You are invited to donate a chancel Easter plant as a memorial or as a gift. Plants will be distributed to our members at home and in assisted living centers. The cost of plants is $20.00 each. All orders are due by Palm Sunday, March 24. Order here or download this form. Want to celebrate the Easter season with members of our church […]
Mondays in Lent 6-8 pm Tucker Room We had a lovely first session with Sunada who shared some reflections and meditations on mindfulness and we considered how Jesus’ time in the wilderness was a time of mindful attention to his own inner life that then prepared him to enter into public life with intention and compassion. Here […]
First Congregational Church’s Leadership Team is the strategic decision-making body of our church community which is charged with the task of ensuring the achievement of the mission and purpose of the church on behalf of the wider congregation. In our congregational church, the Leadership Team is made up of lay members who are invested in […]
Mondays with Jesus and Buddha When the heart is open, we are able to give and receive love freely, heal and transform emotional wounds, and engage with life with a spirit of curiosity and kindness. How do we cultivate such beautiful states of being? In the Buddhist tradition, there is the teaching on the Four […]
Sunday, January 21 7-9 pm on Zoom The month’s book is “Here in the Night” by Rebecca Turkewitz. It’s a collection of short ghost stories by an author who grew up in Winchester. Contact this year’s co-coordinators, Lynne Rahmeier or Susan Sawyer with questions.
Sunday, November 19, 2023 Did the Roots and Branches sign-up catch your interest, but you didn’t feel ready to commit to regular meetings? Do you need childcare to attend? This year, we have added a group held immediately after 10 o’clock worship, for which there is no is need to sign up, and childcare is […]
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, […]
‘Who do you say that I am?’ ‘Do you see this woman?’ ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ You still have time! We are extending the sign-up period for Roots and Branches,which will return this fall, by popular demand. You have until October 10th, when we will finalize the groups. Participants will […]
Grieving in Community is a support group for the spectrum of loss. From losing a loved one to experiencing unexpected change, grief affects in a variety of ways. Join us on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month in fall at 6 PM for conversation and rituals. Email Rev. Maeve at maeve.fccw@gmail.com to register and/or to […]
‘Who do you say that I am?’ ‘Do you see this woman?’ ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ You still have time! We are extending the sign-up period for Roots and Branches,which will return this fall, by popular demand. Last year five groups, of about ten people each, met in our […]