The first Sunday in February brings us back to the communion table and reflecting on how God speaks to us, how we listen, and how our own speech is impacted by that encounter. We are happy to welcome Jane Ring Frank back among us to lead the choir in song and she will be available for […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A careful and thoughtful planning process has led us to a proposed 2023 budget for FCCW! Thanks to the work of our dedicated treasurer, Janet Hall, associate treasurer Anne Hoenicke, leaders of the sustaining and living ministries, and others, the Leadership Team is pleased to recommend approval of the proposed 2023 FCCW budget. Come learn […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...After calling his disciples Jesus has his first class out on the hillside where he opens with a bang, inviting people not only into a new teaching, but a new way of living and even a new consciousness. It all begins with the beatitudes, those seven proclamations that many believe are the beating heart of […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Things are going to get a little fishy this Sunday in worship at First Congregational Church in Winchester. Come join us at 10am in person or online to pray and sing and worship together and hear how the quaint-seeming story of Jesus calling his disciples to come “fish for men” (Matthew 4:12-23) is much more loaded – if […]
Comments Off on Join us in the Sanctuary or online for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (January 22, 2023) Continue Reading...This week, we celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s faith-based activism, justice, and hope. Our Scripture for this service will focus on Isaiah 42:1-7 and Matthew 3:13-17 through the themes of belovedness, calling, and inherent dignity/divinity. Pastoral Resident Maeve Hammond will preach and lead us in a meditation from the […]
Comments Off on Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary (January 15, 2023) Continue Reading...This week in worship, we are celebrating Epiphany Sunday! Epiphany remembers the three wise-people’s visit to the Christ child. After the service, we invite FCCW families to join us for an Epiphany Gathering at 5:30 P.M. Bring what you can to our potluck. Then, we will journey together through the church to find the final […]
Comments Off on Join Us for Worship This Sunday in the Sanctuary at 10 am (January 8, 2023) Continue Reading...SLIDE Into Worship in 2023 Please consider signing up to advance the slides during worship sometime in the next couple of months. It’s easy! It’s fun! You can sign up here
Comments Off on Sign up for Slide Advancement Help Continue Reading...Still within the 12 Days of Christmas, we are celebrating the first day of the new year with worship in Ripley Chapel! Join us for a more intimate service with carols, prayers and an opportunity to reflect on the end of the birth narrative in Luke when Simeon and Anna receive the Christ Child in […]
Comments Off on Join Us in Ripley Chapel This Sunday at 10 am (January 1, 2023) Continue Reading...Since Christmas lands on a Sunday this year we will be having a service at 10am in the more intimate (and easier to heat!) Ripley Chapel. It’ll be a simple and sweet service of carol singing, scripture, poetry, and prayer. Note that we are giving our devoted Livestream Technician, Brian McArdle, the day off so […]
Comments Off on Christmas Day Worship Continue Reading...This week in worship, we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent! Join us in person or online as we light the Candle of Love and celebrate the season with our annual, youth-led Christmas pageant! Members of our Junior Forum and Forum will lead us through the story of Christ’s birth inspired by the Gospels of Luke and […]
Comments Off on Join us for the Christmas Pageant This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary and online (Dec 18, 2022) Continue Reading...