Category Archives: Ripley
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Taizé Service in Honor of the Summer Solstice
Posted on June 1, 2023 by Nancy in Ripley, WorshipTaizé 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 […]
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Ripley Presents: Pianist Henrique Eisenmann’s “Voices”
Posted on May 8, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyOne 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 […]
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Ripley Chapel Hybrid Healing Circle
Posted on April 21, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, RipleyHealing 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 […]
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Ripley Presents: An Evening of poetry with Terry E. Carter
Posted on March 29, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, RipleyContemporary 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 […]
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Ripley Presents: Matt & Shannon Heaton
Posted on March 2, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, RipleyUpdated 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 […]
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Ash Wednesday Taizé Service
Posted on February 21, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, WorshipTaizé 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. […]
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Ripley Chapel Healing Prayer Circle
Posted on February 7, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ripley, Spiritual PracticeHealing 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 […]
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You are Invited to Two 2023 Budget Meetings!
Posted on January 27, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Environment, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Ripley, Worship, YouthA 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 […]
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Family-to-Family Course
Posted on January 18, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyMarch 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, […]
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Simply Sitting in Silence
Posted on January 18, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, Small Groups9:30am 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.
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