Seven Words – We are the First Congregational Church in Winchester https://fcc-winchester.com A Christ-centered nurturing community, growing in faith, serving in love, welcoming all with joy. Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:15:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/fcc-winchester.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-cross-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Seven Words – We are the First Congregational Church in Winchester https://fcc-winchester.com 32 32 71464776 Join Us for Worship Streaming This Sunday at 10 am (March 29, 2020) https://fcc-winchester.com/latest-news/join-us-for-worship-streaming-this-sunday-at-10-am-march-29-2020/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:38:55 +0000 https://fcc-winchester.com/?p=8752 It’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 these days of contagion?
Again, we invite you to print out or bookmark the bulletin (Bulletin Sunday March 29 )so you can follow along and sing along with the service.  And we invite you to submit prayers through this LINK to be read aloud by Rev. Judy at the “Prayers of the People” part of the service.  You can submit prayers ahead of time or in real time during the 10am hour and bring a candle to your personal worship space to light along with us.
We hope you can join us so that we will all be worshipping together in Spirit once again.
]]> 8752 Music Notes for Lent https://fcc-winchester.com/latest-news/music-notes-for-lent/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:10:27 +0000 https://fcc-winchester.com/?p=8595 Each 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 oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra.To begin each movement or “word,” you will hear a short chorale-like episode (in German, corresponding to the text of the 7 last words), written in traditional chant style, with no meter or rhythm. We have placed the “chant” before the sermon. The movement offered immediately following the sermon is Haydn’s own anguished reflection on the corresponding “word” or “sentence.” We are blessed to welcome the Aryaloka String Quartet to our chancel each week during Lent: Beth Welty, violin; Mark Latham, violin; Noralee Walker, viola; Joel Wolfe, guest cellist. With our own Jeffrey Mead at the organ, we have an opportunity to meaningfully and prayerfully explore these beautiful 7 last words.

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