Category Archives: Ministries/Task Force News
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Tips for Tired Parents
Posted on October 17, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, YouthAre you a tired parent? Are you a parent of little ones or teens? Then we bet you’re tired! Check out and read with your spouse these 5 tips for tired parents that come from the curriculum that our pastors use for premarital sessions with couples called Prepare/Enrich. Although the tips are written for couples, there is certainly […]
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Ripley Presents: Boston Saxophone Quartet
Posted on October 7, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyFriday, October 25, 7:30 p.m. Live and Livestreamed Music from Swing, Ragtime, Jazz back to the Renaissance and….more! Live in-person and livestreamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for the Boston Saxophone Quartet (BSQ), a unique blend of musicians with an impressive range of repertoire on saxophone, […]
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New Date
Posted on October 4, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthFCCW Youth are teaming up with the Winchester Conservation Commission for their fall cleanup on Saturday, October 26th 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. More details to follow.
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Join us This Sunday for World Communion Sunday at 10 am (October 6, 2024
Posted on October 4, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThe first Sunday of October is always World Communion Sunday and you are invited this Sunday to our Lord’s Table along with some of our youth who will be offering the communion liturgy in the various languages that they speak (or are learning). As violence seems to be spiraling out in the Middle East and Russia’s war […]
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You’re Invited! Justice Ministry’s Non-partisan Voter Drive
Posted on October 2, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial Justice“Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Loose the chains of injustice!” (Isa. 58:1,6). God calls us in Scripture to boldly work together and make the world a more equitable and loving place. One of the ways that we can do just that is by lifting our voices and […]
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Just Peace Offering
Posted on September 26, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachOur church has three special offerings a year where 100% of your donations go directly to a selected organization. These offerings are at Christmas, Easter, and one as our church year begins called the Just Peace offering. Sometimes the Just Peace offering looks worldwide to put our voice and money behind a need or an initiative that […]
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Calling All Singers and Ringers!
Posted on September 10, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small Groups, WorshipIt is hard to believe that summer days are drawing to a close. I am excited to begin my twenty-second year at the church, and I look forward to another year of collaboration with the choir, organist, Jeffrey Mead, soloists, Susan K. Navien and Peter Owens, Carilloneers, the Ripley Presents roster, the youth, the ministerial team, […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in Ripley Chapel (July 28, 2024)
Posted on July 25, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThis Sunday, we’ll contemplate Ephesians 3:14-21 and Psalm 145:10-18 through the perspective of both Buddhist and Christian paths to equanimity. Sarah Gallop, this week’s guest preacher, will emphasize themes of self-knowledge, love, and letting go. We hope you can join us in the beautiful Ripley Chapel in person or online.
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Worship This Sunday in Ripley Chapel at 10 am (July 21, 2024)
Posted on July 18, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us this Sunday in person or online as we consider passages from Jeremiah 23:1-6, Matthew, and Mark. Julianne Zimmerman, our guest preacher this week, will share her message on the theme of “be fruitful and multiply.” We’ll pray together, sing together, and reflect together.
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Can You Serve at the Dwelling Place This Saturday (July 20, 2024)
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, YouthSaturday, July 20 4:30-6 pm The Dwelling Place is a dinner meal served three times a week at a sister church in Woburn. Forty guests take a meal and eat together. We prepare one of those meals each month on the third Saturday. Dessert can be cookies or banana bread, we would need 2 or 3 of […]
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