Category Archives: Latest News
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An Invitation to Thanksgiving Dinner
Posted on November 2, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, OutreachOn Thanksgiving Day, we will be having dinner at the church for anyone who would like to join us. Come for the company. Come for the food. If you don’t have transportation, we will help out with that. We will eat at about 1 pm, so come from 12:30 pm to relax and chat. […]
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Join Us This Sunday for Worship at 10 am. (Nov 4)
Posted on November 2, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, YouthThis Sunday is Pledge Sunday, the culmination of our Stewardship Pledge Drive, when we encourage you to bring your pledge cards and place them in the offering plate during worship. We’ll also reflect together upon the Greatest Commandment and share in the sacrament of communion. Our children will start off the morning together in Chidley […]
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Save the Date: RIM International Dinner on November 18th
Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, OutreachYou are invited to the RIM (Refugee Immigration Ministry) International Dinner on Sunday, Nov. 18th, 5:30PM to 8:30PM. Come join Linda and Bruce Alexander for an evening of international food and fellowship with the Metro North and other clusters of RIM. Learn more about RIM’s support of asylum seekers and refugees, especially through the stories […]
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November 1 Ripley Update
Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spire link, WorshipWe are about halfway through the bidding phase. On October 16 we issued our invitation to bid to seven general contractors. Construction documents were emailed out. We held our contractors’ walk through on the 24th and it appears that four are likely to submit bids. On November 16 bids are due. The Ripley Chapel Working […]
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Stronger Than Hate
Posted on October 31, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Outreach, Spiritual Practice, YouthDear Congregation, On Friday night (November 2) at 6:30, clergy from around Winchester will lead an Interfaith Vigil at Temple Shir Tikvah (34 Vine St) in response to the violence in Pittsburgh. We hope you as congregation members of First Congregational Church will consider joining us as an expression of solidarity with our Jewish […]
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Frozen Turkeys Needed for Pilgrim Church in Dorchester
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Outreach, YouthEach year we collect frozen turkeys and the youth delivers them to the Pilgrim Church in Dorchester. This year is no different. The turkeys are donated to their shelter so that everyone can have a happy Thanksgiving. Please bring in a turkey and put it in the freezer in the Chidley Hall kitchen by Sunday, […]
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You are Invited to the Annual Women’s Advent Gathering “TALK TO STRANGERS”
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small Groups, Spire linkMonday Dec 3, 2018 7 PM Reception-(Tucker Room) 7:45 Program Considering Hospitality and the Radical Notion of Welcoming The Stranger Join us to begin an Advent practice that will keep you grounded as the pace of the season accelerates. This annual tradition is open to all women of the church. Please extend the invitation […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (Oct 28)
Posted on October 26, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Outreach, Spiritual Practice, WorshipPlease join us this Sunday for worship at 10 am and bring with you a photo of an ancestor. It’s All Souls Sunday and we’ll build an ancestral altar by coming forward and placing our pictures on the communion table. Rev. Will will preach on the theme and the choir has a beautiful piece of […]
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All Souls Sunday October 28
Posted on October 24, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipThis coming Sunday we will be celebrating All Souls. This celebration has links to many cultures and dates back centuries. Connected to Halloween primarily by our love of the spooky and the scary, this remembrance of our beloved dead falls on the Sunday before it. And far from being afraid of the dead, All Souls […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 AM (Oct 21)
Posted on October 19, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, YouthThis Sunday is the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost. As you may know, the church has seasons and scripture selected specifically for those seasons. The longest season is ‘After Pentecost’, which is referred to as the ‘long green season’ (may that always be an apt description). This season goes right up to the first Sunday in Advent, December 2 – […]
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