Category Archives: Worship

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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, Worship

  Join 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, Worship

  It 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, Worship

  We 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, Worship

  Join 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, Worship

  Now 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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  Tuesdays with Jesus

  Posted on February 23, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small Groups, Worship

  6 pm this Tuesday  (NOTE TIME CHANGE, NOT 7PM BUT 6PM!) Come, bring a bowl of soup and bread to your computer and we’ll gather together for our annual Tuesdays with Jesus. This year we are providing recipes from members of the church and encouraging you to make your own soup to have while we read […]

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  Join Us For Worship This Sunday (Feb 21, 2021)

  Posted on February 19, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us once again for our on-line worship service for this First Sunday of Lent. As we entered into Lent last year we were just beginning to hear about the virus and knew little about the wilderness of quarantine that we’d all be facing. This Lent the pandemic continues but vaccinations are beginning to spread […]

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  Tuesdays with Jesus: A Book Read with Soup

  Posted on February 18, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  Starting Tuesday, Feb 23, 6-7pm   This Lent we will continue our tradition of “Tuesdays with Jesus” by reading and discussing a book entitled “Trouble the Water: A Christian Resource for the Work of Racial Justice” while we share soup and bread together. Because we can’t be together in person, here’s how it’ll work this year: […]

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  Ash Wednesday Service

  Posted on February 14, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship

  You should be receiving a mailing from the church in the next couple of days. Inside it you will find a Lenten Devotional featuring Henri Nouwen, a child’s Lenten Guide (if you have children), a little bag of ashes and some instructions and inspiration from Rev. Will. At 7:00 pm on February 17, we will gather via […]

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  Join Us for Worship Transfiguration Sunday, Feb 14, 2021

  Posted on February 13, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship

  Join us for worship on this Transfiguration Sunday, the Sunday that leads us into Lent. We have a special guest preacher – preaching for us all the way from St. Louis, MO! – for our pre-recorded on-line service. Rev James Ross has just begun work as our new Associate Minister for the Northeast Region of the […]

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