During Winchester Town Day on Saturday, June 3, we will be hosting a Jazz Ensemble from The Winchester Community Music School on our front patio. Just as we did for the past two years, we will have a table with members to greet people and offer lemonade. Our Sanctuary will be open to visitors along […]

On March 29 many local people of faith met at the Parish of the Epiphany to discuss Refugee concerns and Interfaith Relations. As part of our getting to know one another, Fehmida Chipty, a member of the Muslim community offered to create an opportunity for us to work together in service. Through her community, she […]

Middle School and High School Students This year’s overnight is a week away! You must RSVP (SIGN UP HERE by FRIDAY because we need to make sure we have enough drivers. Here are the details: The church will be open at 6pm for you to come and drop your stuff off in the Forum Room […]

Who Will Represent Us? The Christian Church unfortunately continues to be an institution in many places around our country and world that fosters misunderstanding and mistreatment of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, interpreting God’s word in scripture as unequivocally condemning homosexuality. 16 years ago when the First Congregational Church in Winchester voted to be an Open and Affirming […]

Tuesdays with Jesus deepened the Lenten experience for our congregation. The Centering Prayer, the talks by parishioners and the meal we shared together. Thank you to Bruce Lauterwasser, Jenny Ryan, Beth Bernhardt, David Page and Malcolm Sparrow. Deirdre Giblin got snowed out but will present on May 16. Thank you also to the soup makers: […]

Vacation Bible School ONLINE REGISTRATION Two years ago FCC and The Parish of the Epiphany joined forces to put together a week long bible school. It was a fantastic partnership and we are at it again! Because school does not let out until Tuesday 6/27 we are starting on Wednesday. We also need some parents and teens to help out for these […]

May 21, 2017, 10:00 AM Worship Spirit, the cry has erupted and now falls away into the silence of the seeking deaths In the warm, bright waters. Lord, have mercy. Lord, say we knew you. Lord, that you knew us. —Euan Tait Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, […]

You are invited! Do you have the annual meeting in your calendar? It promises to be a rich time. This year, along with conducting the official business of the church and looking back over the past year, we will talk over lunch about our vision for the use of Ripley Chapel. Then we will decide […]

As the Leadership Team gathered this month to address many decisions coming before us a congregation, we began by turning to Ephesians 4 for some inspiration: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, the teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may […]

We are in the season of Eastertide—the fifty days between Easter Sunday and Pentecost. In the wisdom of the liturgical calendar, Easter does not just last for one day. Instead, it is an entire season. The resurrected life takes time to grasp, to begin to understand, to bring more fully into our conscious being, and […]