Many New Englanders join a church to have a place for their babies to be baptized, a ceremony often followed by brunch and a round of Bloody Marys. "It's a social gathering, rather than a vital ...

A church had been established in 1883, but due to great hardships disbanded in 1928. Plymouth’s life began with worship in the Van Orsdel Chapel of the vacated Intermountain College on Jan. 8, 1961.