Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (May 11, 2025)

  Posted on May 9, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  This Sunday, we will reflect on the story of Tabitha in Acts 9:36-43, a caretaker in her community and named disciple of Christ. We’ll think about how these themes intersect with Mother’s Day and this post-resurrection time of year. As always, we’ll have a time to pray together, sing together, contemplate together, and simply be […]

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  Ripley Presents Aryaloka String Quartet

  Posted on May 4, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ripley

  Music of Sorrow, Joy and Transcendence: Three String Quartets. Friday, May 9, 2025, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for an inspired and dynamic evening of string quartet music with “Aryaloka String Quartet,” highlighting four of Boston’s finest string players: Beth […]

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  This Week in Worship (May 4, 2025)

  Posted on May 2, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  We have a big Sunday on tap this week with Creation Care Sunday, The Lord’s Supper, the Jazz Band leading our worship music and our Annual Meeting immediately afterward. We’re in the midst of Eastertide so our scriptures reflect the resurrection accounts of Jesus. This scene from the Gospel of John has Jesus making breakfast for […]

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  FCCW Annual Meeting: Sunday, May 4th

  Posted on May 2, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News

  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 from the congregation and our plan to build upon it as we move into the […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday (April 27, 2025)

  Posted on April 25, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Join us for the second Sunday of Easter as we continue praising God in Eastertide for the resurrection of Jesus and the earth’s awakening to new life in spring. Susan Navien will offer special music and Rev. Will will reflect on what the mystery of the resurrection means for us today. We hope you can […]

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  Sign Up to Deliver Easter Lilies!

  Posted on April 22, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News

  We invite you to deliver Easter lilies HERE and visit with someone in our church community between April 20 (Easter) and April 27. It’s a fun and rewarding way to connect with others and continue the blessing of Resurrection Sunday. Bring your friends and family! Questions? Please contact Rev. Maeve.

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  Sabbatical Letter to the Congregation

  Posted on April 22, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News

     “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 part of my sabbatical this summer and fall. As you remember I […]

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  Join Us for Easter Worship at 10 in the Sanctuary or livestream (April 20,2025)

  Posted on April 18, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like […]

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  Easter Sunrise Service

  Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Small Groups, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Wright Locke Farm 5:15 AM Yoga in the Barn; 5:45 AM Worship Outside Sunday, April 20, 2025   As the women gathered around Jesus’ tomb in the very early hours of the Sunday after He had been buried, we will gather for a joyful and celebratory service. When we greet the sunrise we know that […]

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