Category Archives: Outreach

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  Can you (or a friend) help with immigrant housing?

  Posted on November 30, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities

  On Thanksgiving Day, a young man from Haiti walked out of an airplane terminal at Logan Airport into the welcoming arms of a group of volunteers. MSL (we prefer to use a recent immigrant’s initials to preserve their privacy) was sponsored to come here under a new USCIS program that vets Haitians seeking to come […]

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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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  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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  FCCW Diaper Drive

  Posted on October 30, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Youth

  Please drop off any new unopened diapers and wipes in collection bins located in the church lobby by November 19th. All sizes are welcomed but the greatest need is for sizes 4+ and pull-ups All Donations go to Immigrant families in Woburn Donate Today Questions? Email Minister of Children & Families Maggie Keeler

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  Pastoral Letter – Israel and Palestine

  Posted on October 10, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Outreach

  Rev. Will Burhans October 10, 2023 In the story of our Savior’s birth, at the beginning of his days, his parents fled to Egypt because of a massacre of Jewish children at the hands of Rome. To tell the story, Matthew quotes from Jeremiah referencing another massacre in an earlier century: “A voice is heard […]

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  Just Peace: Special Offering 2023

  Posted on September 21, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink.   I was a stranger, and you invited me in. Matthew 25:35 Dear members and friends of First Congregational Church in Winchester: Our church has three special offerings a year where 100% of your donations […]

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  Furs for Ukraine

  Posted on August 24, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  Do you have any fur coats in your closet that look like the ones in this photo? If yes, please bring them to the church and they will be shipped to Ukraine to keep people warm for the winter. Please put the coats on the rack in the lobby outside the church office. Fur coat […]

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  Repair Café returns on Saturday, June 17th!

  Posted on May 18, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Latest News, Outreach

  After the great success of our fourth Repair Café, FCCW is poised to offer its second one for 2023!   Given the enthusiastic response of specialists as well as those seeking repairs and mending, Repair Café plans on expanding its offering. At our next event, along with the excellent services we already offer, we plan on offering jewelry repair, knife sharpening for serrated as well […]

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  Join us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary (April 30, 2023)

  Posted on April 28, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Outreach, Worship

  On this Fourth Sunday after Easter, Creation Care Sunday, we will focus on Genesis’ symbolic and mythic retelling of Creation, moving then eons later to the first Easter and Christ’s resurrection. Using scripture while drawing upon the thinking of Wendell Berry and others, Sabbatical Team Member Rev. Jessica McArdle will ask, “What is our Most Ancient […]

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