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Children & Youth Programs

Read about our engaging programs for children and youth.

Worship & the Arts

We believe beautiful music and the arts are essential in our worship.

Health & Wellness

Learn about our church's unique approach to the connection between mind, body, and spirit.

What's Happening?

  • Cookie Walk...

    Sun. Dec 14 after worship
    in Chidley Hall
    Bakers Wanted! Junior Forum and Forum are asking bakers to donate homemade cookies or any number of specialty items such as truffles, seasonal breads, confections, etc., for their annual Cookie Walk. This fundraiser helps […]

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  • Mission & Outreach Ministry: 2...

    The FCCW Outreach Ministry would like to thank our wonderful and generous congregation for all of the support over the last year.
    Most recently, during the fall “Just Peace” offering, you raised $3,430 for Friendship Home, an overnight respite and activity center in […]

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  • Women’s Advent Gathering: Nex...

    Please join us for our yearly tradition! We will start in the Tucker Room at 7 PM for social time, and then we will move into the Palmer Room at 8 PM for a spiritual program based on this year’s […]

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  • Tree Lighting Pizza Party...

    Join the Children and Faith Formation Ministry for some food and fellowship as we celebrate the season with a Christmas Pizza Supper before the Town Tree Lighting on Friday, December 5th at 5:30 PM. RSVP’s are encouraged to help us plan. […]

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  • A Festival of Lessons & Carols...

    Sunday, Dec.14, 10:00 am
    Please join us on Sunday, December 14 at 10:00 am. for First Congregational Church’s annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, a beloved tradition from England wherein God’s word is proclaimed and contemplated in a special sequence of […]

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  • Ripley Presents: The Pandora Consor...

    Hildegard Reanimated – Vision in Vision
    Passionate and daring, The Pandora Consort crafts re-imagined programs dedicated to historically under-represented voices.
    Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 pm
    Live in person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel, First Congregational Church  is pleased to present […]

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  • Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDo...

    Today, we are recognizing and remembering our lost non-binary, trans, and gender-expansive siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). Twenty-six years ago, transgender activists organized the first TDoR in Boston (Trans Remembrance Project). Co-founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith […]

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  • The Giving Tree 2025...

    The Outreach committee is excited to launch this year’s Giving Tree. This is one of the most important thing we do together as a congregation – putting our faith into action and making our theme of ‘Walking in Love’ real.
    We […]

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    Beware: Scams Abound!...

    Dear Church,
    I’m sorry that some of you continue to receive scam emails from someone posing as me or someone else on staff, requesting money or gift cards or whatever else. This continues to happen to many churches where the scammers are […]

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  • SNAP and Food Insecurity Donation D...

    With the government shutdown and the recent uncertainty around SNAP benefits, we are addressing food insecurity with renewed focus. As we move toward the holiday season, please consider donating a grocery gift card to help those who need food assistance.
    For those […]

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