Donation procedure charitable giving

If you would like to donate a chancel Christmas poinsettia 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). New this year: There are special Flower Offering envelopes in the narthex and […]

November 20, 2021 9 am-12 pm Join FAN and the First Congregational Church in the season of giving thanks and giving back! Help assemble baskets to make a full Thanksgiving meal for families in need. All donations will go to Woburn’s Council of Social Concern which serves hundreds of households in Winchester and Woburn. Sign up […]

STEPPING STONES This week we will be reading the story of how God chose David to be King of Israel. This is a wonderful lesson that reminds us that “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel […]

Worship this Sunday is the capstone to two weeks of significant worship services celebrating the breadth of our Congregation. This Sunday is Pledge Sunday when we hope to receive your pledge card for 2022. We will once again hear from a guest steward. The scripture this Sunday is Mark 13, the first 8 verses. Jesus is telling the disciples […]

The Financial Resource Ministry is thrilled that we have begun receiving pledges for 2022 and for those who haven’t had a chance it will be a great help to communicate your own pledge this Sunday. For people joining worship in person we will have envelopes in the pews, and for those online, you can use this […]

Every year for Christmas, we as a church, give presents to those in need. This year we will be giving to boys and girls from the community-based program Youth Villages LifeSet (formerly Germaine Lawrence Residential Program in Arlington), boys and girls from the Council of Social Concern in Woburn, and to the people at the […]

In the midst of our Stewardship campaign, we ask you to consider the myriad ways that our church and church family has an impact on the world around us. This is an important time of year as we attempt to plan how we will live into the strategic vision we have set forth, […]

We begin our Stewardship Drive this Sunday focused upon the scripture from I Peter 4 that encourages us to be “faithful stewards of the manifold grace of God”. Isn’t that an important call for our lives, to be stewards of the grace of God to a world in need of God’s grace? We’re worshipping in person […]

The Outreach Committee is thrilled to announce this year’s Outreach grant recipients! A portion of your annual pledge and giving and the church’s overall budget goes to Outreach to extend our impact of Christ’s love to our community. We have the pleasure of evaluating grant requests and supporting local nonprofit organizations for specific use in […]

This past summer The Outdoor Church of Cambridge started to welcome volunteers back to our street outreach ministry. For the past ten years First Church in Winchester has been active with Outdoor Church, which is a homeless ministry throughout the city of Cambridge Each month when there is a fifth Sunday our church […]