Category Archives: Worship
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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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Join us for Pentecost Sunday (May 19, 2024)
Posted on May 17, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe have a special service on tap for this Sunday. The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is considered by many to be the birthday of the church and for this special occasion the choir, strings, and organ will be blessing us with Schubert’s Mass in G. Click here for more details about this beautiful work. We’ll […]
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A Call for Summer Preachers!
Posted on May 14, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Volunteer Opportunities, WorshipOur church has the rich tradition of lay people preaching during the summer. Do you have an experience of God’s presence in your life? Have you sensed God’s unexpected grace at work within you or others? What does Jesus mean in your life? Where does Love show up for you? You do not need to be […]
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Pentecost Sunday May 19, 2024
Posted on May 13, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipPlease join us for worship on Sunday, May 19, either in the Sanctuary of our church or on live stream. In celebration of Pentecost, the music program will offer Franz Schubert’s lyrical, dramatic, and beautiful Mass in G with chorus, soloists, strings, and organ.
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Join us for Ascension Sunday Worship at 10 am (May 12, 2024)
Posted on May 10, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis year, Mother’s Day falls on Ascension Sunday. Moses’s birth in Exodus 1-2 and Jesus’s return to God post-resurrection in Acts 1 will be our spiritual guides. Both texts ask these questions of us: as people in the world and people of God, what endlessly draws us? Rev. Maeve will lead our service, as […]
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Join us for Communion Worship This Sunday at 10 am (May 5, 2024)
Posted on May 3, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday is the 6th Sunday of Eastertide, the first Sunday of the month and Annual Meeting Sunday. We’ve been invited as friends into the church by our friend Jesus to be in common purpose together as friends of one another. Friendship is at the heart of the church and another way to characterize our relationship […]
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