Taizé chants + prayers + candle lighting Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel As we welcome the return of the light and the coming Summer Solstice, please join us for a joyful and poignant service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and gorgeous musical chants of France’s Taizé community. All […]
One Musician. Inspired. Eclectic. Distinctive. LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, May 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m. WINCHESTER, MA: Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for an inventive and dynamic evening of Jazz improvisation, highlighting one of the finest pianists of our day, Henrique […]
Healing Circle for both communal and personal prayer A prayer service for all ages, stages of life and recovery. O Thou kind Lord! Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations one, so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home. May they all live […]
Contemporary life & faith experiences translated into word pictures. LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, April 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for a dynamic evening of poetry and storytelling with Medford’s inaugural Poet Laureate: Terry E. Carter With […]
Updated and traditional Irish music: Irish flute, guitar, bouzouki, and voices. Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and livestreamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for an inventive and dynamic evening with duo Matt and Shannon Heaton, an integral part of Boston’s traditional music scene. They […]
Taizé chants + prayers + imposition of ashes Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. First Congregational Church offers a poignant and meditative Ash Wednesday service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and music of France’s Taizé community. All denominations are welcome. […]
Healing Prayer Circle Tuesday, February 7 from 7pm-7:40 pm A time to pray for healing in yourself and/or another. A time to connect deeply to the love, serenity, and grace that God offers especially in times of uncertainty, anxiety and grief. For those in person, there will also be a time for laying-on-of-hands if […]
A careful and thoughtful planning process has led us to a proposed 2023 budget for FCCW! Thanks to the work of our dedicated treasurer, Janet Hall, associate treasurer Anne Hoenicke, leaders of the sustaining and living ministries, and others, the Leadership Team is pleased to recommend approval of the proposed 2023 FCCW budget. Come learn […]
March 11th to May 13th, 2023 Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM at 21 Church Street, Winchester MA The course provides family caretakers with education about mental health conditions, skills workshops, and information about available resources. The NAMI Family-to-Family curriculum includes: Information about mental health conditions and treatments Coping skills, handling crisis and relapse, local and national resources Listening and communication techniques Problem solving, limit setting, self-care Most importantly, the course offers family members the invaluable opportunity of open conversation and mutual support in a stigma-ree environment. Course participants, now more than 400,000 people nationwide, find that the Family-to-Family experience empowers them to understand and pursue paths toward healthy recovery for their loved ones, […]
9:30am Wednesday mornings in Ripley Chapel of First Congregational Church,(in the back of the white church at the Town Common). Non-sectarian, non-political, non-verbal, just plain being in silence together for 20 minutes. Call it meditation, centering prayer, mindfulness, relaxation. Keep your heart awake. All are welcome.