The first week of Easter finds us with snow on the ground, but we know what lies beneath – new life breaking through cold ground and days “full of things that have never been.” We continue our walking theme even now in this Eastertide – especially now in this Eastertide! – as we celebrate the […]
Wright Locke Farm 5:45 AM Yoga in the Barn; 6:15 AM Worship Outside As the women gathered around Jesus’ tomb in the very early hours of the Sunday after He had been buried, we will gather for a joyful and celebratory service. When we greet the sunrise we know that there is also the eternal […]
March 28, 7:30 PM, Sanctuary and online Gather with us in person or through live stream as we share in the Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples before his death and then listen to the story of the Passion according to the Gospel of John as candles are extinguished and we gradually descend […]
We begin Holy Week this Sunday with a Palm Sunday service of celebration and preparation. We’ll begin with a blessing of the Palms out on the Town Common at 9:40 am (it might be chilly so bundle up!) and then walk together up the stairs with Palm branches into the sanctuary for the 10 am start of […]
Thursday, March 28 9 pm – Friday, March 29 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 March 28. The Vigil […]
Join us for worship on the 5th week of Lent as we continue our journey toward Holy Week and Easter. This week we are walking toward humility and servanthood with Jesus as he washes his disciple’s feet asking them to do the same and in this way he prepares them for his own suffering and death […]
“[They] were brought to Jesus, and he healed them” (Matthew 4:24). This week in our Lenten series, we will walk together towards accounts of Jesus’s healing in Scripture. St. Hildegard von Bingen and disability theology accompany our Matthew text. Inspired by our theme, members of Health Ministry and the Ministry Team invite you to receive […]
On the 3rd Sunday of Lent we continue our walk with Jesus toward the cross and find ourselves in the middle of a mess as we witness Jesus throw over the tables in the temple and drive out the merchants and money changers. It’s a glimpse of Jesus’ passionate love affair with his religion before those […]
There are many ways to walk towards the cross. How will you this Lent? This Sunday, we focus on just one of the paths to the cross: Jesus’s call to simplicity in his radical ministry of community care. In the spirit of our Lenten tradition, we will hold a candlelit prayers of the people. We […]
First Congregational Church’s Leadership Team is the strategic decision-making body of our church community which is charged with the task of ensuring the achievement of the mission and purpose of the church on behalf of the wider congregation. In our congregational church, the Leadership Team is made up of lay members who are invested in […]