Category Archives: Latest News
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SoulCollage® Workshop
Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, Spiritual Practice, WorshipDrawing a Circle of Love: Lent, Belonging, Sanctuary. SATURDAY, March 15, 2025, 9:00 am – Noon Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Jane Ring Frank, certified SoulCollage® facilitator, will guide a morning of creative, spiritual practice – Saturday, March 15, 9:00 am – noon. Together, we will seek the […]
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Build-a-Bed Project
Posted on February 27, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthSunday, March 16th 11 am-1 pm in Chidley Hall Join us for fun, fellowship, snacks, and service at our annual Build-A-Bed event after service Sunday, March 16 from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. in Chidley Hall — with a lunch break (pizza, fruits, and drinks) at noon! We are looking for 30-40 volunteers to work […]
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Join Us for Transfiguration Sunday Worship at 10 am (March 2, 2025)
Posted on February 27, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday, we celebrate the transfiguration of Jesus Christ, as described in three of the four Gospels of the New Testament. Passages from Luke and Exodus, the Ignatian practice of contemplative imagination, and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book of Longings (a recent novel set in the time of Jesus in the first century CE) will guide our […]
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Open Doors is opening its doors to the congregation and the listening has begun!
Posted on February 26, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsThe second session is this Sunday. We are excited to continue the Open Doors Working Group (ODWG) work with you! Many of you were at our brief presentation following the budget vote on Sunday February 2nd and probably also heard Will’s sermon on February 9th, in which he highlighted some of the challenges we face […]
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Ash Wednesday Taizé
Posted on February 24, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, WorshipWedneday, March 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM in Ripley Chapel Live in-person ONLY from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. First Congregational Church offers a poignant and meditative Ash Wednesday service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and music of France’s Taizé community. All denominations are welcome. As Lent begins, please join us for […]
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Repair Cafe
Posted on February 20, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest NewsSaturday, March 8, 2025 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Signups are open for our next Repair Cafe on March 8th starting at 9 am in Chidley Hall. Signup Here Please tell your friends, neighbours and colleagues about us and be sure to visit us to get links to sign-up for our next and upcoming events at; https://www.repaircafewin.com
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Delivering Joy
Posted on February 20, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthDear Friends, the Outreach Committee announces our Lenten Outreach “Delivering Joy” as a chance to strengthen connections within our community, reminding us that God meets us out in the world, living, giving and growing together. We feel the importance of bringing people together more acutely now, as some would seek to divide and isolate us. […]
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Worship with us this Sunday in the Sanctuary or Online at 10 am (February 16, 2025)
Posted on February 14, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us on Sunday morning at 10am for worship and we’ll consider the very heartbeat of the Gospel and the core of Jesus’ teaching which in the Gospel of Luke is known as the “Sermon on the Plain.” It looks like we’ll be facing another snowy Sunday morning and if the projected totals hold it’ll […]
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New-Comers Inquiry Session (NCIS)
Posted on February 13, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest NewsNew-Comers Inquiry Session (NCIS) Are you interested in joining the church or just learning more about First Congregational in Winchester, UCC? We invite you to come to two one-hour information sessions this winter. Come learn about our denomination – The UCC – and the specifics of our particular Congregational church here in Winchester. What are our […]
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Open Doors is opening its doors to the congregation!
Posted on February 12, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsWe are excited to continue the Open Doors Working Group (ODWG) work with you! Many of you were at our brief presentation following the budget vote on Sunday February 2nd and probably also heard Will’s sermon on February 9th, in which he highlighted some of the challenges we face as a congregation of about 400 […]
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