Category Archives: Community
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Memorial Service for Keith Russell
Posted on December 18, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest NewsIn Memory of Keith Russell Keith Russell’s memorial service will be held in the sanctuary on Saturday, December 20th at 1pm. A reception will follow in the Tucker Room.
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Green is Good, Greener is Gooder
Posted on December 17, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthThe Justice Ministry would like your participation in a pilot to improve our church’s efforts to reduce trash and improve sustainable practices. We are launching a six month pilot to include composting of our food waste in the building. You will begin to see buckets labeled COMPOST with illustrations of all the things you can dispose […]
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Special Christmas Offering 2025
Posted on December 16, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities“My soul proclaims your greatness, O God, and my spirit rejoices in you.” – Mary’s Prayer, Luke 1:46 Dear Members and Friends of First Congregational Church in Winchester, MA, UCC, The Christmas season calls us to see God’s face in our neighbors. Where do we see Mary, the mother who valiantly protected her baby? Where […]
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Christmas Pageant
Posted on December 9, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Volunteer Opportunities, Worship, YouthSunday, Dec. 21st 10 AM Share in the love, hope, and joy of the Christmas story as the children & youth stage the annual Christmas Pageant during the worship service on Sunday, December 21st. Please sign up for one of the many roles here. Walk on angels, shepherds, and animals are also welcome. Contact Maggie with […]
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Cuetlaxochitl (Poinsettia) Dedications
Posted on December 9, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipOrders are due by Wed. Dec. 10, 2025 If you would like to donate a chancel Christmas plant as a memorial, or in honor of someone, please fill out this form. You can mail a check to the church office, use Venmo, or PayPal. (Please indicate “Christmas plants” in the memo field). There are special Flower Offering […]
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This Week in Worship: 2nd Sunday in Advent (Dec 7, 2025)
Posted on December 5, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThis Sunday, we celebrate the Second Week of Advent and light the Candle of Peace. Our lectionary readings come from the Prophet Isaiah and the Letter to the Romans. We will consider the language of Advent and the peace we can find in this message: “Then a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse; […]
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Women’s Advent Gathering: Next Monday, December 8!
Posted on December 2, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small Groups, Spiritual Practice, YouthPlease join us for our yearly tradition! We will start in the Tucker Room at 7 PM for social time, and then we will move into the Palmer Room at 8 PM for a spiritual program based on this year’s theme, Welcoming the Stranger. All donations from WAG will support Immigrant Support Alliance (ISA). For […]
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Tree Lighting Pizza Party
Posted on December 1, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, YouthJoin the Children and Faith Formation Ministry for some food and fellowship as we celebrate the season with a Christmas Pizza Supper before the Town Tree Lighting on Friday, December 5th at 5:30 PM. RSVP’s are encouraged to help us plan. Invite your friends and neighbors – All are welcome! The more the merrier!
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) 2025
Posted on November 20, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachToday, we are recognizing and remembering our lost non-binary, trans, and gender-expansive siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). Twenty-six years ago, transgender activists organized the first TDoR in Boston (Trans Remembrance Project). Co-founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett, two transwomen […]
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Ripley Presents: Flamy Grant
Posted on November 5, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, RipleyAward-winning, Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant: shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen. First Congregational Church, Winchester: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 7:30 pm Live in person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel, First Congregational Church is pleased to present singer-songwriter drag queen, Flamy Grant. Armed with a bold lip and a blistering voice, Flamy is brilliant, […]
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