Category Archives: Spiritual Practice
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Centering Prayer Sunday, Dec. 16 9:15 AM
Posted on December 12, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual PracticeStop amidst the quickening pace of the season. Centering Prayer preparing us to receive the gift of God’s presence. The Guided Session is open to those curious about Centering Prayer as well as those developing a daily practice. Held in the Palmer Room. Babysitting is available.
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Embodied Prayer
Posted on November 28, 2018 by Nancy in Small Groups, Spire link, Spiritual PracticeDecember 11, 6:30 PM Join us for an hour in the Tucker Room where we will celebrate the Holy through movement, breath and song. The night will offer some yoga, centering prayer, and chanting with live music. Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a yoga mat (if you have one), and any blocks or blankets that you […]
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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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Stronger Than Hate
Posted on October 31, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Outreach, Spiritual Practice, YouthDear Congregation, On Friday night (November 2) at 6:30, clergy from around Winchester will lead an Interfaith Vigil at Temple Shir Tikvah (34 Vine St) in response to the violence in Pittsburgh. We hope you as congregation members of First Congregational Church will consider joining us as an expression of solidarity with our Jewish […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (Oct 28)
Posted on October 26, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Outreach, Spiritual Practice, WorshipPlease join us this Sunday for worship at 10 am and bring with you a photo of an ancestor. It’s All Souls Sunday and we’ll build an ancestral altar by coming forward and placing our pictures on the communion table. Rev. Will will preach on the theme and the choir has a beautiful piece of […]
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All Souls Sunday October 28
Posted on October 24, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipThis coming Sunday we will be celebrating All Souls. This celebration has links to many cultures and dates back centuries. Connected to Halloween primarily by our love of the spooky and the scary, this remembrance of our beloved dead falls on the Sunday before it. And far from being afraid of the dead, All Souls […]
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Centering Prayer- Preparing for Worship
Posted on October 16, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Health and Wellness, Spiritual Practice, WorshipUsing a sacred word, Centering Prayer draws one’s focus and attention to interior stillness and opens us to God’s presence and action within. Join us for Centering Prayer on October 28 at 9 am in the Tucker Room. The guided program and introduction is open to those who are curious about centering prayer and those familiar with the practice.
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A Guided Sensory Walk in Nature
Posted on October 5, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, YouthPlease join us for an ALL AGES Health Ministry Event: A Guided Sensory Walk in Nature Sunday, October 21st, 2:00pm – 3:15pm Wright-Locke Farm (Weather permitting- Rain Date November 4th) Take an hour as a family to slow down and experience the calming, restorative effects of a sensory walk in nature. Adults and family groups […]
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Centering Prayer- Preparing for Worship
Posted on September 20, 2018 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipUsing a sacred word, Centering Prayer draws one’s focus and attention to interior stillness and opens us to God’s presence and action within. Join us for Centering Prayer on September 23 at 9 am in the Tucker Room. The guided program and introduction is open to those who are curious about centering prayer and those familiar with the practice
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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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