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Earlier meetings for the Breaking of Bread had already been held in the Hill home; however, it was in January 1940 that the first official meeting of the assembly took place in rented quarters at 489 Montreal Street in Sherbrooke. In May of that year, larger quarters were secured at number 239 further down the street. Two years later, 1942, the Masonic Lodge at 267 Montreal Street was purchased for the amazing sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
Throughout the forties and fifties, the work prospered thanks to a large Sunday School ministry. Sunday afternoons would often see as many as 300 or more children packed into the chapel under the sound of the gospel. In those days the assembly also benefited from the ministry of visiting preachers including [[Mel Wistner]], [[Henry Allan Ironside|H. A. Ironside]], [[C. Ernest Tatham]], [[Jack Wyrtzen]], [[David Kirk]], [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs]], [[Frederick Tatford]] and others.
Missionary [[David Long]], home from Angola during the war years, was a tremendous help in the early days. Other resident workers include Alison and Margaret Welch who came in 1948 and remained for three decades. They were followed by several others, Including Mark and Laurie Strout before the arrival in 1994 of the latter’s parents, Richard and Virginia Strout, who continue to the present time.
