Category Archives: Worship
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Worship This Sunday at 10 am in Ripley Chapel (July 14, 2024)
Posted on July 11, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipJoin us today for worship in Ripley Chapel at 10am or tune into our live stream at this link. Maggie Keeler, our Minister of Children and Families, will be preaching based upon Ephesians 1:3-14 and how we find our place and purpose in Christ. Karen Lauterwasser and Rev. Will will lead us in singing our favorite kid’s […]
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Summer Worship (June 30, 2024) in Ripley Chapel
Posted on June 27, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipJoin us for summer worship in Ripley Chapel at 10am. This week we have the pleasure of hearing from Rev. Christiane Dutton who will preach from I Kings 19, Elijah’s encounter with God that drew him from despair and exhaustion to hope and inspiration. The wonderful Boston-area pianist Scott Nicholas will be providing music for the service and together we’ll […]
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Summer Worship in Ripley Begins June 16th
Posted on June 26, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe’ll continue worshipping in-person AND online as we move into the summer but our services will be a little shorter and more casual held in Ripley Chapel through Labor Day weekend. We have preachers from around the congregation blessing us with their sharing of God’s word. We hope you’ll join us some Sundays this summer […]
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Join us in Ripley Chapel This Week for Worship at 10 am (June 23, 2024)
Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe continue our summer worship in Ripley Chapel at 10am this Sunday. Rev. Eileen Morris will be the first of our summer preachers and will offer a sermon on the theme “Looking for God”. Come join us for a more intimate service of prayer and praise. If you are away jump online via our livestream and tune into […]
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Join us for Worship This Sunday in Ripley Chapel (June 16, 2024)
Posted on June 13, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe retire this week for the summer into Ripley Chapel for our summer worship services. This will be the last service where Rev. Will preaches before we have our slate of summer preachers from around the congregation to share the word. This Sunday we’ll reflect on some of the parables that Jesus uses to give […]
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Sunday Worship & Picnic (June 9, 2024)
Posted on June 7, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Worship, YouthJoin us on Sunday for the culmination of our program year as we worship once more in the sanctuary before retiring to Ripley Chapel for our summer services. The choir and the bell choir will support our praise of God as we consider from our sacred texts a surprising encounter with Jesus and his family. […]
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Join us for Pride Sunday Worship at 10 am in the Sanctuary (June 2, 2024)
Posted on May 31, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Outreach, WorshipThis week, we’ll kick off Pride Month and celebrate being an Open & Affirming church. We’ll consider our Christian call to love God, neighbors, and ourselves through the lens of queer theology and selections from Genesis 37 and 1 Corinthians 13. We will also celebrate the Holy Sacrament of Communion. All are welcome to partake–in […]
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Taizé: Meditative Prayer (or Do We Really Have to Sing This Again?)
Posted on May 30, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ripley, WorshipJesus, remember me, when you come into your Kingdom. Each Lent, we commit ourselves to a practice of prayerful candle lighting, a beloved tradition in our worship life. As a piece of the practice, we sing a short chant from the Taizé community – most often Jacques Berthier’s “Jesus, Remember Me.” Beautiful. But dare I […]
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Join Us for Trinity Sunday Worship at 10 am in the Sanctuary (May 26, 2024)
Posted on May 24, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipIf God is one, it means one thing, but if God is two it at least means a couple things, and if God is three then hold onto your hats! On the liturgical calendar of the church it’s Trinity Sunday and while we always acknowledge the three persons of the Trinity in our worship at some […]
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TAIZÉ WORSHIP: The Light Returns
Posted on May 21, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipTaizé chants + prayers + Scripture Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. As we welcome the return of the light and the coming Summer, please join us for a joyful and poignant service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and gorgeous musical chants of France’s […]
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