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    Bagels & Bunnies Egg Hunt

    Posted on March 27, 2018 by in Community, Latest News, Youth

    March 31, 9:30 AM, Church Lobby and Front Lawn Easter Egg Hunt Foreshadowing the next day’s celebration of Easter, we invite children and families to join us for an exciting egg hunt (eggs being a symbol for new life).  The Easter Bunny joins us for picture taking and bagels before the children set out on their search […]

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    Easter Flowers

    Posted on March 23, 2018 by in Health and Wellness, Latest News

    We invite you to donate a chancel Easter plant as a memorial or as a gift. The cost of a plant is $20.00 each. All orders are due by Palm Sunday, March 25. Click here for an order form. Attention members and families: Join in our joyful Easter tradition of delivering a lily plant to […]

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    Join Us This Sunday (March 25) for Worship

    Posted on March 23, 2018 by in Latest News, Worship

    This Sunday is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week.  We’ll begin with an ecumenical gathering out on the Town Common at 9:30am to bless the palm branches with other congregations from our town.  Then we’ll return to our sanctuary for a service of worship that opens in the celebratory mood of Jesus entering […]

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    Maundy Thursday All Night Vigil

    Posted on March 14, 2018 by in Latest News, Worship

    Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake and pray with him during his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before his death. In response, we hold an all-night vigil in our sanctuary – staying awake with Christ and praying for a suffering world. The Vigil begins at 9:00 PM on March 29th (after […]

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    Ruth Group Meets this Sunday the 18th, 7-9 pm

    Posted on March 14, 2018 by in Latest News, Small Groups

    Please join us to discuss Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy at the home of MaryAnn McCall-Taylor, 8 Sanborn St, Winchester. Mike Redding will be facilitating this book which is a powerful exploration of mercy and how we can embrace it.  All women of the church and community are welcome whether or not they have read the […]

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  • Special Holocaust Memorial Concert

    Posted on March 13, 2018 by in Community, Latest News, Worship

    Sunday, April 8, 4:00 PM Presented by First Congregational Church and Temple Shir Tikvah In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 11, 2018), First Congregational Church and Temple Shir Tikvah will co-sponsor a beautiful and distinctive string quartet concert in the sanctuary of First Congregational Church, highlighting the powerful works of three composers […]

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  • Join Us for Worship This Sunday (March 11)

    Posted on March 8, 2018 by in Latest News, Worship

    Sunday, March 11, is the fourth Sunday in Lent.  The lectionary scripture is from the Gospel of John, Chapter 3:14-21.  This contains the ‘famous’ John 3:16 that can be seen on handmade signs at football games:  “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him […]

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