
The 5th Sunday after Easter in the church calendar. The scripture, though, reaches back to Jesus instructing the disciples in preparation of his no longer being with them. The New Testament text is John 15:1-8 and contains the very familiar portrayal of the disciples’ relationship to Jesus as “I am the vine, you are the branches”. The sermon will […]

From the Leadership Team… We are grateful to all who have engaged in the dialogue regarding FCCW’s Strategic Plan over the past few months. Through our meetings with ministries, the 3/25 congregational discussion, and many individual exchanges, we have heard and learned a lot. We’d like to take a few moments to share where […]

We are excited to offer a very special Sunday morning worship on Sunday, April 25th, in Chidley Hall! Join us at 10 am to watch the pre-recorded service as a community, followed by a socially distanced “coffee hour” afterwards. There will also be activities on the Church lawn for Stepping Stones aged children (Kindergarten through […]

Dear Members and Friends of First Congregational Church: Happy Easter! He is risen! There has never been a better year to shout that from our houses, rooftops, and across our gradually opening town. Jesus brings hope and light and love right into life’s realities. It is a gritty story that takes the mountains […]

It’s the fifth Sunday in Lent. The scriptures – Jeremiah 31 and Psalm 51 – both deal with the Lenten theme of Sin. Which can sound like a dour and depressing service but when we engage with God about our Sin the result is a closer relationship with God and with ourselves. We will pray together, sing (apart) […]

Join us online for worship this Sunday morning. It’s been one full year this week since we left the sanctuary and began worshipping online. We’ll acknowledge that with a brief slideshow of images from our year together and read from our scriptures about the importance of lament in such times. We hope you’ll join us on Sunday morning when the […]

Join us live and on zoom this Sunday at 10 am for our communion worship service on this 3rd Sunday of Lent. We are going to do some jamming on the remarkable Psalm 19 and see how it can break us open to God’s presence in a new way. Bring to your worship space some bread and […]
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm Join a handful of us on Wednesday night for our second informational session for new-comers to our community when we’ll be sharing specifically about First Congregational Church, it’s purpose, theology, ministries and operations and what it means to be a member of our church. In the first session we talked about our […]

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 6 pm This Tuesday we’ll gather for our 3rd session and read the third chapter of “Trouble the Water” which leads us into a consideration of why white people and specifically white Christians and the church have work to do to address racial injustice in our society. We’ll listen and discuss while […]

Tuesday, March 2, 6 pm Join us for soup and chapter 2 of “Trouble the Water: A Christian Resource for the Work of Racial Justice”. How can we become more conscious of our own assumptions, blind spots and privileges around race and how can that better enable us for building God’s beloved community? Chapter 2 is […]