The Financial Resources Committee invites you to an introduction to Impact Investing and ESG on Sunday, Feb. 12th in the Palmer Room, and via Zoom, following service and coffee hour. This 45 minute discussion will provide background information, highlight opportunities for FCCW, and take questions on this increasingly popular topic. Come join us for a […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Junior forum, forum, and families are invited to Skate Sunday! In place of our regular junior forum and forum programming, we will meet at LoConte Memorial Rink (97 Locust St. in Medford) during their public skate hours, 2 P.M. – 4 P.M, on Sunday, February 12. The only cost is $5 for skate rentals. If […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...After calling his disciples Jesus has his first class out on the hillside where he opens with a bang, inviting people not only into a new teaching, but a new way of living and even a new consciousness. It all begins with the beatitudes, those seven proclamations that many believe are the beating heart of […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...God’s presence is in the small, the meek, and things we might not see in our busy lives…and we learn to follow Jesus when we come alongside those the world may too often overlook. A few FCCW folks are participating in this year’s Boston Winter Walk on Feb 12th. The Winter Walk is an […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Save the Date – The youth are heading to The Philadelphia Project in Philadelphia, PA for their annual mission trip April 15-20th. More information & signups are coming soon.
No Comments. Continue Reading...Things are going to get a little fishy this Sunday in worship at First Congregational Church in Winchester. Come join us at 10am in person or online to pray and sing and worship together and hear how the quaint-seeming story of Jesus calling his disciples to come “fish for men” (Matthew 4:12-23) is much more loaded – if […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...March 11th to May 13th, 2023 Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM at 21 Church Street, Winchester MA The course provides family caretakers with education about mental health conditions, skills workshops, and information about available resources. The NAMI Family-to-Family curriculum includes: Information about mental health conditions and treatments Coping skills, handling crisis and relapse, local and national resources Listening and communication techniques Problem solving, limit setting, self-care Most importantly, the course offers family members the invaluable opportunity of open conversation and mutual support in a stigma-ree environment. Course participants, now more than 400,000 people nationwide, find that the Family-to-Family experience empowers them to understand and pursue paths toward healthy recovery for their loved ones, […]
Comments Off on Family-to-Family Course Continue Reading...9:30am Wednesday mornings in Ripley Chapel of First Congregational Church,(in the back of the white church at the Town Common). Non-sectarian, non-political, non-verbal, just plain being in silence together for 20 minutes. Call it meditation, centering prayer, mindfulness, relaxation. Keep your heart awake. All are welcome.
Comments Off on Simply Sitting in Silence Continue Reading...There is an outreach opportunity with The Outdoor Church of Cambridge. For the past several years on the fifth Sunday of the month FCCW has provided 3-5 volunteers who help distribute sandwiches & material resources to those who live on the streets of Harvard & Central Squares. We meet @ Harvard-Epworth Church @ 2:00 and […]
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