Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  Prepare Enrich

  Posted on July 22, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice

  Could you benefit from some intentional work on your relationship? Consider engaging in the PREPARE/ENRICH Process. Rev. Burhans is trained and experienced in the relationship assessment process known as Prepare/Enrich. Over the course of his ministry, he has walked many engaged couples through conversations about their relationship leading up to their weddings and is offering […]

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  YOUTH VILLAGES BackPack Heroes Collection Drive 2026

  Posted on July 20, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, Youth

  The Outreach Committee and all of us at FCCW have a long standing partnership with Youth Villages and their mission to support kids and youth with behavioral and emotional issues – working to keep them in their homes and support transitional placements as well. One of their major initiatives is to provide each Youth Villages kids […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday (July 19, 2026)

  Posted on July 16, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Join us on Sunday for summer worship in Ripley chapel at 10am. Sarah Gallop will be preaching on the story from Genesis 28 of Jacob’s Ladder and considering, through famous art depictions of the story, what our own ladders to God look like. We’ll begin again with a hymn-sing like last week so come with […]

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  This Week in Worship: Sunday, July 12, 2026

  Posted on July 9, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, Worship

  Join us on Sunday in Ripley Chapel for worship as Rev. Christiane Dutton leads us in reflecting on the Mary and Martha story. Martha offers the gift of hospitality. Mary offers the gift of her presence. Which gift is better? We’ll begin worship a little before 10am and have a “hymn sing” – you call […]

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  Pine Ridge Reservation Service-Learning Update Poetry, pictures, and reflections by trip participants

  Posted on July 6, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Mission Trip, Outreach, Small Groups, Worship, Youth

  Dear FCCW family: greetings from Pine Ridge, South Dakota and the Re-Member compound! You are very present in our hearts and spirits as we work to serve and learn together with our Lakota relatives here on the reservation. Halfway through our week here, we have already experienced extraordinary grace, beauty, suffering, and compassion. The reservation […]

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  Bibles4Kenya Collection Drive

  Posted on July 6, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Justice, Latest News, Outreach, Worship

  This summer, we will collect gently-used Bibles from around the church and from homes for an organization called Bibles4Kenya, which hopes to send 20,000 Bibles to equip 500+ congregations in remote “last-mile” areas of Kenya. Drop off your donations in the large plastic bin labeled “Bibles4Kenya” in the church lobby. If you don’t have any […]

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  Join Us in Ripley Chapel This Sunday at 10 am (June 28, 2026)

  Posted on June 25, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, Worship

  This Week in Worship Join us in Ripley Chapel this Sunday, as we kick off our summer worship! Richard Carbone will preach on Genesis 18:1-15 through the theme of hospitality. Richard currently serves on the Diaconate. This past year, he retired from a fifty-year career in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry – you could say he […]

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  Pine Ridge Service-Learning Trip

  Posted on June 25, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Mission Trip, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, Youth

  This Saturday we are sending out 11 members of our church to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, to spend time learning from and serving the Lakota community through the local organization Re-Member. We thank you for the support you’ve given this effort through the Christmas Offering and the youth bake sale and we ask […]

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  Summer Reading Roadtrip Challenge!

  Posted on June 25, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Youth

  Summer Reading Roadtrip Challenge! Pick up your reading challenge bingo board from the church lobby or download it here. Then borrow one of the suggested books from the Stepping Stones Library to get started!

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