
Our beautiful Ripley Chapel has already been set up and is awaiting your presence for our summer worship services starting Sunday, June 26th at 10am. We have a wonderful slate of preachers from around the congregation and musicians who will offer the word of God in spoken word and song. We won’t have nursery care […]
Come join us for our final worship service of the year in the sanctuary this Sunday at 10am in-person or online. Our Bell choir, the Carilloneers, will be playing and flutist Janet Vaughn will be joining them. In our scripture of the week, we’ll encounter Luke’s version of Jesus and the Gerasene Demoniac and Rev. Will […]

This Sunday, June 19th 2022, marks 156 years since the origin of the Juneteenth holiday on June 19 1866. And it is only the second year that Juneteenth is recognized as a Federal holiday. Perhaps like many white Americans you are not acquainted with Juneteenth’s significance to our nation’s past and our present. Perhaps you […]

Fun, Food, and Farewells! We hope all our families will join us on Sunday for a very special Time for the Young and Stepping Stones as we say good-bye to Judy and celebrate the end of the church program year. There will be a Giant Bible Connect Four, Bubbles, a Hopper Ball Relay, more Bubbles, a […]

This Sunday will be Pastor Judy’s last Sunday in Worship. She is retiring! Many elements of the worship service will be focused on the goodbye. But still worship will be about God and our relationship with God. The scriptures highlight the gift of Hospitality – something at which this body of Christ is especially adept. At Pastor Judy’s request […]

It’s a BIG Sunday this week – Pentecost, Communion, and Confirmation all rolled into one! 11 of our Youth have been meeting twice-a-month throughout this year reading through the Gospel of Luke, learning more about our Christian faith, praying together, and preparing for Confirmation which will be celebrated this Sunday in worship. We’ll welcome many of […]

On this Memorial Day weekend we are going to have a focus in our worship service on trauma and healing, acknowledging the trauma of war and those who endure it, but also on other traumas in our lives. What does the Christian story have to say to us about trauma in our lives and the world? […]

On the liturgical calendar today is Ascension Day. It’s been 40 days since Easter and today we celebrate Jesus “ascending” to heaven as he tells his disciples to wait for him. He says that he will send the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, to grant them power to carry on his mission of healing, reconciliation, and […]

This Sunday is the 6th Sunday of Eastertide and the text is from John 14. Even though the narrative makes it seem a little out of place, these farewell dialogues lessen any sense of fear or loss that we and the disciples may feel. Jesus gives the gift of peace and tells the disciples to expect the […]

To the First Congregational Church in Winchester (FCCW) community, current and former youth, and friends and family of Judy’s: You are cordially invited to Judy’s Farewell Celebration! It will take place in Chidley Hall at FCCW on Saturday June 11, 2022 from 5 to 7 PM. The event will feature speakers, presentations, entertainment, […]