
Can you Help on Sunday Mornings? Here are 3 ways you could help us worship and connect with one another and God in the coming months at First Congregational Church. There’s a sign up genius attached to each opportunity. We are looking for volunteers to: Advance the slides in the sanctuary, Read the scripture during […]

May 2022 through September 2022 It hardly seems like ten years since the Reno Garden opened and yet it feels like the garden has been part of the life of the church forever. It nestles into the hillside overlooking Wedge Pond as if it’s always been there. The garden has become a part of the church community […]

LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, May 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the newly renovated Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church. Please join us for an inventive and dynamic evening of chamber music featuring Project EcoMusic, an exciting collaborative of new composers and performers. Project EcoMusic, founded and led […]

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 7pm An invitation to pray what is on your heart. A contemplative practice designed for times of uncertainty, anxiety and grief. A time to connect deeply to the love, grace, and serenity that God offers us. A recorded handbell piece will be included to honor the life of Asako Burr. A hybrid […]

Children & Youth The children and youth programs will be taking a break this week for Easter, but we hope to see families at the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16th at 10:00 am on the front lawn and in the sanctuary on Sunday morning for a special Time for the Young. Nursery Open! March winds […]
Sunday, April 17, 2022 Wright Locke Farm 5:30 AM Yoga in the Barn; 5:45 AM Worship Outside As the women gathered around Jesus’ tomb in the very early hours of the Sunday after He had been buried, we will gather for a joyful and celebratory service. When we greet the sunrise we know that there […]

If you haven’t already, you’ll want to experience our beautiful Maundy Thursday service at 7:30 pm on Holy Thursday either in person or on livestream. We share in the Last Supper and read the passion story while candles are extinguished and we fall into the darkness of the night together as we acknowledge the dying […]

At 9:15 we will gather on the Town Common to experience our own version of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We will hear the scripture story of this day that marks the beginning of Holy Week. Following a palm strewn path, we will sing and wave our own palm branches. This joy and hope are […]

During March, many in our congregation responded to the crisis in Ukraine with donations to Last Bell Ministries (www.lastbell.org). Last Bell Ministries has been serving orphans and orphanage graduates in Zhytomyr, Ukraine since 2006. Ukrainian staff members mentor, counsel, apprentice, and disciple these young adults, living out a mission of loving and restoring orphanage graduates towards life and […]

On Sunday, May 1, 4:00 p.m., I will be conducting my final concert with Cantemus Chamber Chorus. We are excited to welcome Grammy Award-winner Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort in a performance of Winter’s jubilant “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass.” American gospel singer Theresa Thomason is the featured artist. I think the concert is going […]