Your Outreach team is excited to once again provide our Reach Out! event! In celebration of Valentine’s Day, please join us as part of our Friendship gathering on February 11th at 1PM on Zoom. Here’s the plan! We are looking for folks to make soup (in containers to serve 2-4 people) and then deliver the soup, a card, and […]
Mondays with Jesus and Buddha When the heart is open, we are able to give and receive love freely, heal and transform emotional wounds, and engage with life with a spirit of curiosity and kindness. How do we cultivate such beautiful states of being? In the Buddhist tradition, there is the teaching on the Four […]
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 this simple service – of Scripture, prayer, silence, meditative singing, […]
There is much we fear about the future these days but the Bible tells us the proper object of our fear is, actually, God. Proverbs 9:10 says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” That sentiment is repeated throughout the scriptures many times and appears in the Psalm we are given for this week, Psalm 111. […]
Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, I am thrilled to announce that, with your blessings, we are applying for a Lilly Grant for Pastor Will for the next chapter of his sabbatical journey which will be taken in the fall of 2025 if the grant is awarded. This time, his focus will be twofold: to […]
We’re rescheduling our youth winter trip to Sunday, March 3, 2024 after church! We are covering costs except for the price of tickets, which are $45 for two hours of tubing. Please register via the link below by Wednesday, February 28. Register Here
Our annual Build-A-Bed project, coordinated by A Bed for Every Child and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, will be on Sunday, February 4, 2024 11 AM – 1 PM with a lunch break at noon! Sign up today to be part of this meaningful, hands-on project, open to all ages and experience with building and […]
“Contemporaneous Kaleidoscope: Music of our time,” featuring strings, oboe, flute, bassoon, and piano in a stirring chamber concert. LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, January 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church. Please join us for a dynamic and virtuosic evening of chamber music […]
A fascinating little biblical story greets us this Sunday whose central character is one of God’s amazing sea creatures. The story of Jonah was important enough to be directly referenced by Jesus himself in referring to his death and resurrection. It’s a story that might ask of us: what is God calling us to, are we […]
Sunday, January 21 7-9 pm on Zoom The month’s book is “Here in the Night” by Rebecca Turkewitz. It’s a collection of short ghost stories by an author who grew up in Winchester. Contact this year’s co-coordinators, Lynne Rahmeier or Susan Sawyer with questions.