Category Archives: Worship
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Palm Sunday Worship
Posted on March 31, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, WorshipCome! Begin Holy Week with a festive Palm Parade out on the Town Common at 9:15am on Sunday morning. Then we’ll have our traditional Palm Sunday worship service in the sanctuary and live-streamed at 10am. Palm fronds will be had by all and we’ll begin the service in celebration of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, […]
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Good Friday Vigil
Posted on March 28, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, WorshipThursday, April 6 9 pm – Friday, April 7 12 pm Each year we open the Sanctuary for an overnight Vigil. It has become a sacred moment in preparation for Good Friday and Easter. The Sanctuary will be darkened but still navigable. We begin at 9:00 p.m. following the Maundy Thursday service on April 6. The Vigil […]
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Easter Sunday Service 10 am in the Sanctuary
Posted on March 28, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipEaster is the most sacred and the most meaningful of all the Christian Holidays. We will hold a traditional and joyful Easter service. Our hymns are familiar yet each year they proclaim Christ’s Resurrection with new enthusiasm. The Sanctuary will be fragrant and beautiful from the Easter flowers. This family service will include a Time […]
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Ordination of Maeve Hammond
Posted on March 24, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipDear beloved church, With great joy, I am writing to invite you to celebrate my ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)! It would be an honor to have your presence on this happy and blessing-filled day. On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 3:00 PM, please join me in the beautiful sanctuary of First Congregational Church […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday in the Sanctuary at 10 am (March 26, 2023)
Posted on March 24, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe are just one week away from Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. On this Fifth Sunday of Lent we stop one more time along Jesus’ route to Jerusalem where his passion will take place and witness a poignant scene as one of his best friends dies. What can we learn from Jesus’ […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday in the Sanctuary at 10 am (March 19, 2023)
Posted on March 17, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe hope that you will join us for our 4th Sunday in Lent worship service at 10am. We will be engaging the story of Jesus’ healing of the blind man and seeing how that relates to a liberating theology that opens our eyes to really seeing those who often go unseen among us. We will also […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday in the Sanctuary at 10 or online (March 5, 2023)
Posted on March 3, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipWe have a rich service on tap this Sunday as we welcome a child into the Christian fold through the sacrament of baptism, share in the sacrament of communion and light prayer candles for Lent. We’ll also reflect on Nicodemus coming to Jesus in the night and that most famous scripture of John 3:16. We […]
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Join for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary or online (Feb 26, 2023)
Posted on February 24, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipWe begin our Lenten journey as we always do with Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness. How might his 40-day retreat into the desert of Palestine and the wilderness of his own heart inform our Lenten journeys in the coming 6 weeks? We’ll return to our tradition of coming forward in the service to light prayer […]
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Ash Wednesday Taizé Service
Posted on February 21, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Ripley, WorshipTaizé chants + prayers + imposition of ashes Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. First Congregational Church offers a poignant and meditative Ash Wednesday service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and music of France’s Taizé community. All denominations are welcome. […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary or online. (Feb 12, 2023)
Posted on February 10, 2023 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThe theme of this week’s sermon is “It Would Have Been Enough.” Where and when has God’s love been enough for us? How can we, in the words of author Alice Walker, be moved “To Change The World Enough?” Pastoral Resident Maeve Hammond will preach, and friends of the congregation, the Rev. Lucy Sanders and […]
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