
To keep warm as we worship this winter, please feel free to bring your own lap blanket or use one of our twelve new fleece coverings. We thank our anonymous donor for gifting us the new blankets. They will be available in the rear of the church or by asking one of our deacons.

This is the first Sunday in Epiphany. The season when we find out who Jesus is. Epiphany means manifestation. We’ve celebrated His birth and witnessed His naming and His circumcision. But now we get to learn who Jesus is. That begins at His baptism which is the gospel text for this Sunday. Luke has his […]

We welcome you back into our beautiful sanctuary, if you feel comfortable doing so, this Sunday at 10 am for an Epiphany worship service to start the new year. We will also be livestreaming the service for those who prefer to stay at home and join us in that way. We’ll share communion together and allow the […]

The First Sunday of Christmas and the last Sunday of the year will be in-person and live-streamed at 10am on Sunday morning. It will be a relatively brief service with a continuation of Luke’s Christmas story accompanied by some carols, prayer, special music from Susan Navien as well as Rev. Will and Jane sharing The 7 Rejoices […]

Epiphany is the traditional celebration of the arrival of the Wise Men at the manger of the Christ Child, 12 days after Christmas. Remind you of anything? Keeping Covid in mind, we will NOT be having a potluck supper. We WILL be gathering with masks and flashlights; we will meet King Herod who will identify the Wise […]

Hello Dear Congregation, There has been covid exposure within church leadership and we are needing to cancel the 5 pm service. We have decided to livestream the 9 pm service and only a few of us from the Ministry Team will be in the sanctuary to lead that. We are so sorry not to gather […]

Junior Forum and Forum are selling custom wood ornaments to support their service projects and mission trips this year. Ornaments can be purchased online for $10 and picked up at the church office during normal business hours. The youth will also be selling ornaments at the Christmas on the Common on Sunday, December 19th.

It’s the 3rd Sunday of Advent, and this week during worship we welcome early music and chant specialist, Justina Golden, to help illuminate a meditation on the O Antiphons, an ancient Christian Advent singing and prayer practice that prepares us for the coming of Christ. Justina will sing each of the 7 O Antiphons in the original Gregorian Chant, […]

Sunday, December 19, 2021, 10:00 AM Winchester Town Common This Sunday, December 19, bundle up and join us on the Common for our 10 AM morning worship: a “no-rehearsal” re-telling of the birth of love incarnate. Children of all ages are invited to take their places at the manger in this age-old story of birth […]

Featuring Daniela Tosic, mezzo soprano & Adriana Ruiz, soprano LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, December 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person and live streamed from the newly renovated Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church. Please join us for a delightful and poignant evening of seasonal vocal music featuring two of Boston’s most exciting performers, Daniela […]