Our History
Formally Cape May Beach Sunday School
In 1936 two mothers gathered their children in an old rowboat on the beach. From that humble beginning, eighty-nine years ago, the Cape May Beach Sunday School was organized. Those two mothers recognized that Sunday was a day of worship but without transportation and no churches within walking distance, they began a regular Sunday tradition of singing songs and telling Bible stories for their families.
As the group grew, their regular worship was moved to the Town Bank Property Owners Clubhouse on Clubhouse Drive. Then in 1939, enough money was collected to purchase a tract of land on Clubhouse Drive between Elwood Road and Folsom Avenue. A small one-room chapel was constructed back among the trees. Additions and improvements have been made to the chapel throughout the years, including making it handicapped accessible.
With our bell being wrung to invite all to join us, the Chapel has remained non-denominational with volunteer leadership and friendly atmosphere.
Our Sunday school
When the chapel first opened its doors, a special promotion invited families to purchase Sunday School chairs for $5 each. Painted in pink and blue, every chair was personalized with a child’s name on the back. Parents, grandparents, and friends proudly took part, leaving behind a colorful record of the congregation’s earliest days. These little chairs became a symbol of the chapel’s beginning, marking the children who filled its classrooms with life and faith.”