Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we welcome the Rev. Dr. Vertie Powers as our guest preacher. Rev. Karen Byrne will lead us in a prayer of confession and words of assurance. Mary Pence and her granddaughter Natalie Bucks will read from the 31st Psalm...
“Forever in The Path,” a six-panel stained glass commemorative artwork by artist, Jessica Valoris, is installed in the narthex. “By naming the enslaved people who came before us, we can find redemption and guidance for our own time.” -Rev. Amanda Hendler Voss, Senior Pastor The Call “The land that the church sits on...
Hannah Long-Higgins’ film “Speaking Their Names: Remembering the Enslaved People Who Worked This Land,” beautifully shows the historic All Saints worship service at First Church in October 2023. This 13 minute film features excerpts from Dr. Renee K. Harrison’s sermon and interviews with Meg Maguire, Rev. Amanda Hendler-Voss, and Antonio Austin, the Howard University Ph.D. student whose research uncovered the names of the enslaved...
To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of First Congregational United Church of Christ (FCC), we invited Dr. Renee K. Harrison to deliver the keynote address on March 7, 2015. Her presentation, Hidden Histories: Honoring Those Who Helped in Building a Just and Loving Community, challenged us to look at the history of our land and its...
From Nora Marsh: For the past few years, I have had a regular spiritual (non-religious) practice of participating in our Wednesday 12:15-12:45 PM meditation group. We met in person prior to the pandemic and then met on Zoom. Now we are meeting on a hybrid basis, both in person and on Zoom. We do a...
