Category Archives: Worship
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Easter Worship Services
Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Worship, Youth6 am, 8 am, & 10 am In-person Parking Lot Easter Services! We will hold a simple Easter Sunrise service for early-risers who are inspired to greet the rising sun and the Risen Son. Then there will be two more traditional Easter services with triumphal music pouring out of the windows of our sanctuary and a quartet from […]
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Easter Plants
Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, WorshipEaster Plants You are invited to donate a chancel Easter plant as a memorial or as a gift. Plants will be distributed to our shut-ins on Saturday, April 3. The cost of plants is $20.00 each. All orders are due by Palm Sunday, March 28. Order here
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Palm Sunday (March 28, 2021)
Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship, YouthJoin us this Sunday for Palm Sunday on-line for a zoom worship service to begin Holy Week. Ideally you will have dropped by the church for palm branches on Saturday and will bring those to your worship space and together we’ll celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem even as we acknowledge what awaits him down […]
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Maundy Thursday Service
Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThursday, April 1 at 7 PM A reading of Jesus’ passion by the Deacons of the church with special music from Susan Navien and Peter Owens. This will be a pre-recorded service but we encourage you to watch at 7 pm on Thursday evening.
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (March 21, 2021)
Posted on March 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipIt’s the fifth Sunday in Lent. The scriptures – Jeremiah 31 and Psalm 51 – both deal with the Lenten theme of Sin. Which can sound like a dour and depressing service but when we engage with God about our Sin the result is a closer relationship with God and with ourselves. We will pray together, sing (apart) […]
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Join Us This Sunday for Worship (March 14, 2021)
Posted on March 12, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us online for worship this Sunday morning. It’s been one full year this week since we left the sanctuary and began worshipping online. We’ll acknowledge that with a brief slideshow of images from our year together and read from our scriptures about the importance of lament in such times. We hope you’ll join us on Sunday morning when the […]
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A SAFE WAY TO SING TOGETHER: DRIVEWAY CHOIR!
Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, WorshipIt was one year ago, Sunday, March 8, 2020, the second Sunday of Lent, that the choir of First Congregational Church gathered in the sanctuary to sing the second movement of Haydn’s Seven Last Words. Sadly, it was our last Sunday together, in person. We never finished that beautiful cantata, but despite missing one another […]
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Prayer for International Women’s Day
Posted on March 8, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipWe pray in the name of the women in the Old and New Testaments, for women throughout our global community. May the human dignity of all women be respected and may they know justice and peace in their lifetimes. In the name of Esther, who spoke out to save her people, we pray for all […]
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Join Us at 10 am This Sunday for Communion Worship on Zoom (March 7, 2021)
Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us live and on zoom this Sunday at 10 am for our communion worship service on this 3rd Sunday of Lent. We are going to do some jamming on the remarkable Psalm 19 and see how it can break us open to God’s presence in a new way. Bring to your worship space some bread and […]
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Worship With Us This Sunday (Feb. 28, 2021)
Posted on February 26, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipNow we are really into Lent – the second week of the six weeks. In the scripture from Mark, Jesus is just beginning to prepare his disciples for what is coming. He also claims the title Messiah for the first time. Our service will begin with a video of the first lighting of the Steeple since all the […]
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