Category Archives: Worship
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Join Us for our Christmas Pageant this Sunday at 10 am (December 17, 2023)
Posted on December 15, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthGather 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 praying, stars […]
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Join us for Worship This Sunday (Dec 10, 2023)
Posted on December 7, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipLessons & Carols Featuring Vivaldi’s Magnificat, with strings, organ and soloists Please join us for our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, a beloved Advent tradition from England wherein God’s word is proclaimed and contemplated in word and song: a special sequence of readings, prayers, choral anthems, and congregational carols. View the program notes […]
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Service of Light
Posted on December 5, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, WorshipSave the Date for our annual Service of Light: Thursday, December 14, 2023 7 pm in Ripley Chapel It is an opportunity to: Experience the quiet way Christ enters the heart when pain or grief disrupts life. Remember those whom we hold dear Discover peace in the face of illness, addiction, trauma, broken relationships […]
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Join Us for the Hanging of the Greens Worship Service at 10 am (Dec 3, 2023)
Posted on December 1, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, YouthJoin us on the first Sunday of Advent for our annual Hanging of the Greens! We will light the Candle of Hope to honor the start of the Advent season, and then we will move into a time of readings, singing, and decorating the church. The choir will offer a haunting, beautiful rendition of O Come, […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday (November 26, 2023)
Posted on November 22, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThis is one of those less common years when we have a Sunday Between Thanksgiving and the start of Advent. So we are not approaching the first Sunday of Advent quite yet. First we have this worship service Sunday, Nov 26, that the Christian world calls Christ the King… or a more inclusive phrase… […]
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Join us for Thanksgiving Sunday Worship (Nov 19, 2023)
Posted on November 17, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us this Sunday for our Thanksgiving Worship Service at 10am in person or online as “we gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing” and to consider how we can be a blessing in our lives for the sake of others. The choir will be back to share a beautiful anthem and to lead us […]
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Join Us this Sunday for Worship (November 12, 2023)
Posted on November 9, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, WorshipJoin us on Sunday in the sanctuary or online for worship at 10am. As we move through November and closer to the season of Advent, the scriptures begin to beat the drum of the end of times calling us to watch and wait and pay attention. The parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25 will be our […]
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Join Us for Communion Worship on All Saints All Souls Sunday (Nov 5, 2023)
Posted on November 3, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, WorshipThis week in worship, in honor of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, we are remembering the lives who have shaped our traditions and the lives who have shaped our personal worlds. As it is the first Sunday of the month, we will also be celebrating the holy sacrament of Communion. Everyone is welcome […]
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Join us for Stewardship Sunday Worship (October 29,2023)
Posted on October 27, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday is Stewardship Sunday when we kick off our fall pledge drive with the theme “Generations of Generosity”. Particularly as we approach All Souls and All Saints Days, those who have preceded us in previous generations are close to our minds and hearts. And as we remember them we can also be mindful of the foundation we […]
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Join us out on the Town Common for Worship this Sunday at 10 am (October 22,2023)
Posted on October 20, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Worship, YouthGrab your cat, lizard, and neighborhood racoon! This Sunday, we’ll celebrate the goodness of God’s creation in its many non-human forms with our annual Blessing of the Animals service, accompanied by a talented jazz band. We’re hoping to be on the Town Common if the weather holds up. If it is raining or muddy, we […]
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