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  Ripley Presents: Triton...

  Music rooted in the traditional dance repertoire of Northwestern Europe.
  LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, June 6, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
  Please join us for the dynamic trio, Triton, featuring piano accordion, the quieter, bellows-blown bagpipes, and fiddle and nyckelharpa. From festival and […]

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  Join Us for This Week in Worship (S...

  It’s Confirmation Sunday which means our Confirmation Class will be with us this week with 8 of them choosing to be confirmed and going through the rite of Confirmation during the worship service (3 others had scheduling conflicts and will […]

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  Town Day Volunteers Needed!...

  Please help us to welcome the community to FCCW on Winchester’s Town Day, June 7th. There will be a bouncy house and bubbles on the lawn, the Justice Ministry will be leading a letter writing campaign, and Ripley Chapel will […]

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  Ripley Presents: We Have Faith R...

  First Congregational Church & Ripley Presents warmly invite you to our second annual pride art exhibit! This year, we are proud to display Family Diversity Projects’ We Have Faith, a photo exhibit that highlights the stories and lives of LGBTQ+ […]

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  Church Bike Ride...

  From Health Ministry…
  Back outta the pews and on the path!
  Church Bike Ride May 31st
  WHAT:  10-mile ride from East Arlington to East Cambridge (steps from the Charles River)
  WHEN:  Saturday, May 31, at 1:00
  WHERE:  Minuteman Bikeway and Somerville Community Path. We’ll begin at the […]

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  FCCW Annual Meeting: Sunday, May 4t...

  Everyone is warmly invited to FCCW’s 185th annual meeting on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 immediately after worship in the sanctuary and on livestream. The agenda will include an update from the Open Doors Working Group on the feedback they have gathered […]

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  Stepping Stones Summer Camp June 20...

  Program Overview
  Date:  June 24-27 2025 
  Time:  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 
  Location:  First Congregational Church in Winchester
  Ages:  Children in Entering Grades K-5 in Fall 2025
  Cost: Free
  At Stepping Stones Camp, children will enjoy an interactive, energizing, good time as part of Heros Hotline. […]

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  Sabbatical Letter to the Congregati...

     “Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.” Psalm 84
  “Thus am I, a feather on the breath of God.” Hildegard of Bingen
  Dear Congregation,
  I am writing to share with you my plans for the second […]

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  Pastoral Letter: Why I’m Going to...

  March 27, 2025
  Rev. Will Burhans
  Dear Congregation,

  I will be going to Washington DC on Wednesday, April 2nd for a clergy gathering at the Supreme Court with Rev. Dr. William Barber and Repairers of the Breach called Moral Witness Wednesday: A National […]

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  Pastoral Letter on Ash Wednesday, 2...

  Dear Congregation,
  Welcome to Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent 2025. This evening, we will gather in Ripley Chapel at 7:30 PM for our Ash Wednesday service, which will include beautiful Taizé music, scripture readings, a time of corporate confession, […]

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