Category Archives: Worship

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 in the Sanctuary (February 9, 2025)

  Posted on February 7, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Our scripture given for this Sunday is Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus tells the disciples to cast their nets into the water one last time after a long night of futile fishing. In doing so their nets fill to bursting. There’s something here for us about scarcity and abundance, about being willing to cast out in faith […]

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  Join Us for Communion Worship This Sunday (February 2, 2025)

  Posted on January 31, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  This Sunday, we return to the Sanctuary! We will read texts from the Prophet Jeremiah and the Apostle Paul, and we’ll consider how they speak to the “hidden child” or “inner child” within all of us. We also invite you to partake in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. We are an Open Table congregation, so […]

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  Join us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (January 26, 2025)

  Posted on January 24, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Join us for our final Sunday worshipping in Ripley Chapel for the winter and we’ll go out with a BANG! 2 members from the Willie J Laws Band who will be rockin’ the place on Friday night (Rick Forseze and Lenny Bradford) will join Jane Potter on piano and lead our music on Sunday. The music […]

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  Join Us in Ripley Chapel for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (January 19, 2025)

  Posted on January 17, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  We see both “unarmed truth and unconditional love” in the way and the death of Jesus who St. John says came “to take away the sin of the world.” Martin Luther King Jr. whose birthday we celebrate on Monday understood how Jesus’ way, truth, and life could effectively and practically confront sinful systems of injustice in […]

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  Join us in Ripley Chapel for Worship This Sunday (January 12, 2025)

  Posted on January 10, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, Worship

  The Sunday after Epiphany remembers the baptism of Jesus. We’ll focus on lectionary passages from Isaiah and Acts, which emphasize the power of presence–God’s presence, communal presence, and our presence. We hope to see you on Sunday in person or online (link) for worship and fellowship.   Download the Bulletin Here: OOW 01-12-25.docx

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  Epiphany Sunday (January 5, 2025)

  Posted on January 3, 2025 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, Worship

  Sunday is Epiphany when we celebrate the closing of Christmastide and the arrival of the Magi whose lives were shaped by awe and wonder. They followed a star to where they did not know and encountered and honored the Christ Child before anyone knew who he was. We’ll consider how such openness in our own lives to awe and […]

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  Sunday Worship in Ripley Chapel (Decemeber 29, 2024)

  Posted on December 27, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, Worship

  Join us in Ripley Chapel for an intimate service of worship at 10am on Sunday for the 5th day of Christmas. You won’t get 5 gold rings from the church but maybe 5 spiritual gifts to ponder during this Christmastide. We’ll hear the Psalmist encourage us (and all creation) towards joy and praise of God in Psalm […]

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  Christmas Pageant

  Posted on December 20, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, Youth

  Gather in all you worshippers to Bethlehem on this Sunday morn, join with the animals and shepherds, the angels and magi to witness again the story of the birth of Jesus as shared by the children of First Congregational Church in Winchester. There will be carols sung and angels flying, animals braying and wise people […]

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  Service of Light

  Posted on December 18, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ripley, Worship

  Thursday, Dec 19, 2024  at 7 PM Ripley Chapel (no livestream) The Service of Light, held in Ripley Chapel, is a beautiful reflective ritual of prayer, candle lighting, readings and piano/cello music. The service acknowledges the darkness and difficulty of the season for many and calls forth a Christmas hope that is deeper and more enduring […]

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  Christmas Eve Services

  Posted on December 18, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, Youth

  Candlelight Service Sunday, Dec. 24, 5:00 PM A beautiful Christmas Eve service with participation from some of our children and the traditional lighting of candles in the darkened sanctuary to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child! Join us in person or online. Download the Bulletin Here: 12-24-24 – Family Service.docx Candlelight Service Sunday, Dec. […]

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