Category Archives: Community
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Invitation to All Winchester Residents
Posted on May 6, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, YouthA Movie Night to Foster Intergenerational Interaction and Discussion The Intergenerational Leadership Team was formed this fall to promote greater interaction between Seniors and Youth in Winchester. The movie is a documentary, The Biggest Little Farm (available on DVD from the Winchester Public Library, also streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime). Watch the film […]
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Strategic Plan Update
Posted on April 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsFrom the Leadership Team… We are grateful to all who have engaged in the dialogue regarding FCCW’s Strategic Plan over the past few months. Through our meetings with ministries, the 3/25 congregational discussion, and many individual exchanges, we have heard and learned a lot. We’d like to take a few moments to share where […]
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Vacation Bible School Interest Survey!
Posted on April 6, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, YouthPlease fill out the following survey about our Vacation Bible School offering for this June. Your feedback is incredibly important, as we will need to hit a certain number of students for us to be able to hold it!
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Part-time Employment Opportunity with The Dwelling Place
Posted on March 31, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, OutreachThe Dwelling Place is looking for an individual that would be available every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday evenings from about 4:45 to 6:45 to act as a continuous presence at each serving night. The individual should be interested in interacting and supporting individuals and families in need. This individual will need to have compassion, understanding […]
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Palm Pickup & Delivery
Posted on March 25, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Volunteer OpportunitiesSaturday, March 27 10 am – noon Palm Pickup Members of the ministry team will be giving out palms to members and friends and maybe a few passersby. We will be located near the sidewalk at the bottom of the walkway up to the main Sanctuary door. There will be a palm related activity for kids during the […]
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Easter Worship Services
Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Worship, Youth6 am, 8 am, & 10 am In-person Parking Lot Easter Services! We will hold a simple Easter Sunrise service for early-risers who are inspired to greet the rising sun and the Risen Son. Then there will be two more traditional Easter services with triumphal music pouring out of the windows of our sanctuary and a quartet from […]
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A SAFE WAY TO SING TOGETHER: DRIVEWAY CHOIR!
Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, WorshipIt was one year ago, Sunday, March 8, 2020, the second Sunday of Lent, that the choir of First Congregational Church gathered in the sanctuary to sing the second movement of Haydn’s Seven Last Words. Sadly, it was our last Sunday together, in person. We never finished that beautiful cantata, but despite missing one another […]
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Easter Egg Hunt Signup
Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, YouthStepping Stones and the Forumites are proud to be working together on this year’s Easter Sunday egg hunt! Sign up here for a slot for your family. The egg hunt will be in the nursery playground, and each slot has space for three families! While there will be supervision from volunteers, we ask that you stay and […]
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RIPLEY PRESENTS: Artist/Professor/Activist Willie Baronet and We Are All Homeless
Posted on February 22, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, RipleyFriday evening, February 26, 7:00 pm Zoom Event! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81338333362?pwd=a3Q5OVhYNzdEYkhrRis5YlJoK2RQdz09 On Friday, February 26, 7:00 pm, Ripley Presents will host an interactive Zoom presentation with Artist/Activist Willie Baronet and his project entitled We Are All Homeless. Willie will offer his passionate reflections, sharing the stories of people on the streets, interweaving them with […]
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Hello from the newly formed FCCW Racial Justice Working Group!
Posted on February 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Environment, Latest News, Outreach, Small GroupsThis update follows discussions and activities launched by the congregation last year at the “Talk, Learn, Act” Juneteenth eve session, with follow-up Zoom meetings on the book How to Be an Antiracist. In response to an open invitation, several volunteers formed a Racial Justice Working Group with a charge to: “Provide opportunities for the […]
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