Category Archives: Spire link
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Seasons of the Spirit: Birthing God
Posted on November 26, 2018 by Nancy in Spire link, Spiritual PracticeAn Advent Reflection Advent is with us! This season beginning the fourth Sunday before Christmas is to be a time of “pregnant” waiting, anticipating the unknown coming into our life in yet another new way of being. It is said that religion is not so much a dogma, as it is an experience. What experience are you […]
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Celebrate the Season of Light with Ensemble Noel
Posted on November 26, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkSunday, December 9, 2018, 7:00 PM Noël: A Lush and Engaging Concert of Carols & Songs, scored for Voice, Piano, Accordion, Whistle and Pipes Please join us for an intimate and unique program of seasonal music, featuring Ensemble Noel, a quartet comprised of some of Vermont’s most cherished musicians: soprano, Julie Ness; pianist, Annemieke Spoelstra […]
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Join us for the Festival of Lessons and Carols 2018
Posted on November 21, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link, WorshipFeaturing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria, with chamber orchestra, chorus and soloists Sunday, December 16, 2018, 10:00 AM Please join us for First Congregational Church’s annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, a beloved tradition from England featuring a special sequence of poetry, readings, prayers, choral anthems and congregational carols and hymns. The Festival of Nine Lessons and […]
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November 1 Ripley Update
Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spire link, WorshipWe are about halfway through the bidding phase. On October 16 we issued our invitation to bid to seven general contractors. Construction documents were emailed out. We held our contractors’ walk through on the 24th and it appears that four are likely to submit bids. On November 16 bids are due. The Ripley Chapel Working […]
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You are Invited to the Annual Women’s Advent Gathering “TALK TO STRANGERS”
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small Groups, Spire linkMonday Dec 3, 2018 7 PM Reception-(Tucker Room) 7:45 Program Considering Hospitality and the Radical Notion of Welcoming The Stranger Join us to begin an Advent practice that will keep you grounded as the pace of the season accelerates. This annual tradition is open to all women of the church. Please extend the invitation […]
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2018-19 Spire Publication schedule
Posted on September 25, 2018 by Nancy in Spire linkWhat’s your team up to? Have a ministry update to share? Mark your calendars!
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Welcoming Picnic
Posted on September 3, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkSunday Sept. 9 11:30 AM Join us as we celebrate the beginning of a new program year with a picnic after worship. Joan Theuer has graciously agreed to shepherd it, as she did in the Spring. But she cannot do it all. The help she needs includes: Cutting watermelons before picnic Homemade cupcakes and cookies […]
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Empowering Families and Loved Ones Facing Mental Illness
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Health and Wellness, Spire linkWhen a loved one develops a mental illness, family members and friends struggle to understand a disease that they know little about while dealing with their own cascade of emotions. Ill equipped to respond, families are further inhibited by society’s stigma towards mental illness and barriers presented by patient privacy laws. Recognizing these challenges, the […]
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Ripley Chapel Renovation: Final Design Set!
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link, Spiritual Practice, WorshipThe Ripley Chapel Working Group has decided on the Final Design for the renovation of Ripley Chapel. This past March, as you may recall, the Working Group called for a pause in the work with Torrey Architecture, Inc. and Kaplan Construction to finalize a design because the estimated costs of the design we were working on […]
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Sarah Marino, Holding Us Together!
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Nancy in Community, Spire linkThe Personnel Committee is Spotlighting different members of our staff this year. Sarah Marino was kind enough to agree to be our first candidate! Sarah has been our office manager for the past 10 years. She is the nuts and bolts of the office and can solve most any problem or issue– She holds our […]
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