Category Archives: Outreach

• Epiphany Celebration January 6 at 6PM

  Posted on December 22, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Outreach

  JOIN THE WISE MEN IN SEARCHING FOR THE BABY JESUS Most people know that the reason we exchange gifts on Christmas is to mirror the gifts that the Wise Men brought to the Christ Child.  What you might not know is that those gifts were given, not on Christmas Day, but on Epiphany.  Epiphany is […]

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• Cookie Walk December 11, 11:30 AM, Chidley Hall

  Posted on December 1, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Outreach, Youth

  The Middle School Class will be hosting our annual Cookie Walk. Here’s how it works: Families and individuals sign up beforehand to bring in a plate of nut-free cookies. Those cookie plates come in before church and the Rite 13 class sets up a display of the different cookie trays. After church everyone comes down, […]

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  Advent Visitation Sunday on December 4

  Posted on November 23, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Outreach, Spire link

  On December 4, we are planning in-home visits with several of our elders and congregation members who aren’t able to make Sunday worship routinely.  Many of you have expressed interest in participating in these visits as part of your own faith journey. Our seniors look forward to these visits as a way to stay connected […]

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• Habitat for Humanity Workday Saturday Dec 3

  Posted on November 21, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Community, Outreach

  Please join us for a build day at our site in Lawrence. All adults and youth age 16 and up are welcome. Please contact Doug Taylor at 617-448-8327 (cell) or mccall.taylor@verizon.net or Andrew Beltz at andrewjbeltz@yahoo.com for more info.

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• Thanksgiving Food Baskets

  Posted on November 2, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Community, Outreach

  FAN and the First Congregational Church of Winchester are excited to be teaming up again this year to provide Thanksgiving meals to those in need in our community and the surrounding areas. Please sign up to donate and we hope this will be a great activity for the whole family to participate in as the […]

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• Linen Drive for Mission of Deeds

  Posted on November 2, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Outreach

  At Mission of Deeds their sole mission is to provide basic home necessities, without charge, to those in need. As the weather turns colder the families who were recently homeless need warm bedding for the winter. From Nov 1-13 the Outreach Ministry will be collecting new and gently used linens: comforters, sheets and blankets of […]

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  Outreach Spotlight: Budget Buddies

  Posted on October 25, 2016 by Nancy in Outreach, Spire link

  Getting to Know our Grant Recipients Budget Buddies was founded in 2009 to meet the tremendous need for a comprehensive and personalized program of financial education and empowerment for low-income women that could ensure their successful transition from intensive supportive services to a life of self-sufficiency and independence. More than 1 in 7 U.S. women […]

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• Outreach Grants Deadline is September 1

  Posted on August 26, 2016 by Nancy in Outreach, Spire link

  Grant requests for Outreach donations are due in September. Outreach has moved to a grant format, where organizations complete our grant request form to be considered for funding. The application is simple; organizations are required to describe the work they do, give a budget for the program they wish to fund, and explain how the […]

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• Teaming Up to Offer Support

  Posted on June 26, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Outreach

  From Winchester to Nicaragua, Outreach and Health Ministry Committees teamed up to support church member Anna Campbell obtain the needed multivitamins, iron tablets and over-the-counter pain medications required for her international medical mission trip. Anna will enter her second year of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall, and has an interest in […]

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