Category Archives: Worship
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Youth Sunday Worship Service
Posted on April 21, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthLast Sunday, a group of Junior Forum and Forum members ranging from sixth grade to senior year helped support our annual Youth Sunday worship service. If weren’t able to attend the service, we certainly encourage you to watch the livestream recording! In particular, please check out George C.’s senior reflection. He shared movingly and openly […]
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Join us This Sunday for Worship at 10 am (April 19, 2026)
Posted on April 17, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipIt’s the third Sunday of Easter and we encounter Jesus on the road to Emmaus with disciples who are grieving his loss but have no idea they are talking to the Resurrected One himself. The disciples become all ears and all eyes in their encounter with Jesus and awaken from their slumber into a new […]
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Join Us for Youth Sunday (April 12, 2026) at 10 am in the Sanctuary or LiveStream
Posted on April 10, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Worship, YouthThis Week in Worship This Sunday, members of our Junior Forum and Forum youth groups will help lead worship! Guided by our lectionary readings from Psalm 16 and John 20:19-23 and using liturgy from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s UWorship Resource, we will consider how the Spirit of God calls us into leadership and discipleship. Music, […]
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Easter Lilies Deliveries 2026
Posted on April 9, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Community, Grieving in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Spiritual Practice, Volunteer Opportunities, Worship, YouthSign up to deliver a little Easter joy to our church friends! Deliver Easter lilies between Sunday, April 5 and Saturday, April 11. You can find the Easter lilies in the Sanctuary near/on the chancel altar. After you sign up, Rev. Will Burhans will pair you with a delivery recipient. Please contact him with questions.
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Good Friday Vigil Closing Service
Posted on April 1, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipApril 18, 12:00 PM, Sanctuary After almost 17 hours of prayer from Maundy Thursday through the wee hours of Good Friday. We come to a simple and quite moment where we read of Jesus’ death, share reflections from our Vigil experience, and offer prayers of thanksgiving and hope. Whether you followed the Vigil or not, […]
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Join Us for Easter Worship at 6 am at WLF or 10 in the Sanctuary or livestream (April 5,2026)
Posted on April 1, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWright Locke Farm 5:30 AM Yoga in the Barn; 6:00 AM Worship Outside Each year we greet Resurrection Day before the sunrises with gentle movement and breath work through the practice of Yoga with Christine Tresselt in the barn at Wright Locke Farm and then transition out to the hillside for a Sunrise Service to […]
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Special Easter Offering 2026
Posted on March 31, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Outreach, Worship“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” –Charles Dickens. Dear Members and Friends of First Congregational Church: Hello from your Outreach team! It’s that time of year where we wonder if […]
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Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service
Posted on March 30, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipApril 2, 2026 7:30 PM, Sanctuary & Livestream A beautiful service where we partake of the Lord’s Supper and listen to the reading of the Passion Story from the Gospel of Luke as we extinguish candles to mark the journey of Jesus’ passion until we sit in darkness to contemplate the death of Christ. We’ll leave […]
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Join Us for Jazz Blessing of the Palms & Palm Sunday Worship at 10 am (March 29, 2026)
Posted on March 27, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. We will gather with the kids at 9:40am in the sanctuary for a lively Blessing of the Palms with the Jazz Band and then enter into our formal service at 10am. The choir will offer us two anthems as we consider Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and […]
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Join Us for Worship in the Sanctuary or online at 10 am (March 22, 2026)
Posted on March 20, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe hope you can join us for worship for the 5th Sunday of Lent. We’ll jump ahead in our Lenten process to consider a couple of profound stories in the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ passion that we don’t often address during Sunday worship. This week we’ll consider the Agony in the Garden and next […]
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