Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  2023 Christmas Offering

  Posted on December 14, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Outreach

  Dear Members and Friends of First Congregational Church, How blessed we are during this holiday season to gather in such a beautiful, warm, and brightly lit church or from the comfort of our own homes through the gift of technology. To help bring some of that warmth and comfort to those less fortunate, the Outreach […]

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  Join us for Worship This Sunday (Dec 10, 2023)

  Posted on December 7, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Lessons & Carols Featuring Vivaldi’s Magnificat, with strings, organ and soloists   Please join us for our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, a beloved Advent tradition from England wherein God’s word is proclaimed and contemplated in word and song: a special sequence of readings, prayers, choral anthems, and congregational carols. View the program notes […]

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  Service of Light

  Posted on December 5, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Worship

  Save the Date for our annual Service of Light: Thursday, December 14, 2023 7 pm in Ripley Chapel It is an opportunity to:   Experience the quiet way Christ enters the heart when pain or grief disrupts life. Remember those whom we hold dear Discover peace in the face of illness, addiction, trauma, broken relationships […]

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  Join Us for the Hanging of the Greens Worship Service at 10 am (Dec 3, 2023)

  Posted on December 1, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, Youth

  Join us on the first Sunday of Advent for our annual Hanging of the Greens! We will light the Candle of Hope to honor the start of the Advent season, and then we will move into a time of readings, singing, and decorating the church. The choir will offer a haunting, beautiful rendition of O Come, […]

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  Can you (or a friend) help with immigrant housing?

  Posted on November 30, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities

  On Thanksgiving Day, a young man from Haiti walked out of an airplane terminal at Logan Airport into the welcoming arms of a group of volunteers. MSL (we prefer to use a recent immigrant’s initials to preserve their privacy) was sponsored to come here under a new USCIS program that vets Haitians seeking to come […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday (November 26, 2023)

  Posted on November 22, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

    This is one of those less common years when we have a Sunday Between Thanksgiving and the start of Advent. So we are not approaching the first Sunday of Advent quite yet. First we have this worship service Sunday, Nov 26, that the Christian world calls Christ the King… or a more inclusive phrase… […]

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  Join us for Thanksgiving Sunday Worship (Nov 19, 2023)

  Posted on November 17, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us this Sunday for our Thanksgiving Worship Service at 10am in person or online as “we gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing” and to consider how we can be a blessing in our lives for the sake of others. The choir will be back to share a beautiful anthem and to lead us […]

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  Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star!

  Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News

  Health Ministry warmly invites you to Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star! All women and young women of the church (9th grade and up) and their friends, including non-binary and trans members of our community, are welcome to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun as we remember and celebrate both the Advent […]

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  Once Upon a Time – Join Us for a Family Advent Storytelling Series

  Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, Youth

    In collaboration with Sparkle Stories and How to Story, First Congregational Church presents live storytelling with master storyteller, David Sewell McCann. The goal with this magical storytelling event is to build original holiday stories of light, stillness and community that we can all use to care for each other this advent season. The stories will be collaborative. […]

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