Category Archives: Worship
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Join us for Communion Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary (12/05/22)
Posted on December 2, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe look forward to seeing you on the Second Sunday of Advent to share communion and gather in community. The Little family will light the Advent candle of peace. Our Scripture readings are Isaiah 1:1-10 and Luke 1:39-56. Maeve Hammond’s sermon will focus on Mary’s Magnificat. Afterwards, we invite the congregation to join in the […]
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A Festival of Lessons and Carols
Posted on November 28, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipDecember 11, 2022 at 10 am in the Sanctuary and livestream Please join us on Sunday, December 11 at 10:00 am. for First Congregational Church’s 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 […]
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Join us for the Hanging of the Greens This Sunday at 10 am (Nov 27, 2022)
Posted on November 23, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthAt Advent, we enter into a 4-week season of waiting and preparing for Christ’s coming at Christmas. It’s a season of ever-greens and wreaths, of lights and colors, of gifts and sacred story. Join us on Sunday for our annual Hanging of The Greens worship service at 10 am in the sanctuary and on-line and […]
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Service of Light 2022
Posted on November 18, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ripley, WorshipSave the Date for our annual Service of Light: Thursday, December 15 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 or […]
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Join Us this Sunday for Worship at 10 am in the Sanctuary or online (Nov 20, 2022)
Posted on November 18, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipWe have a rich and meaningful service on tap for this Thanksgiving Sunday. The Forum youth, who have an overnight on Saturday leading into the service, will contribute to our worship by creating and leading some prayers. Maeve Hammond will lead us in a reflection on Transgender Day of Awareness. Peter Owens, Janet Vaughn, and the […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 in the Sanctuary or online (November 13, 2022)
Posted on November 10, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Giving, WorshipPlease join us on Sunday for our culminating Pledge Sunday – don’t forget your pledge if you haven’t made one yet! – and a very special worship service as we welcome Maeve Hammond, our Pastoral Resident, as minister among us. Maeve will be preaching on Luke 21:5-19, an apocalyptic text that the lectionary offers as […]
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Join Us for Worship & Communion This Sunday at 10 am (Nov 6, 2022)
Posted on November 3, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipPlease join us on Sunday morning, November 6 for Gabriel Fauré’s gorgeous and introspective Requiem, Op. 48, often called his “Lullaby of Death.” The work will be offered by FCC’s choir with organ, violin and harp – interwoven into our 10:00 a.m. worship service. The Requiem is dedicated to the memory of Stephen W. Cole (1953-2022). Fauré’s (1845–1926) Requiem, […]
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Prayer Vigil for Our Country
Posted on November 3, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, Small Groups, WorshipTuesday, Nov. 8th Ripley Chapel 4-7 pm As the temperature and tension rises in our country in the face of another election, we want to open Ripley Chapel as a space for you to come and pray for our country before or after you vote. Divided as we are, we can all pray with […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary (October 30, 2022)
Posted on October 27, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, WorshipIt’s Stewardship Sunday when we begin our pledge drive and this year our theme is a Handful of Flour/ A Heart full of Gratitude. The story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath will be our point of contemplation while pledge giving and bread baking will be our resulting action as we consider how gratitude leads us […]
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Welcome Maeve Hammond!
Posted on October 27, 2022 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthThank you to all who prayed for the Associate Pastor Search Committee throughout our discernment process. We were so pleased to share the outcome of our work during our recent Congregational Conversations and appreciated your hearty support of our plan to move forward. To that end, we are excited to announce that Maeve Hammond has […]
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