I attended the University Ward from 1997-2000 and then the Cambridge Second Ward 2000-2002. My younger brother now attends the Cambridge First Ward and called me Sunday morning (my time) with the shocking news of…
When Leo said yesterday, “The Cambridge church is burning down,” my first words were, “Oh, no. I hope they can at least save the organ,” a modest but serviceable pipe organ—always a treasure in a…
In 2002, when Richard and Valerie Anderson moved from Arlington to Utah after decades as members of the Cambridge Ward and several other wards in eastern Massachusetts, they bequeathed to us an original pew from…
I attended the University Ward from 1995 to 1999 as one of the MIT strong. Thanks to Sam for putting up this page. It really hits home.
My wife led me to the news and to this website. We met while we were attending the ward in 2001. I share the sentiments of many who have left comments here.
I clearly remember my first Sunday in the Longfellow Park chapel in August of 1998. Though I had a testimony, I was spiritually underdeveloped.
While an undergraduate at Harvard, I attended the University Singles Ward from 1997 to 2000 and then the Grown-Up Ward from 2000 to 2001.1 am overwhelmed with grief and sadness and also grateful for Sam’s…
I made my husband repeat the news three times and show me the pictures before I could believe him. I joined the Church a few months before leaving for college in 1995, and the University…
I am so sad about this tragedy and cannot stop thinking about it! This building became a home away from home for me after I moved to Massachusetts from California in 1988 to work in…
I showed up on the Harvard campus as a seventeen-year-old for”pre-frosh” weekend. I hadn’t planned to attend church as part of this visit; I figured I’d take a train home Sunday morning, so I didn’t…
Heresy, I know, but . . . it was a quirky old building that didn’t work very well. While I would never have chosen to tear it down, after the fire the only architectural feature…