Category Archives: Worship

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  Join Us for Communion on Zoom

  Posted on July 1, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  Join us to begin your 4th of July in worship of God as we gather on zoom for our monthly communion service. Rev. Will will lead us from the sanctuary and along with sharing in the act of communion together we will reflect on how Jesus was received by his home town once he began his public […]

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  A Regathering Update!

  Posted on July 1, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Worship

  The Regathering Team has been meeting throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and is pleased to convey these updates to the congregation:   Summer Worship During the month of July, worship will continue on Zoom. With hearts full of cautious optimism, we are looking forward to worshiping in the sanctuary starting on August 8th. We invite people […]

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  Join us on Zoom for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (June 27, 2021)

  Posted on June 24, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  This Sunday, the twenty-seventh, is the first of our summer services. It’s hard to explain them as different, since few of us can claim we know what normal was or if there ever will be another normal. As part of our summer services, we invite lay people to preach. Don’t be intimidated by the Reverend before a […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (June 20, 2021)

  Posted on June 17, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  We’ll offer a pre-recorded worship service this Sunday with Jesus’ calming of the storm in the Gospel of Mark as our guiding story. Rev. Will will preach with accompanying images of the Sea of Galilee to place us more fully into this dramatic story and Rev. Judy will share a Time for the Young based upon the same text. We […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (June 13,2021)

  Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Worship this Sunday grows out of two parables – the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed. Jesus admits that his preferred way of sharing the Kingdom of God is through parables; thus leaving us with room for interpretation and for misinterpretation. We will explore this, we will pray, we will sing, we will listen: we […]

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  Join Us for Trinity Sunday Worship (May 30, 2021)

  Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  We hope you’ll gather with us virtually on Sunday for our pre-recorded worship service.  Having celebrated Christmas (Emmanuel, God with Us), Easter (The Resurrection of the Son, Jesus) and Pentecost (the coming of their Holy Spirit) within this church year, we now lift up the trinitarian nature of the One we call God, the One […]

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  Join Us for Pentecost Sunday Worship (May 23, 2021)

  Posted on May 21, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  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 […]

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  A Summer’s Eve Prayer Service

  Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  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 […]

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  Join us for Worship & Annual Meeting on Zoom This Sunday at 10 am (May 16, 2021)

  Posted on May 15, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  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 […]

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  Join Us for Worship This Sunday (May 9, 2021)

  Posted on May 6, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  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 […]

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