Category Archives: Volunteer Opportunities
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Warm Up America! Made With Love
Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesWe are planning to “yarn bomb” a homeless neighborhood this January with handmade hats, gloves and scarves. You can help! We need knitters and/or crocheters to make adult-size hats, scarves and mittens which we will hang from trees and fences. You can use any pattern you like, and the only rule is that the yarn […]
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Volunteers needed at the Dwelling Place on Saturday, September 19, 2020
Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthWe are looking for a few volunteers to help prepare and pack “to go” meals for the Dwelling Place on Saturday, September 19th. The Dwelling place is a collaboration of area churches that prepares and serves meals at the United Methodist Church in Woburn for individuals and families in need. Our FCC is responsible for […]
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Calling All Our Young Blooming Artists
Posted on June 26, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthDear FCC Families, In March 2020, Health Ministry set up the Virtual Visitation Network. Visitors checked in with our members at home and in care centers to make sure that they had computer access and notice of our online worship services. Additionally, we distributed supplies to those who could not risk going out. (E.g. Cloth […]
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Summer Preachers Sought
Posted on May 29, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Spiritual Practice, Volunteer Opportunities, Worship, YouthSummer worship is almost here. This means that members and friends of the congregation will be preaching. While services are less formal, the intent is still to praise God in word and music; in prayer and preaching. Most likely this summer, sermons will be in various media – Zoom, prerecorded, and who knows maybe in some form of […]
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Virtual Spring Tea
Posted on May 22, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Small Groups, Volunteer OpportunitiesPlease join us for our “virtual” ANNUAL SPRING TEA Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2 PM-2:50 PM Bring your own tea cup with some tea to sip. Show us your tea cup on camera so we can see your smiling face and your favorite cup or mug – fancy, well-worn, stained, chipped, brand new or antique […]
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Habitat for Humanity Spring 2020 Update
Posted on May 15, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small Groups, Volunteer OpportunitiesUnfortunately, we are cancelling the work day in Andover scheduled for May 30. We hope to be setting up more days in the fall. As you can guess, the work on homes by Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity and the other Habitat units in the area has been terribly disrupted by the pandemic. In the last 12 […]
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Local Food Pantry Needs Help
Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesThe Woburn Council of Social Concern is being hit with a high demand from laid off workers. They are handing out food boxes and need more supplies. If you can, please help. The Outreach Ministry is collecting donations weekly over the next three weeks. There are large while coolers in the alcoves at each outside side the […]
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Youth-led Fundraiser for Greater Boston Food Bank
Posted on April 28, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, YouthHello Church, Please see the important note below and consider your support for the Greater Boston Food Bank. We are proud of the 3 youth from our Forum Group who have been spearheading this good effort in conjunction with the High School. Peace, Rev. Will Burhans Please join the Greater Boston Food Bank Club at […]
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Note from The Outdoor Church of Cambridge
Posted on April 17, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesThe Outdoor Church of Cambridge (TOC)sends a big thank you to the Mission & Outreach Ministry of First Congregational Church in Winchester. Your generous donation of $250 worth of CVS gift cards and $250 worth of Target gift cards have been enthusiastically received by our congregants in Porter Square, Harvard Square and Central Square. Mass […]
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Help Make Medical Face Masks
Posted on March 27, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesAs you well know by now, there is an enormous need for face masks to protect those on the front-lines in medical facilities all around us. A member of our church and designer, Karen Bellacosa, has been making dozens of masks at home with her sewing machine ever since she heard of the need. If […]
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