Update: It’s great to know that many in our congregation have responded so quickly with donations to Last Bell Ministries! Please note that if you are seeking to give through a donor-advised fund (such as Fidelity Charitable Gift, for instance), the charity may be found as “Eastern European Children’s Outreach,” which is Last Bell’s legal charitable name. […]

February is Black History Month. “But doesn’t white history matter?” It does more than we know, which is why this Sunday at 10 am Rev. Will’s sermon will briefly consider the legacy of white Christian supremacy in our country and its impact upon racial inequities. God’s call to justice rings loud and clear throughout scripture and we’ll […]

Feb 17, 2022 Our white American Christian churches would do well to consider the prophetic black figures in our country’s religious history who have stood powerfully and faithfully for God’s justice. A name few of us might know is Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), whose voice reached across a century to be posthumously awarded a Pulitzer […]

POSTPONED to March 5, 2022 due to the snow Saturday, Feb 26 9:30 am-12:30 pm in Chidey Hall The Town of Winchester held its first Repair Café last September. Begun as a movement in the Netherlands, the goal of Repair Café is to encourage folks to repair and reuse items (such as clothing, furniture, tools, […]

Let’s celebrate each other on our Friendship Weekend The Outreach Committee is excited to invite you to help us flip our name for the month of February to ‘Reach Out’! Please join us in our first annual Celebration of Friendship! We’ll gather together to celebrate love in all forms – whether it’s a pet, friend, relative […]

Thursday, Feb 3, 2022 There has been a huge amount of activity since we sent out our first appeal for help on January 11. A number of you raised your hand and we have a good group of church members who we have already called on for a variety of tasks and donation of furnishings! […]

January 20, 2022 Jerry Mechling Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John reported that Christ’s essential guidance is not only to put God (not gods) at the center of everything, but to turn awareness into action by loving your neighbor as yourself. This was and remains a revolutionary call. Thoughts for the FCC Winchester as we […]

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend and we’ll be gearing our worship around a modern day saint who followed Jesus in much the same way King did by fighting oppression and injustice in his country, South Africa. As you know, Bishop Desmond Tutu died recently but his Spirit of love and his work for justice in […]

You may have read about efforts to resettle Afghan refugees in the US and in New England. Two initiatives present opportunities for you to help: Our Refugee Immigration Ministry (RIM) Metro North Cluster, which FCCW has worked with for years, is developing a partnership with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) to resettle […]

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke 2: 6-7 December 14, 2021 Dear Congregation, As we […]