Umtwalume and East Walpole

We are very pleased to confirm that the Umtwalume Circuit and the Union Congregational Church, of East Walpole, will be ‘matched’ as participating churches to explore the sharing and connecting of our respective lives as churches. 

            East Walpole is a congregation of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, with about 200 members, located in the town of Walpole in the eastern part of the state of Massachusetts, which is in the northeastern part of the United States of America. 

            The Umtwalume Circuit is a congregation of the KwaZulu-Natal Region of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, a circuit of about 300 members gathering at ten worship points, including the ‘mother church’ at the original Umtwalume Mission, which has about 80 members.  Umtwalume is located in the south coastal area of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, which is on the east, Indian Ocean coast of the Republic of South Africa

This page includes a small photo gallery of the Umtwalume and East Walpole churches.

Photo gallery:

Exterior of the Umtwalume mission church, the 'mother church' of the circuit	Exterior of Union Congregational Church, the 'Church by the Park' in East Walpole
Interior of the East Walpole church	Interior of the Umtwalume church
Worshipers at Umtwalume	Children's message during Sunday services at East Walpole
Revs. Henrich and Sydnor, co-pastors at East Walpole	Rev. Myeza of Umtwalume

(November 14, 2006)