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  Making Room This Advent

  Posted on December 4, 2019 by Nancy in Latest News, Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  It is the irrational season, when Love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason, there’d have been no room for the child. —Madeline L’Engle Pondering my favorite Advent poem this year, I am convicted more deeply by the words, “No room for the child.”  Realizing there is much for me to do […]

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  Environmental Ministry and Justice Fall Update

  Posted on September 13, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  “You have been born on the hinge of history. —The Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, climate activist and public theologian   “The earth is what we all have in common.” —Wendell Berry, poet and author On a warm, sunny day on February 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 9:47am.   As […]

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  Dwelling Place Volunteers Needed This Fall

  Posted on September 13, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Spire link

  We are looking for 4 -5 volunteers to prepare and serve a meal for about 30 people at the Dwelling Place on three Saturdays this fall, September 21, October 19, and November 16. The Dwelling Place is a collaboration of area churches that prepares and serves meals at the United Methodist Church in Woburn for […]

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  From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

  Posted on September 13, 2019 by Nancy in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small Groups, Spire link

  Continuing This Sunday, October 27, 2019 Please join us this Sunday, October 27, 2019 11:30 a.m (after church) Palmer Room for our third session.  This week we take a look at the Gospels, the first attempts to write down the story of Jesus’ life and death.  We will explore how each Gospel is different, reflecting the […]

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  The Next Five Years at FCCW Begin Now!

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Community, Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  As your Lead Pastor, I offered a State of the Communion Address at our Annual Meeting last May.  In that address I challenged the congregation to begin thinking seriously and strategically about the coming 5 years and what steps we needed to take to be brave and bold in making plans for the future, plans […]

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  The Insufficiency of Everything Attainable

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Pastor's Blog, Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  Sept 12, 2019 The theologian Karl Rahner wrote about “the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable.” This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for success, victory, expertise, accomplishment and achievement in this life. It means that we should hold them lightly knowing that even the greatest of these will not satisfy. This doesn’t suggest that […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: Deepening Our Spiritual Lives — An Invitation

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  As autumn beckons, we find ourselves once again drawn to the wonder of our changing seasons.  We are awakened to the reality that life itself is change and movement.  We are invited to learn new lessons, to grow in our consciousness, and to take on new understandings life offers us.  Recently Larry Bacow, President of […]

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  Leadership Team Fall 2019 Update

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  The Leadership Team (LT) is looking forward to the 2019-2020 church year and to resuming its work in support of the congregation and FCCW’s hard-working ministries. This year, we will be: advancing our thinking in key focus areas (Ripley Chapel programming, Green Congregation plans, and how we might respond to the town’s recent needs assessment) […]

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  Music Opportunities This Fall

  Posted on September 4, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link, Worship

  It is hard to believe that the lazy days of summer are drawing to a close. I am very excited to begin my seventeenth year at the church, and I look forward to another year of collaboration with the choir, Carilloneers, children, ministerial team and congregation of this thriving community. We have had a rich […]

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  Summertime and the Bible is Easy

  Posted on July 1, 2019 by Nancy in Latest News, Small Groups, Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  If you are around this summer, we hope you will join us for Bible Study each week before worship. We meet from 9 to 9:40 in the Music Room and this year we will be looking at several stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. Our study guide will be the “Serendipity Bible for Groups”, which includes […]

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