Category Archives: Latest News
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Easter Egg Hunt
Posted on March 21, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, YouthChildren (babies – 5th grade) are invited to come meet the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs. This event is held entirely outside. Please bring your own basket and gather in the Vine Street parking lot by the Reno Garden. The hunt begins when the Easter Bunny says, “Go!” Church Youth will be on the […]
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Join us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (March 17, 2024)
Posted on March 15, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipJoin us for worship on the 5th week of Lent as we continue our journey toward Holy Week and Easter. This week we are walking toward humility and servanthood with Jesus as he washes his disciple’s feet asking them to do the same and in this way he prepares them for his own suffering and death […]
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Can you serve at the Dwelling Place This Saturday?
Posted on March 8, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer OpportunitiesThe Dwelling Place, a beautiful meal program hosted by a sister church in Woburn, is looking to our church for the meal next Saturday evening. The menu is a Saint Patrick’s Day theme: shepherd’s pie. You can cook a portion of the meal and/or serve. Go to our sign up genius to see what is available. If you […]
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Join us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (March 10, 2024)
Posted on March 8, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Worship“[They] were brought to Jesus, and he healed them” (Matthew 4:24). This week in our Lenten series, we will walk together towards accounts of Jesus’s healing in Scripture. St. Hildegard von Bingen and disability theology accompany our Matthew text. Inspired by our theme, members of Health Ministry and the Ministry Team invite you to receive […]
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Join Us for Communion Worship This Sunday (March 3, 2024)
Posted on March 1, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipOn the 3rd Sunday of Lent we continue our walk with Jesus toward the cross and find ourselves in the middle of a mess as we witness Jesus throw over the tables in the temple and drive out the merchants and money changers. It’s a glimpse of Jesus’ passionate love affair with his religion before those […]
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Join Us for Worship this Sunday (Feb 25, 2024)
Posted on February 23, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, WorshipThere are many ways to walk towards the cross. How will you this Lent? This Sunday, we focus on just one of the paths to the cross: Jesus’s call to simplicity in his radical ministry of community care. In the spirit of our Lenten tradition, we will hold a candlelit prayers of the people. We […]
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Ripley Presents: Atwater Donnelly Trio
Posted on February 23, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyFriday, March 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Aubrey Atwater, Elwood Donnelly, and Cathy Clasper-Torch return to Ripley Chapel with a delightful evening of Traditional American and Celtic folk music! Please join us for a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American & Celtic folk music and percussive dance. Rhode Islanders Elwood Donnelly, Aubrey Atwater, and Cathy […]
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Exciting news and a mighty THANK YOU from the Financial Resource Ministry
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest NewsThe Financial Resource Ministry is thrilled to announce that we have received pledges totaling $658,459 for 2024! This represents an increase of over $16,600 compared to last year’s pledge amount of $641,801, and forms the foundation of our balanced budget for the year. We are also excited to share that even though we saw […]
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Mondays with Jesus and Buddha
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Small GroupsMondays in Lent 6-8 pm Tucker Room We had a lovely first session with Sunada who shared some reflections and meditations on mindfulness and we considered how Jesus’ time in the wilderness was a time of mindful attention to his own inner life that then prepared him to enter into public life with intention and compassion. Here […]
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Seeking Leadership Team Nominations
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small Groups, Worship, YouthFirst Congregational Church’s Leadership Team is the strategic decision-making body of our church community which is charged with the task of ensuring the achievement of the mission and purpose of the church on behalf of the wider congregation. In our congregational church, the Leadership Team is made up of lay members who are invested in […]
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