the change called death.
We affirm that communication with the so-called dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism.
We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
We affirm the moral responsibility of individuals, and that we make our own happiness or unhappiness as we obey or disobey Nature's physical and spiritual laws.
We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any soul here or hereafter.
We affirm that the Precepts of Prophecy and Healing are divine attributes proven through Mediumship.