******IF USING A GPS TO…SET THE ADDRESS AS 2062 GREENWICH RD. HARDWICK, MA 01082, NOT WARE.

Our mailing address is:
Agape Community
2062 Greenwich Rd.
Hardwick, MA  01082

413-967-9369

email:

[email protected]

Agape is in The Diocese of Worcester

All Are Welcome at Agape.  No one is excluded from participation in Agape’s community life, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious or non-religious affiliation.  We rejoice in our shared struggles to conform to the mind of Christ, mercy, love, compassion, and inclusivity.

 Agape is located in the bucolic woods of Hardwick, MA in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed.



Written Directions 

FROM BOSTON or Points East- Worcester/Rt. 9
Travel Distance/Time Estimate: 30.5 mi – about 55 mins

  1. From Boston, traveling West on the MA Pike
    Take Exit 8, Palmer
    Turn left
    Drive about 12 Miles on Rte. 32 North
    Pass Big Y and Plaza on your left
    Go to the end of road (a Gibbs gas on your right at the end)
    Come to a Stop and Blinking Yellow Light
    Quick Right
    Then an IMMEDIATE FIRST LEFT ONTO North Street
    Drive less than a mile to the End of North, which Comes to a T
    At the T, take a right (YOU WILL SEE A BUNCH OF GRAPES WITH A WINERY SIGN)
    On your odometer, watch and drive 6.5 of a mile past the winery (BIG KEG OUTSIDE)
    To a black mailbox with the numbers 2062
    You will see a sign for AGAPE COMMUNITY
    TURN LEFT UP THE DRIVE AND DRIVE RIGHT TO THE MAIN HOUSE, FRANCIS HOUSE
    You can turn your vehicle around and park in the Parking Lot later.IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE NUMBERS ON MAILBOXES ARE NOT SEQUENTIAL YOU MAY LOSE SERVICE AT THE END OF NORTH, SO WATCH FOR A FLASHLIGHT UNDER THE MAILBOX AT AGAPE

    HIGHLIGHTING THE NUMBER, 2062

    Hope all goes well.

From West- Amherst, MA
Travel Distance/Time Estimate: 22.4 mi – about 36 mins

  1. Head east go 0.3 mi
  2. Turn left toward East Dr go 0.2 mi
  3. Continue straight onto East Dr go 0.2 mi
  4. Turn right onto MA-9 E/College St go 18.3 mi
  5. Continue to follow MA-9 E
  6. Turn left onto Eagle St go 0.6 mi
  7. Take the 2nd right onto Willow St go 0.1 mi
  8. Turn left onto Greenwich Rd go 2.7 mi

Destination will be on the left

From North- Gardner, MA
Travel Distance/Time Estimate: 28.5 mi – about 54 mins

  1. Head north on Nichols St toward Parker St go 299 ft
  2. Take the 1st left onto MA-101 S/Parker St go 3.9 mi
  3. Continue to follow MA-101 S
  4. Slight left onto MA-101 S/Dudley Rd go 7.7 mi
  5. Continue to follow MA-101 S
  6. Turn left onto MA-32 S/N Main St go 1.5 mi
  7. Turn right onto MA-122 S/Massachusetts 32A S/New Salem Rd go 0.5 mi
  8. Take the 1st left onto Massachusetts 32A S/Hardwick Rd go 10.9 mi
  9. Continue to follow Massachusetts 32A SSlight right onto Turkey St go 2.7 mi
  10. Continue onto Hardwick Pond Rd go 0.9 mi
  11. Turn right onto Greenwich Rd go 0.4 mi

Destination will be on the left

From South- Springfield. MA
Travel Distance/Time Estimate: 30.0 mi – about 44 mins

  1. Head northwest on City Hall Pl toward Pynchon St go 154 ft
  2. Take the 1st left onto Pynchon St go 397 ft
  3. Turn right onto E Columbus Ave go 223 ft
  4. Take the 1st right onto Boland Way go 0.1 mi
  5. Take the 2nd left onto Main St go 0.4 mi
  6. Turn right onto Liberty St go 0.2 mi
  7. Turn left onto Dwight St go 0.1 mi
  8. Take the Interstate 291 E/U.S. 20 ramp to Mass Pike/Boston go 0.4 mi
  9. Merge onto I-291 E/US-20 E go 4.4 mi
  10. Continue to follow I-291 E
  11. Take the I-90 E/I-90 W exit toward Masspike/Boston/Albany go 0.2 mi
  12. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Massachusetts Turnpike/Interstate 90 E/Worcester/Boston and merge onto I-90 E/Massachusetts Turnpike go 11.5 mi
  13. Take exit 8 toward MA-32/US-20/Palmer/Ware go 0.5 mi
  14. Turn left onto MA-32 N/Thorndike St go 8.4 mi
  15. Continue to follow MA-32 N
  16. Turn right onto MA-9 E/Main St go 279 ft
  17. Take the 1st left onto North St go 0.1 mi
  18. Take the 1st left onto Pleasant St go 0.6 mi
  19. Slight right onto Greenwich Rd go 2.7 mi

Destination will be on the left