Category Archives: Health and Wellness
Health Ministry and wellness events/news
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Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star!
Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest NewsHealth Ministry warmly invites you to Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star! All women and young women of the church (9th grade and up) and their friends, including non-binary and trans members of our community, are welcome to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun as we remember and celebrate both the Advent […]
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Grieving in Community
Posted on September 25, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small Groups, YouthGrieving in Community is a support group for the spectrum of loss. From losing a loved one to experiencing unexpected change, grief affects in a variety of ways. Join us on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month in fall at 6 PM for conversation and rituals. Email Rev. Maeve at maeve.fccw@gmail.com to register and/or to […]
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Things that make you go HM…… (as in Health Ministry)
Posted on September 13, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest NewsSeptember Focus — Immunity for Fall and Winter Valuable Vaccine News from Michelle, RN Chart below shows respiratory virus activity in Massachusetts last year (source: CDC.gov). RSV peaked in early-to-mid-November, Flu in mid-December, and COVID in early January. Did you know there’s a new RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine […]
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Moms Hiking Group
Posted on July 5, 2023 by Nancy in Environment, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small GroupsThursdays in July at 8AM Are you a mom with kids at home this summer? Need a moment of zen? Join fellow moms Nancy Kneiss and Jennie Ryan for an easy morning hike in the Fells on Thursday mornings in July. We’ll meet at Gate 16 on Hillcrest Parkway at 8:00 AM, lead you on […]
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Health Ministry Smoothies
Posted on May 19, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, WorshipCoffee Hour this Sunday Come on Down to Chidley Hall after worship. The blenders will be humming!
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Ripley Chapel Hybrid Healing Circle
Posted on April 21, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, RipleyHealing Circle for both communal and personal prayer A prayer service for all ages, stages of life and recovery. O Thou kind Lord! Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations one, so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home. May they all live […]
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Easter Plants
Posted on March 24, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest NewsYou are invited to donate a chancel Easter plant as a memorial or as a gift. Plants will be distributed to our members at home and in assisted living centers on Saturday, April 8th and on Easter Sunday. The cost of plants is $25.00 each. All orders are due by Palm Sunday, April 2. Order here
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Grieving in Community
Posted on February 8, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small GroupsMarch 8, 2023, April 12, 2023, May 10, 2023, June 14, 2023 Palmer Room FCCW is offering Grieving in Community, a four-session grief support group. From March 2023 until June 2023, Pastoral Resident Maeve Hammond will lead this group through four movements: beginnings, complicated healing, transition, and memory. Through rituals, discussions, and spiritual practices, we […]
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Ripley Chapel Healing Prayer Circle
Posted on February 7, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ripley, Spiritual PracticeHealing Prayer Circle Tuesday, February 7 from 7pm-7:40 pm A time to pray for healing in yourself and/or another. A time to connect deeply to the love, serenity, and grace that God offers especially in times of uncertainty, anxiety and grief. For those in person, there will also be a time for laying-on-of-hands if […]
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You are Invited to Two 2023 Budget Meetings!
Posted on January 27, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Environment, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Ripley, Worship, YouthA careful and thoughtful planning process has led us to a proposed 2023 budget for FCCW! Thanks to the work of our dedicated treasurer, Janet Hall, associate treasurer Anne Hoenicke, leaders of the sustaining and living ministries, and others, the Leadership Team is pleased to recommend approval of the proposed 2023 FCCW budget. Come learn […]
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