Thursday, Nov 25 at 9 am I am president of the En Ka Society and am really hoping we can turn this into a longstanding, well-attended Winchester tradition. So many towns have a Thanksgiving Road Race and I am hoping Winchester can be the next one! We had our first race last year but since it was virtual, it kind […]
Art Installation by Artist/Activist Willie Baronet Installation on Display November 6-19 Ripley Presents hosted an opening gallery talk with Artist/Activist Willie Baronet and his compelling art installation entitled We Are All Homeless on November 6. View the gallery talk here. Baronet has created exhibits featuring these signs across the U.S. and the UK. The project […]
Following worship this Stewardship Sunday, there will be an 11th Hour presentation with representative(s) from the Leadership Team. On the basis of FCCW’s Strategic Plan, they will be discussing how we can become a carbon-free church while promoting economic sustainability. The first step is to generate our own clean energy through solar power, thereby eliminating our current […]
We begin our Stewardship Drive this Sunday focused upon the scripture from I Peter 4 that encourages us to be “faithful stewards of the manifold grace of God”. Isn’t that an important call for our lives, to be stewards of the grace of God to a world in need of God’s grace? We’re worshipping in person […]
Meet a special visitor this Sunday during Stepping Stones and at coffee hour. Learn a story of inclusion and why our special guest is taking up residence this fall in the Dix Street Garden. “Stand Up to Stigma” is a benefit to support NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness). Our church entry is one of […]
I’ve been hearing the terms de-centering and re-centering a lot in the anti-racism webinars, books, presentations, you-tubes and trainings I’ve been attending and reading. Essentially, it refers to putting someone new in the center of a narrative and letting them tell the story. It yields a whole new perspective. So, for this Third Thursday article, […]
Dear Friends, As we gear up to start receiving evacuees from Afghanistan over the next few weeks, we are facing an even more urgent crisis. One of our guests, Mukisa (not his real name) is currently in Jamaica Plain, but he’s losing his housing at the end of this month, and will become homeless if […]
October 31st is a Sunday this year and in honor of All Saints Day we would like to have a point in our worship service where we show images on our sanctuary monitors of loved ones who have died but who we hold close to our hearts. Would you please either send in your photos to […]
The Outreach Committee is thrilled to announce this year’s Outreach grant recipients! A portion of your annual pledge and giving and the church’s overall budget goes to Outreach to extend our impact of Christ’s love to our community. We have the pleasure of evaluating grant requests and supporting local nonprofit organizations for specific use in […]
This past summer The Outdoor Church of Cambridge started to welcome volunteers back to our street outreach ministry. For the past ten years First Church in Winchester has been active with Outdoor Church, which is a homeless ministry throughout the city of Cambridge Each month when there is a fifth Sunday our church […]