Category Archives: Worship
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Special Easter Offering 2026
Posted on March 31, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Outreach, Worship“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” –Charles Dickens. Dear Members and Friends of First Congregational Church: Hello from your Outreach team! It’s that time of year where we wonder if […]
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Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service
Posted on March 30, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipApril 2, 2026 7:30 PM, Sanctuary & Livestream A beautiful service where we partake of the Lord’s Supper and listen to the reading of the Passion Story from the Gospel of Luke as we extinguish candles to mark the journey of Jesus’ passion until we sit in darkness to contemplate the death of Christ. We’ll leave […]
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Join Us for Jazz Blessing of the Palms & Palm Sunday Worship at 10 am (March 29, 2026)
Posted on March 27, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. We will gather with the kids at 9:40am in the sanctuary for a lively Blessing of the Palms with the Jazz Band and then enter into our formal service at 10am. The choir will offer us two anthems as we consider Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and […]
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Join Us for Worship in the Sanctuary or online at 10 am (March 22, 2026)
Posted on March 20, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWe hope you can join us for worship for the 5th Sunday of Lent. We’ll jump ahead in our Lenten process to consider a couple of profound stories in the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ passion that we don’t often address during Sunday worship. This week we’ll consider the Agony in the Garden and next […]
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Palm Sunday March 29, 2026
Posted on March 17, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Justice, Latest News, Mission Trip, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities, Worship, YouthJazz Celebration of the Palms 9:40 AM, Sanctuary To mark the beginning of Holy Week, we will gather in the Sanctuary before service to celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Our jazz trio — Jane Potter (keyboards), Lenny Bradford (bass), and Rick Forzese (drums) — will offer prelude jazz music beginning approximately 9:30 am. Then […]
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This Week in Worship: 4th Sunday in Lent (March 15, 2026)
Posted on March 13, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Week in Worship We will worship together this week on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Our lectionary reading, John 9:1-41, asks us to consider the challenging theme of disbelief. Where, why, and how did people of Jesus’s time disbelieve his ministry, his miracles, and his followers? Where, why, and how do we experience or […]
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Healing Service and 3rd Sunday in Lent (March 8, 2026)
Posted on March 5, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us this Sunday for our 3rd Sunday of Lent and a worship service centered on healing and the healing power of prayer and presence. One of Jesus’ primary activities throughout the gospels is healing. Through his healing touch he not only restored people to health from whatever was ailing them in body, mind or […]
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Join us for Communion Worship & Second Sunday in Lent (March 1, 2026)
Posted on February 27, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipIt’s the second Sunday of Lent and Communion Sunday as well. Our service will center on the scripture where Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born of the Spirit (John 3). The choir will share a beautiful piece called The Journey Home accompanied by cello, we’ll light prayer candles, and share the bread and the cup. We […]
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Slide Advancement
Posted on February 26, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Volunteer Opportunities, WorshipWe are looking for some willing folks to help with the advancement of slides on the monitors during Sunday morning worship. It’s not a hard job. You can sit in the pews where you usually do with the “clicker” and worship right alongside family or friends. It does involve paying a little closer attention during […]
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Worship Service: 1st Sunday in Lent
Posted on February 20, 2026 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipFebruary 22, 2026 Join us into the wilderness of Lent as we gather for worship this Sunday and consider the scripture of Jesus tempted by the Devil according to the Gospel of Matthew. What are those temptations in our lives that we can see just a little better when we take the time to notice. The disciplines of Lent […]
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