Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  Easter Plants

  Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Worship

  Easter Plants   You are invited to donate a chancel Easter plant as a memorial or as a gift. Plants will be distributed to our shut-ins on Saturday, April 3. The cost of plants is $20.00 each. All orders are due by Palm Sunday, March 28. Order here

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  Palm Sunday (March 28, 2021)

  Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, Youth

  Join us this Sunday for Palm Sunday on-line for a zoom worship service to begin Holy Week. Ideally you will have dropped by the church for palm branches on Saturday and will bring those to your worship space and together we’ll celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem even as we acknowledge what awaits him down […]

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  Maundy Thursday Service

  Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Thursday, April 1 at 7 PM A reading of Jesus’ passion by the Deacons of the church with special music from Susan Navien and Peter Owens. This will be a pre-recorded service but we encourage you to watch at 7 pm on Thursday evening.

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (March 21, 2021)

  Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  It’s the fifth Sunday in Lent. The scriptures – Jeremiah 31 and Psalm 51 – both deal with the Lenten theme of Sin. Which can sound like a dour and depressing service but when we engage with God about our Sin the result is a closer relationship with God and with ourselves. We will pray together, sing (apart) […]

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  Join Us This Sunday for Worship (March 14, 2021)

  Posted on March 12, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us online for worship this Sunday morning. It’s been one full year this week since we left the sanctuary and began worshipping online. We’ll acknowledge that with a brief slideshow of images from our year together and read from our scriptures about the importance of lament in such times. We hope you’ll join us on Sunday morning when the […]

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  A SAFE WAY TO SING TOGETHER: DRIVEWAY CHOIR!

  Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Worship

  It was one year ago, Sunday, March 8, 2020, the second Sunday of Lent, that the choir of First Congregational Church gathered in the sanctuary to sing the second movement of Haydn’s Seven Last Words. Sadly, it was our last Sunday together, in person. We never finished that beautiful cantata, but despite missing one another […]

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  Easter Egg Hunt Signup

  Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Youth

  Stepping Stones and the Forumites are proud to be working together on this year’s Easter Sunday egg hunt! Sign up here for a slot for your family. The egg hunt will be in the nursery playground, and each slot has space for three families! While there will be supervision from volunteers, we ask that you stay and […]

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  Prayer for International Women’s Day

  Posted on March 8, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  We pray in the name of the women in the Old and New Testaments, for women throughout our global community. May the human dignity of all women be respected and may they know justice and peace in their lifetimes. In the name of Esther, who spoke out to save her people, we pray for all […]

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  Join Us at 10 am This Sunday for Communion Worship on Zoom (March 7, 2021)

  Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us live and on zoom this Sunday at 10 am for our communion worship service on this 3rd Sunday of Lent. We are going to do some jamming on the remarkable Psalm 19 and see how it can break us open to God’s presence in a new way. Bring to your worship space some bread and […]

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