Category Archives: Spiritual Practice

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  Join Us for Worship on Trinity Sunday at 10 am (June 16)

  Posted on June 14, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  This is our last formal worship service of the year. It’s the Sunday after Pentecost and is traditionally known as Trinity Sunday when we lift up the trinitarian mystery of our Christian faith: that God is not so much a static presence – a big man with a beard in the clouds – as a […]

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  Call for Summer Musicians, 2019

  Posted on June 11, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  It is time to think of summer at First Congregational Church – rich, unique summer services led by the talents and contributions of the lay congregational community. I am looking for volunteer summer musicians! Summer services are held each Sunday, 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. If you would like to contact me directly (Jane Ring […]

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  A Walk in the Fells

  Posted on May 30, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Youth

  Saturday June 8, 2019 8:30 to 9:50 am. Join us for a contemplative walk in nature, patterned on the exercises of Mark Kutolowski who led our retreat day at Church of the Woods. We will gather at the entrance to the Fells across from 74 Hillcrest Parkway. Our group will use the trails around Long […]

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  Eastertide: Practicing Resurrection

  Posted on May 4, 2019 by Nancy in Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT We are in the season of Eastertide, the fifty days that stretch from Easter Sunday through Pentecost. In this season we are to be practicing the reality of the new life to which we have been called. Perhaps the prayer from the UCC Book of Worship says it best: “Oh God, […]

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  Join us for Centering Prayer- Sunday, April 28th at 9:15 AM

  Posted on April 26, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice

     “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”, Hebrews 11:1 Using 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 in the Palmer Room next Sunday from 9:15-9:45.  Laurie Roby and Mike Reading will introduce and guide […]

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  Easter Services 2019

  Posted on April 16, 2019 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Please join us on Easter Sunday, April 21 Sunrise Yoga in the Barn, 5:15 AM, Wright-Locke Farm Dress in comfortable layers and join us for standing poses, light movement and meditation. No mat is necessary. Sunrise Service, 5:45 AM, Wright-Locke Farm On Easter morning before the sun has risen, we gather at Wright-Locke Farm to […]

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  Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service

  Posted on April 15, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 PM in the Sanctuary Gather with us in the sanctuary as we share in the Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples before his death and then listen to the story of the Passion According to the Gospel of John as candles are extinguished and we gradually descend into […]

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  Maundy Thursday All Night Vigil

  Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake and pray with him during his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before his death. In response, we hold an all-night vigil in our sanctuary — staying awake with Christ and praying for a suffering world. The Vigil begins at 9:00 PM on April 18th (after […]

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  Ecumenical Blessing of the Palms

  Posted on April 4, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Sunday, April 14 9:30 AM on the Common On Palm Sunday many churches from around Winchester gather at on the Town Common for a joint blessing of the Palms before they return to the respective sanctuaries for Palm Sunday services. It is a wonderful way to remember our unity in Christ, especially as we set into the […]

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  Join Us for Centering Prayer

  Posted on March 22, 2019 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Spiritual Practice

  Sunday, March 24 at 9:15 am    Using 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 in the Palmer Room this Sunday from 9:15-9:45 AM. Jonathan Goodell will introduce and guide the prayer session which is open to both […]

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