Please join us for our “virtual” ANNUAL SPRING TEA Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2 PM-2:50 PM Bring your own tea cup with some tea to sip. Show us your tea cup on camera so we can see your smiling face and your favorite cup or mug – fancy, well-worn, stained, chipped, brand new or antique […]

The church is actively seeking an Interim Faith Formation Children and Youth 2020 to help ensure that our family programs continue uninterrupted after Ben’s departure. If you know of anyone with experience that might fit the bill, please encourage them to apply via email to applyfccw@gmail.com. Alternatively, resumes can be passed on to a member of […]

This Sunday’s worship will not contain the elements of surprise and suspense that last Sunday’s did. (Zoom was having problems and we ended up worshiping at 2:00 pm) It will be prerecorded and contain familiar elements. Hymns and prayers – familiar yes, but accomplished with the help of many hands – one set is Jeffrey’s on the organ. It […]

We are establishing a FCCW Regathering Team to develop and implement safe and flexible plans for the possible phased-in resumption of in-person worship and other in-building activities at our church. The group will include representatives from stakeholder ministries as well as members at large who have experience in related fields (health, medical, emergency planning, public […]

Dear Friends, On Tuesday, May 12th, A Nightingale Moment was held virtually in Ripley Chapel. It was attended by nurses from our church, the town of Winchester and the wider nursing community. The gathering was an opportunity during these challenging times to center and to rekindle the flame of Nightingale’s legacy. International Nurses Day is annually held […]

Unfortunately, we are cancelling the work day in Andover scheduled for May 30. We hope to be setting up more days in the fall. As you can guess, the work on homes by Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity and the other Habitat units in the area has been terribly disrupted by the pandemic. In the last 12 […]

There are many young adults in our faith community who have (or are going to) graduate this year. We want to make sure that we have an accurate list so that we can recognize their achievements. If you have a graduate in your family, please take a moment to fill out the quick form below. […]

Join us this Sunday at 10 am for our Worship service which will be immediately followed by our Annual Meeting at 10:45 am. We will return to a live worship service on Zoom to worship God and pray with one another. Our guiding scripture for both worship and the Annual Meeting will be I Peter 2:2-10 which speaks […]

Greetings to all. In last week’s note I mentioned that that our Financial Resources Ministry recommended and our Leadership Team approved submitting an application for a Payroll Protection Loan from the Small Business Administration through our banker, Winchester Cooperative Bank. I’m delighted to tell you that our application was approved and that we have received nearly $94,000 […]