
It’s Pentecost!! The ‘birthday’ of the church. Each year we hear again the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit and see Peter take on the mantle of leadership. Again this week various choir members will lead us by singing the hymns along with us. Rev. Will will share moments from two baptisms he performed last week. I […]

Thursday, June 17, 7pm Sanctuary of First Congregational Church You are invited to gather in-person for a special summer evening prayer service in the sanctuary on Thursday evening, June 17th. Together we will draw the church year to a close and receive a foretaste of what is to come when we return to worshipping together […]

Join us for “live” worship on zoom this Sunday at 10 am when Rev. Dr. Ken Orth, our Pastoral Counseling Affiliate, will be preaching for Ascension Sunday on the theme of “planting seeds in God’s garden”. The service will be somewhat brief this Sunday as we will flow directly into our Annual Meeting but we will still […]

Join us for our worship service this week on Mother’s Day when we will consider Jesus’ command that we love one another. We will have a beautiful anthem shared by the Winchester Highschool Choir which has a few of our youth involved and we’ll have some elements of our worship led by mother-child combos within the congregation. We hope […]

The 5th Sunday after Easter in the church calendar. The scripture, though, reaches back to Jesus instructing the disciples in preparation of his no longer being with them. The New Testament text is John 15:1-8 and contains the very familiar portrayal of the disciples’ relationship to Jesus as “I am the vine, you are the branches”. The sermon will […]

Join us for worship on Sunday in this continuing season of Easter as we worship God with the biblical imagery of shepherd and sheep granting us insight into how the resurrection impacts our world and our psyches. It will not be your voice singing alone in your house this week, as Susan Navien and Peter […]

We are excited to offer a very special Sunday morning worship on Sunday, April 25th, in Chidley Hall! Join us at 10 am to watch the pre-recorded service as a community, followed by a socially distanced “coffee hour” afterwards. There will also be activities on the Church lawn for Stepping Stones aged children (Kindergarten through […]

Earth Day is Thursday, April 22nd and it is our tradition to lift up eco-justice and creation care in our worship of God during this week. Please join us on Sunday for a pre-recorded Jazz Earth Sunday worship service where we will have a guest preacher in Rev. Jim Antal who is the Special Advisor on Climate […]

Join us for the 2nd Sunday of Easter as we gather together live on zoom for worship and communion at 10 am. Last week Easter fell on the first Sunday of the month so we decided to wait and hold communion this Sunday. You are encouraged to bring to the virtual worship space your own bread and cup so that […]

8 pm Maundy Thursday/Good Friday Overnight Prayer Vigil Beginning at 8:00 p.m. the Sanctuary will be open for Vigil. Slots will be for 1 individual or 1 pod at a time. Each will be 45 minutes long allowing for time in between for the air to settle and to ensure safety during change overs. Here is a link […]