Category Archives: Ministries/Task Force News
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Racial Justice: Talk, Learn, Act — Juneteenth Programs
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachJuneteenth is celebrated throughout the U.S. on June 19th to recognize the end of slavery. While many people may have recently become aware of Juneteenth (a contraction of June and nineteenth), it has long been an important day in Black culture. It commemorates the announcement in Texas that slavery had ended, two and a half […]
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Book Study: Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson
Posted on June 8, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachWednesdays in July 10 am Postponed: Program will be rescheduled in the Fall. Reno Garden Former President of Ireland and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, author Mary Robinson’s book, Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, is described as, “Powerful and deeply humane…a stirring manifesto on one of the most pressing humanitarian […]
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Second Wednesday Bible Study
Posted on June 7, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsWed. June 9, 7- 8:30 pm On the second Wednesday of each month a few of us gather for Bible Study. The group is led by Pastor Judy and varies in number and composition but it is always congenial and faithful. The approach to scripture is not as something we were “supposed” to know all […]
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Environmental Justice Newsletter: May 2021
Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachMay 2021
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Resurrection Study: 4 Gardens, 3 Trees, 2 Breaths, 1 Love
Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small GroupsRemember 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.
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Join Us for Pentecost Sunday Worship (May 23, 2021)
Posted on May 21, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipIt’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 […]
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A Summer’s Eve Prayer Service
Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThursday, 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 […]
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Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsRev. 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 […]
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Resurrection Study: 4 Gardens, 3 Trees, 2 Breaths, 1 Love Class 1
Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small GroupsMonday 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 […]
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The Heartbreak of Myanmar
Posted on May 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachMany 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, […]
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