Join us on January 8th, 2023 at 5:30 PM for a family-friendly Epiphany celebration. We will begin with a potluck dinner and traditional king cake and then journey through the church to find the final resting place of the star. Once there, we will share a blessing for Epiphany.
Comments Off on Epiphany Gathering Continue Reading...Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 5:30 pm Forum will celebrate Christmas early on Sunday evening with the traditional progressive supper, please RSVP to Maeve & let her know if you can bring food to contribute to the festivities.
Comments Off on Forum Progressive Dinner Continue Reading...Family Candlelight Service Saturday, Dec. 24, 5:00 PM A beautiful Christmas Eve service with participation from some of our children and the traditional lighting of candles in the darkened sanctuary to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child! Join us in person or on-line. Download the Bulletin Here: 12_24_22 5PM Family Service legal.docx Traditional […]
Comments Off on Christmas Eve Services, Saturday, December 24, 2022 Continue Reading...December 18, 10:00 AM Lighting of the 4th Advent candle, the candle of Love Share in the love, hope, and joy of the Christmas story as the children & youth stage the annual Christmas Pageant during the worship service. Families should look for more information from Maggie about how they can be involved in this […]
Comments Off on Advent Worship: A Children’s Christmas Pageant Continue Reading...Sunday, Dec. 11 after worship Chidley Hall Bakers Wanted! Junior Forum and Forum are asking bakers to donate nut-free cookies, truffles, muffins and confections for their annual Cookie Walk on Sunday, December 11th. Please label baked goods with your name and ingredients and drop them off in Chidley Hall before the service on Sunday, […]
Comments Off on Cookie Walk Continue Reading...Stepping Stones Elementary age children will start in Chidley Hall on Sunday morning for a lesson on Mary & the Angel before joining families in the sanctuary for communion. Junior Forum Middle school youth will start in the Forum room for a special advent activity before joining families in the sanctuary for communion. Don’t forget to […]
Comments Off on Children & Youth News 12/01/22 Continue Reading...At Advent, we enter into a 4-week season of waiting and preparing for Christ’s coming at Christmas. It’s a season of ever-greens and wreaths, of lights and colors, of gifts and sacred story. Join us on Sunday for our annual Hanging of The Greens worship service at 10 am in the sanctuary and on-line and […]
Comments Off on Join us for the Hanging of the Greens This Sunday at 10 am (Nov 27, 2022) Continue Reading...Join FAN and the First Congregational Church in the season of giving thanks and giving back! All donations for our Thanksgiving Basket drive will go to Woburn’s Council of Social Concern. FAN has committed to 50 baskets this year. We will gather on November 19 (National Family Volunteer Day) at First Congregational Church to organize the donations, […]
Comments Off on Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive Continue Reading...Every year for Christmas, we as a church, give presents to those in need. This year we will be giving to children from the community-based program Youth Villages, children from the Council of Social Concern in Woburn, and to the people at the Lowell Transitional Learning Center. There’s only a couple of weeks to […]
Comments Off on Giving Tree Continue Reading...Thank you to all who prayed for the Associate Pastor Search Committee throughout our discernment process. We were so pleased to share the outcome of our work during our recent Congregational Conversations and appreciated your hearty support of our plan to move forward. To that end, we are excited to announce that Maeve Hammond has […]
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