Category Archives: Health and Wellness
Health Ministry and wellness events/news
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Death Café-CANCELLED
Posted on October 23, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small Groups, Spiritual PracticeWed. Oct 29, 2025 6 PM Tucker Room “Death Café” is an international movement based around open and honest conversations on death and dying. This upcoming Wednesday, we will divide into groups and share our personal experiences and responses to death and dying. Speaking openly and honestly about our fears, sorrows, concerns, and hopes is […]
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Join Us for a Healing Service This Sunday (October 12, 2025)
Posted on October 10, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, WorshipOver the past few weeks in my sermons, we have heard a lot about discipleship. This week in our texts we find the people of Israel in exile in a foreign land called Babylon. God’s advice through the prophet, Jeremiah is to build, plant and pray while in exile. We will also have the Health […]
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Grieving in Community
Posted on September 16, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small GroupsGrieving in Community dates for fall 2025 September 14 – Palmer Room, 11:30 AM September 28 – Palmer Room, 11:30 AM October 12 – Palmer Room, 11:30 AM * No other formal meeting in October. Instead, you are invited to attend the Death Café and All Souls/All Saints Taizé Service on Wednesday, October 29 in […]
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Grieving in Community
Posted on September 11, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small GroupsGrieving in Community returns this Sunday, September 14, after hospitality hour (11:30 AM or so) in the Palmer Room. We will continue to meet every other Sunday. In the case of a scheduling conflict, Rev. Maeve will announce the rescheduled date. If you have questions about joining, please email Rev. Maeve.
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NAMI- Family to Family Class September 2025
Posted on August 4, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest NewsComments Off on NAMI- Family to Family Class September 2025Continue Reading...
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Church Bike Ride
Posted on May 20, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small Groups, YouthFrom Health Ministry… Back outta the pews and on the path! Church Bike Ride May 31st WHAT: 10-mile ride from East Arlington to East Cambridge (steps from the Charles River) WHEN: Saturday, May 31, at 1:00 WHERE: Minuteman Bikeway and Somerville Community Path. We’ll begin at the Crawford’s place on Lakehill Ave in Arlington. WHO: All are […]
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Spring Awakening: A Morning of SoulCollage®
Posted on May 2, 2025 by Nancy in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ripley, Small GroupsDream. Imagine. Create Saturday, May 10, 2025, 9:00 AM – Noon Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Jane Ring Frank, certified SoulCollage® facilitator, will offer a workshop to embody this deep, spiritual practice. SoulCollage® is a collage process for accessing your intuitive wisdom. Even though this is an “art […]
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Sign Up to Deliver Easter Lilies!
Posted on April 22, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest NewsWe invite you to deliver Easter lilies HERE and visit with someone in our church community between April 20 (Easter) and April 27. It’s a fun and rewarding way to connect with others and continue the blessing of Resurrection Sunday. Bring your friends and family! Questions? Please contact Rev. Maeve.
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Lenten Series: Death and Dying Well
Posted on April 2, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Health and Wellness, Spiritual PracticeLenten Series: Death and Dying Well Tuesdays March 11th through April 15th 6:30-8:00pm – Tucker/Palmer Rooms Lent is a season of humble reflection on our mortality in general and specifically the passion and death of Jesus Christ and how that speaks to our own lives and deaths. We begin Lent on Ash Wednesday with the […]
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Health Ministry’s Eleventh Hour on Mindfulness
Posted on March 17, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest NewsYou’re invited to Health Ministry’s Eleventh Hour on Mindfulness: Practice Being Present, led by Dr. Lizzie Linn, Assistant Professor at Merrimack College. We often struggle with the incessant chatter in our heads that leads to regret, anxiety, fear, or sadness. By taming this “monkey mind,” we can find peace and a recognition that, while we […]
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