Category Archives: Latest News

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  Join us for Thanksgiving Sunday Worship (Nov 19, 2023)

  Posted on November 17, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us this Sunday for our Thanksgiving Worship Service at 10am in person or online as “we gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing” and to consider how we can be a blessing in our lives for the sake of others. The choir will be back to share a beautiful anthem and to lead us […]

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  Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star!

  Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News

  Health Ministry warmly invites you to Women’s Advent Gathering: Follow Your Star! All women and young women of the church (9th grade and up) and their friends, including non-binary and trans members of our community, are welcome to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun as we remember and celebrate both the Advent […]

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  Once Upon a Time – Join Us for a Family Advent Storytelling Series

  Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, Youth

    In collaboration with Sparkle Stories and How to Story, First Congregational Church presents live storytelling with master storyteller, David Sewell McCann. The goal with this magical storytelling event is to build original holiday stories of light, stillness and community that we can all use to care for each other this advent season. The stories will be collaborative. […]

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  Roots and Branches group Sunday after church THIS Sunday

  Posted on November 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Small Groups

  Sunday, November 19, 2023 Did the Roots and Branches sign-up catch your interest, but you didn’t feel ready to commit to regular meetings? Do you need childcare to attend? This year, we have added a group held immediately after 10 o’clock worship, for which there is no is need to sign up, and childcare is […]

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  Join Us this Sunday for Worship (November 12, 2023)

  Posted on November 9, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Worship

  Join us on Sunday in the sanctuary or online for worship at 10am. As we move through November and closer to the season of Advent, the scriptures begin to beat the drum of the end of times calling us to watch and wait and pay attention. The parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25 will be our […]

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  Immigrant Support Alliance

  Posted on November 9, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  Would you like to volunteer to help recent immigrants? Can you open your arms – and maybe your home?   This 2023-2024 year, Immigrant Support Alliance, (formerly known as the Metro North Cluster/RIM) is working with a 37 year-old man from Haiti who will arrive this month and a family from Afghanistan that is here […]

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  2023 Giving Tree, Christmas Gift donations

  Posted on November 8, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Youth

  Every year for Christmas we, as a church, give presents to those in need. This year we will be giving to children from the community-based program Youth Villages, children from the Council of Social Concern in Woburn, and to the people at the Lowell Transitional Learning Center. You can sign up for gift giving here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4FA8A82F4-45950101-fccholiday#/ […]

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  Join Us for Communion Worship on All Saints All Souls Sunday (Nov 5, 2023)

  Posted on November 3, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Worship

  This week in worship, in honor of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, we are remembering the lives who have shaped our traditions and the lives who have shaped our personal worlds. As it is the first Sunday of the month, we will also be celebrating the holy sacrament of Communion. Everyone is welcome […]

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  Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner At The Church!

  Posted on November 1, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small Groups

  Thanksgiving day (November 23rd) from 12:30pm. Once again, we have an opportunity to eat Thanksgiving Dinner together at the church. This has been a wonderfully welcoming and relaxed event in recent years. It will be multi-generational. The event is free, with options to bring a dish only if you wish. Vegetarian options available – but turkey, […]

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  Winchester Open Studios 2023 – November 18, 2023

  Posted on October 31, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ripley

  The Winchester Unitarian Society, Winchester Farmers Market, Studio on the Common, Winchester First Congregational Church, Rubini Arts, Jenks Center, Winchester Cultural Council, and the Winchester Cultural District are excited to announce our first town-wide Open Studios. Date: November 18, 2023 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Locations: First Congregational Church in Winchester, 21 Church Street […]

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