Mondays with Jesus and Buddha When the heart is open, we are able to give and receive love freely, heal and transform emotional wounds, and engage with life with a spirit of curiosity and kindness. How do we cultivate such beautiful states of being? In the Buddhist tradition, there is the teaching on the Four […]
Sunday, January 21 7-9 pm on Zoom The month’s book is “Here in the Night” by Rebecca Turkewitz. It’s a collection of short ghost stories by an author who grew up in Winchester. Contact this year’s co-coordinators, Lynne Rahmeier or Susan Sawyer with questions.
Sunday, November 19, 2023 Did the Roots and Branches sign-up catch your interest, but you didn’t feel ready to commit to regular meetings? Do you need childcare to attend? This year, we have added a group held immediately after 10 o’clock worship, for which there is no is need to sign up, and childcare is […]
‘Who do you say that I am?’ ‘Do you see this woman?’ ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ You still have time! We are extending the sign-up period for Roots and Branches,which will return this fall, by popular demand. You have until October 10th, when we will finalize the groups. Participants will […]
‘Who do you say that I am?’ ‘Do you see this woman?’ ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ You still have time! We are extending the sign-up period for Roots and Branches,which will return this fall, by popular demand. Last year five groups, of about ten people each, met in our […]
‘Who do you say that I am?’ ‘Do you see this woman?’ ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Roots and Branches will return this fall, by popular demand! Now you can sign up. Last year five groups, of about ten people each, met in our new Roots and Branches format. […]
Last year five groups, of about ten people each, met in our new Roots and Branches format. These groups are designed to foster friendship, deepen our unique faith experiences and build our church community. We are hoping to continue and expand this program. Did you know that there are more than 300 questions that Jesus […]
Consider joining a “Roots and Branches” discussion group at First Congregational Church. Laughter, the discussion of a passage from sacred Scripture, the chance to know one another in new ways, a possible service project together … these are all dimensions of our Roots and Branches program. Our groups meet twice a month in a comfortable setting, often […]
TUESDAYS WITH JESUS Soup and Saints Starting this Tuesday, February 28th from 6:30-8pm, our traditional Lenten Tuesdays with Jesus series will be focused on lesser known modern-day saints, those who have followed the way and lived the love of Jesus in particularly powerful ways and whose example encourages us to do the same. We […]
6-7pm (note time change) on zoom, Wed. Feb. 8, 2023 Maeve Hammond will lead our Bible study this month at 6pm on zoom. We’ll be considering the two passages that our service will be centered on this Sunday – Psalm 34 and I Corinthians 3:1-9 – and we’ll explore the theme of “enoughness”. Come join us […]