Category Archives: Worship
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Easter Sunday!
Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthWe will spend Easter this year celebrating Jesus’ resurrection from the safety of our own homes but joining together on the internet at one in Christ’s resurrected Spirit. Your Ministry Team (and many others!) are busily working to put together two services for Easter Sunday, a briefer more Family-Oriented Easter Service at 9 am and a “Traditional” Easter […]
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Easter Flowers
Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipIs it Easter without Lilies? YES! It’s true that this year we have not been asked to honor or memorialize our loved ones with the purchase of a lily or a tulip plant. But that doesn’t mean you can’t lift up those who are no longer with you or those we want to honor for a thousands acts […]
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Maundy Thursday & Good Friday
Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Spiritual Practice, WorshipTenebrae Service Tonight at 7 pm find a darkened room in your house and listen with us to the story of Jesus’ passion from the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. The sacred words will be read by your Ministry Team and Deacons with special music by Jeffrey Mead and Peter Owens. We hope this […]
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Join Us for Worship Streaming This Sunday at 10 am (March 29, 2020)
Posted on March 27, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipIt’s the 5th Sunday of Lent and we’ll be streaming the worship service again from the sanctuary at 10am on Sunday morning. We approach the 5th word of the 7 Last Words of Jesus from the Cross and listen to Jesus’ gutted cry: “I thirst!” How does his thirst meet ours in this season of Lent and […]
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Join Us Virtually on Sunday at 10 am (March 22, 2020)
Posted on March 21, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipWeek two of worshiping together while apart. We heard a lot of encouraging feedback from last Sunday and some helpful suggestions. We hope that today will connect us on even deeper ways – although I don’t think much could compete with those beautiful babies. We are continuing our Lenten theme of the Seven Last ‘Words’ […]
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Suspending In-Person Worship and Activities at First Congregational
Posted on March 13, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, WorshipMarch 12, 2020 Dear Friends, When the ministers and staff of First Congregational Church met yesterday for our weekly meeting, we were greeted with the news that two adult Winchester residents tested positive for COVID-19 and were isolating at home. This news coupled with 92 state cases and the State of Emergency declared by Governor […]
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Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Vigil
Posted on March 10, 2020 by Nancy in Spiritual Practice, WorshipApril 9-10 Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake and pray with him during his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before his death. We respond to Jesus’ call by holding vigil in our still and darkened Sanctuary, being present with Creator, Christ, and Spirit overnight from Maundy Thursday into Good Friday. After the […]
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First Congregational Church and Coronavirus
Posted on March 6, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Worship, YouthDear Church, Your Ministry Team and Staff have been in conversation about our church’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak; what we need to be doing now and what we might need to be prepared for in the future. We see three levels that we’d like to address with you at this juncture. FIRST, we wanted […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (March 8, 2020)
Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThis Sunday is the second in the season of Lent. We will continue the preaching series on the seven last words of Christ. This week, Rev. Judy will preach on Jesus’ words to the criminal who hangs beside him: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” The choir will continue […]
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Music Notes for Lent
Posted on March 4, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipEach week, the FCCW Choir will provide a movement of Haydn’s dramatic and moving oratorio, Die sieben letzen Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross), Hob.XX:2. Originally composed as an orchestral work in 1786, Haydn subsequently made a string quartet arrangement, solo keyboard version and, finally, an […]
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