TUESDAYS WITH JESUS Soup and Saints Starting this Tuesday, February 28th from 6:30-8pm, our traditional Lenten Tuesdays with Jesus series will be focused on lesser known modern-day saints, those who have followed the way and lived the love of Jesus in particularly powerful ways and whose example encourages us to do the same. We […]
The Dwelling Place, a beautiful meal program hosted by a sister church in Woburn, is looking to our church for the meal this Saturday evening. The menu is roast chicken, carrots, salad and rolls. You can cook a portion of the meal and/or serve. Go to our sign up genius to see what is available. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084ba8ad29a57-dwelling If you […]
March 8, 2023, April 12, 2023, May 10, 2023, June 14, 2023 Palmer Room FCCW is offering Grieving in Community, a four-session grief support group. From March 2023 until June 2023, Pastoral Resident Maeve Hammond will lead this group through four movements: beginnings, complicated healing, transition, and memory. Through rituals, discussions, and spiritual practices, we […]
6-7pm (note time change) on zoom, Wed. Feb. 8, 2023 Maeve Hammond will lead our Bible study this month at 6pm on zoom. We’ll be considering the two passages that our service will be centered on this Sunday – Psalm 34 and I Corinthians 3:1-9 – and we’ll explore the theme of “enoughness”. Come join us […]
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.
There is an outreach opportunity with The Outdoor Church of Cambridge. For the past several years on the fifth Sunday of the month FCCW has provided 3-5 volunteers who help distribute sandwiches & material resources to those who live on the streets of Harvard & Central Squares. We meet @ Harvard-Epworth Church @ 2:00 and […]
Sunday, December 18, 2022 7-9 pm on Zoom Bring a favorite poem or two to share with the group – it can be your own composition, an old time favorite, a new discovery, or a short piece of prose. Ruth Group Zoom
Join us on January 8th, 2023 at 5:30 PM for a family-friendly Epiphany celebration. We will begin with a potluck dinner and traditional king cake and then journey through the church to find the final resting place of the star. Once there, we will share a blessing for Epiphany.
Centering Prayer every Wednesday in Ripley Chapel at 9:30 am! Beginning on Wednesday, Dec 14, we will hold a centering prayer/meditation circle at 9:30 am in Ripley Chapel. It will be a quiet centering time of about 20 minutes. In the midst of this busy season and with griefs and struggles that accompany it at […]
A few spaces remain….. Roots and Branches is our new small group initiative. These groups will provide opportunities for deepening faith and friendships and thinking about our world in new ways. Many people have already signed up for these groups. We encourage people to join us who don’t usually come to this kind of thing!! […]