We hope you’ll gather with us virtually on Sunday for our pre-recorded worship service. Having celebrated Christmas (Emmanuel, God with Us), Easter (The Resurrection of the Son, Jesus) and Pentecost (the coming of their Holy Spirit) within this church year, we now lift up the trinitarian nature of the One we call God, the One […]
May 2021
Remember no session this coming Monday Night and Tuesday morning but we will resume Monday, June 7 and Tuesday, June 8 with our third session entitled 2 Breaths. Here is a recording of our last session on 3 Trees if you’d like to catch up with us and join.
It’s Pentecost!! The ‘birthday’ of the church. Each year we hear again the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit and see Peter take on the mantle of leadership. Again this week various choir members will lead us by singing the hymns along with us. Rev. Will will share moments from two baptisms he performed last week. I […]
Thursday, June 17, 7pm Sanctuary of First Congregational Church You are invited to gather in-person for a special summer evening prayer service in the sanctuary on Thursday evening, June 17th. Together we will draw the church year to a close and receive a foretaste of what is to come when we return to worshipping together […]
Rev. Alex Shea Will, the Associate Pastor of South Church in Andover, MA, for the past six years, has been called to serve as the Area Conference Minister for the Northeast Region – comprising the Metropolitan Boston and Northeast Associations – beginning Aug. 2. “Throughout my ministry among the various settings of the United Church of Christ, I […]
Monday 7 pm (zoom), Tuesday 10am (Reno Garden) How can a few trees, left-handedness, and rainbows give us any clearer a picture of the Resurrection? Come and find out Monday night on zoom or Tuesday morning in the Reno Garden for our 2nd in the series of our Resurrection Study. It’s not too late to […]
Local Resources and National Resources INTERFACE Winchester Q&A What is INTERFACE Referral Service? INTERFACE HELPLINE 888-244-6843 is available to Winchester residents and students. The INTERFACE Helpline, which is open Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM, assists callers by providing therapeutic matches to licensed, vetted outpatient mental health providers […]
Join us for “live” worship on zoom this Sunday at 10 am when Rev. Dr. Ken Orth, our Pastoral Counseling Affiliate, will be preaching for Ascension Sunday on the theme of “planting seeds in God’s garden”. The service will be somewhat brief this Sunday as we will flow directly into our Annual Meeting but we will still […]
Many of you will remember that I visited Myanmar for the first time in 2011, conducting and witnessing my way through vast sections of the country. At that time, and for a few years after, this church was instrumental in providing much-needed funds to Myanmar’s children and young adults, assisting with life-giving education, food, […]