Author Archives: Sarah Marino

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  Join Us for Easter Sunday Worship Services

  Posted on April 12, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Youth

  It’s Easter Sunday and Christ is risen… Christ is risen indeed!  Welcome to First Congregational Church in Winchester and our Family Easter Service (9am, or whenever you get here!).  Click here to find the bulletin for the service Family Easter 9 am  and then watch the video below.  Join us for prayer, praise and song […]

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  Easter Sunday!

  Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, Youth

  We will spend Easter this year celebrating Jesus’ resurrection from the safety of our own homes but joining together on the internet at one in Christ’s resurrected Spirit. Your Ministry Team (and many others!) are busily working to put together two services for Easter Sunday, a briefer more Family-Oriented Easter Service at 9 am and a “Traditional” Easter […]

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  FCCW COVID-19 Financial Response Fund (FRF) is launched.

  Posted on April 9, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Youth

  You’ve probably received a letter telling you that the recipient of this year’s Easter Offering is the FCCW Covid-19 Financial Response Fund (FRF).   Representatives from Deacons (Jenny Splaine), Outreach (Lisa Loughlin), Leadership Team (David Peretti) and the Ministry Team (Judy Arnold) are the team which will shepherd this fund.  Along with funds from the Easter […]

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  Easter Flowers

  Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Is it Easter without Lilies? YES! It’s true that this year we have not been asked to honor or memorialize our loved ones with the purchase of a lily or a tulip plant. But that doesn’t mean you can’t lift up those who are no longer with you or those we want to honor for a thousands acts […]

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  Maundy Thursday & Good Friday

  Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Tenebrae Service Tonight at 7 pm find a darkened room in your house and listen with us to the story of Jesus’ passion from the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. The sacred words will be read by your Ministry Team and Deacons with special music by Jeffrey Mead and Peter Owens. We hope this […]

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  Human Help for Computer Problems

  Posted on April 6, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Spire link

  The longer we stay shut in, the more we’ll be using our computers, and the more likely to have to use them in unfamiliar ways (videoconferencing, for example). Which in turn means technical hiccups will pop up.   Of course, there are scads of online/telephone resources for help with operating and fixing computers (YouTube DIY […]

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  Financial Coaching For FCCW Members and Families

  Posted on April 6, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News

  Financial coaching is available to church members and their families who have questions about managing their household finances during this challenging economic time. Do you have questions about debt repayment or how to prioritize bills? Are you confused about stimulus checks? Or perhaps you’d just like to use the current downtime as an opportunity to […]

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  Join us for Worship on Palm Sunday (April 5, 2020) at 10 am.

  Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Youth

  Join us on-line again this Sunday for our special celebration of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week as we conclude our worship series on Jesus’ 7 Last Words from the Cross. There will be prayers, a Time for the Young, a brief sermon, Communion and a couple of hymns for us to sing […]

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  Special Easter Offering in Response to Covid-19

  Posted on April 1, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  Dear Friends,   One of the core principles of our Mission and Outreach Ministry at First Congregational Church in Winchester is to identify opportunities for our church to serve the community. Typically, this time of year we would select a well-deserving organization to be the recipient of our Easter Offering. Given we are amidst a […]

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