If you haven’t already, you’ll want to experience our beautiful Maundy Thursday service at 7:30 pm on Holy Thursday either in person or on livestream. We share in the Last Supper and read the passion story while candles are extinguished and we fall into the darkness of the night together as we acknowledge the dying […]
Thursday, April 14 9 pm – Friday, April 15 12 pm Each year we open the Sanctuary for an overnight Vigil. It has become a sacred moment in preparation for Good Friday and Easter. The Sanctuary will be darkened but still navigable. We begin at 9:00 p.m. following the Maundy Thursday service on April 14. The Vigil […]
At 9:15 we will gather on the Town Common to experience our own version of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We will hear the scripture story of this day that marks the beginning of Holy Week. Following a palm strewn path, we will sing and wave our own palm branches. This joy and hope are […]
This Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent. While we have one more Sunday before Holy Week, this is the last that tells of one more way Jesus is making his way to Jerusalem. The scripture is a less familiar version of a well known moment – Jesus’ meal with his friends where he is anointed with […]
During March, many in our congregation responded to the crisis in Ukraine with donations to Last Bell Ministries (www.lastbell.org). Last Bell Ministries has been serving orphans and orphanage graduates in Zhytomyr, Ukraine since 2006. Ukrainian staff members mentor, counsel, apprentice, and disciple these young adults, living out a mission of loving and restoring orphanage graduates towards life and […]
On Sunday, May 1, 4:00 p.m., I will be conducting my final concert with Cantemus Chamber Chorus. We are excited to welcome Grammy Award-winner Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort in a performance of Winter’s jubilant “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass.” American gospel singer Theresa Thomason is the featured artist. I think the concert is going […]
Saturday, April 16 at 10 AM, Church Lawn Rain or Shine Children (babies – 5th grade) are invited to come meet the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs. This event is held entirely outside. Please bring your own basket and gather in the Vine Street parking lot by the Reno Garden. The hunt begins when […]
Wednesday, March 30th 8pm Winchester Town Common Download the Order of Service here: Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace in Ukraine
We hope you will join us for the 4th Sunday of Lent either in-person or online. Our guiding scripture will be the parables of Jesus in Luke 15. The choir will be doing a beautiful piece called “When Mary Thro’ the Garden Went”. Maggie will offer another Time for the Young, we will light prayer candles for the petitions and intercessions […]
Saturday, April 2, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm Please join our crew for another Habitat for Humanity work day as we update and modify a home so the owner, a disabled veteran, can live there safely. Instead of carpooling, we will meet at the work site (48 Southside Avenue in Lynn: https://goo.gl/maps/NGWiuf65SPugxbScA) at 8:15 am. What to bring/wear: Lunch, snacks, […]