Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  Join us for Worship & Communion This Sunday at 10 am (February 1, 2026)

  Posted on January 30, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  We hope the weather holds off again to let us gather for the worship of God on Sunday morning. It’s communion Sunday and the wonderful pianist Scott Nicholas will be accompany us in Jeffrey Mead’s absence. The wisdom of the beatitudes in Matthew and the wisdom of the cross in I Corinthians will focus our […]

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  Ripley Presents: Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light

  Posted on January 30, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley

  Bookish bite. Sharp harmonies. Songs about saints, scientists, and stubborn women. First Congregational Church, Winchester: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, 7:30 pm Tickets Are Sold on EventBrite: https://tr.ee/RPrstl Live in person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel, First Congregational Church  is pleased to present Rachel Sumner and Traveling Light, a Boston-based string band making […]

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  Grieving in Community Winter/Spring 2026 Dates

  Posted on January 29, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Grieving in Community

  January 18 | 11:30 AM | Palmer February 1 | 11:30 AM | Palmer February 15 | 11:30 AM | Palmer March 1 | 11:30 AM | Palmer March 22 | 11:30 AM | Palmer April 2 | Maundy Thursday Events | FCCW/Sanctuary April 12 | 11:30 AM | Palmer April 26 | Climate & […]

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  Week 3: How do we approach evaluating Mission Zone opportunities? 

  Posted on January 29, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News

  The Open Doors Working Group hosted coffee hour in January and we experimented with using the back of the sanctuary, which is a little more compact a space than Chidley Hall, but is much easier for us all to access. While at coffee hour you may have seen some posters giving a snapshot of what […]

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  Jazz Sunday Worship Service- Sermon Title: “Jesus Was Fishing” (January 25, 2026)

  Posted on January 23, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Come worship with us at 10am this Sunday onsite or online and let the Jazz Band accompany us in our prayer and praise. We continue in this post-Epiphany pre-Lenten season to consider gospel stories of the call of the disciples. This week Jesus calls out to a bunch of fishermen to follow him. We’ll wonder together […]

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  Week 2: What has the Open Doors Working Group been working on?

  Posted on January 22, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News

  In this slide, we are giving a brief summary of what ODWG has done and is currently working on. Last year we sought input from the congregation, ministry team and staff. We took time to consider the complexities of the situation and came to the congregation, at the annual meeting in May, with a proposal […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Week as we Honor MLK (January 18, 2026)

  Posted on January 15, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Outreach, Worship

  In worship this Sunday we’ll turn once again our hearts and our attention to God who is above and below all the turmoil of our world and our lives. We’ll listen for the words of scripture and for the words of Martin Luther King Jr. who himself was soaked in the holy Word. We’ll consider […]

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  Open Doors Working Group

  Posted on January 15, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News

  During the month of January, the Open Doors Working Group is hosting coffee hour after church each Sunday. Instead of taking the long and complicated trek down to Chidley Hall, we are setting things up at the back of the sanctuary, which is a little more compact a space, but convenient and welcoming, so we […]

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  Ripley Presents: Willie J. Laws Band

  Posted on January 15, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ripley

  LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, January 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for the return of Willie J. Laws, a genre-bending band, tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans. The Band […]

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