Category Archives: Latest News
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Join us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (12/08/19)
Posted on December 5, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipJoin us for the second Sunday of Advent when we light the candle of Peace, give gifts of Bibles to our adorable third graders, and reflect upon Isaiah 11 and the Peaceable Kingdom. One of our newer members, Karen Bellacosa, will also be offering a Faith Moment around her faith, the environment, and the garment industry. […]
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Making Room This Advent
Posted on December 4, 2019 by Nancy in Latest News, Spire link, Spiritual PracticeIt is the irrational season, when Love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason, there’d have been no room for the child. —Madeline L’Engle Pondering my favorite Advent poem this year, I am convicted more deeply by the words, “No room for the child.” Realizing there is much for me to do […]
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The Metro-Boston Association Invests to Proclaim the UCC on the Airwaves
Posted on December 4, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsThe MBA Council (Board of Directors for the Association) decided at its December 2 meeting to experiment with collaboratively proclaiming our denomination (the United Church of Christ) in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Recognizing that, culturally speaking, Christmas still has staying power to draw people to churches, the Council decided on a trial effort […]
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Winchester Unite with Light Luminaries
Posted on December 3, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, YouthCoffee Hour and Luminary Assembly December 8, 2019 After the service grab a cup of coffee then join the youth in an all church activity of assembling luminaries for the evening’s town wide event: Unite with Light Winchester Unite With Light-Winchester is a town-wide Luminaria Night event organized by the children of Winchester to celebrate […]
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Join Us for Worship & Communion on the First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2019) at 10 am
Posted on November 27, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday brings the first Sunday of Advent and our traditional Hanging of the Greens during the worship service. We’ll have seasonal readings and songs about the meaning behind the greens of Christmas, the children will process with St. Nicholas, set the creche with St. Ben, and we’ll share in communion on this first Sunday […]
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2020 Pledge Campaign: November End Update
Posted on November 27, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsThis week, the congregation’s stewardship effort passed the 50% participation mark (whoo hoo!), with 83 pledges received (almost 60% of the 140 goal). This represents about $420,000 dollars pledged — almost to 70% of our $615,000 goal. (See the “pledgometers” below!) Thank you, and please help reach the 2020 budget goal as we move into […]
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Advent Women’s Gathering: “Coming to Our Senses”
Posted on November 25, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, WorshipMonday, December 9, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 PM Tucker & Palmer Rooms All church women are invited to an Evening of Fellowship and Reflection as we embrace the tastes, textures, and tones of the season. Please welcome sisters, mothers, daughters and friends to join you. Please bring a “ready to serve” sweet or savory treat […]
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2019 Giving Tree Invitation
Posted on November 25, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, YouthEvery year for Christmas we as a church give presents to those who are in need. This year we will be giving to boys and girls from the community-based program YVLifeSet (formerly Germaine Lawrence Residential Program in Arlington), boys and girls from the Council of Social Concern in Woburn, and people at the Lowell Transitional […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (November 24, 2019)
Posted on November 21, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipAs the Sunday before Thanksgiving, much of our worship will be focused on thankfulness. We will be singing familiar Thanksgiving hymns and the choir is singing a beautiful anthem of thanksgiving. In the church year – which runs from the first Sunday of Advent to the last Sunday after Pentecost – we are at Christ […]
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Ripley Presents Dominique Dodge, Celtic Harper
Posted on November 21, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyFriday, December 13, 2019, 7:30 PM Please join us for an inspiring evening that features seasonal holiday music as well as material from Dominique’s new album, Cànan nan Teud (The Language of the Strings). The concert explores the relationship between Puirt-à-Beul (Gaelic mouth music) and traditional dance tunes from Scotland and Cape Breton. Gaelic songs […]
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