Worship with us this Fourth Sunday in Lent
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Worship with us this Fourth Sunday in Lent

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this fourth Sunday in Lent, as we welcome the Rev. Dr. Ron Hopson as our guest preacher and continue our journey toward the cross. Roz Grigsby and Jim Riker will serve as our Lenten candle liturgists, reflecting on the theme “Tell Me Something Good: Grounding ourselves...

“Forever in the Path” Installed at First Church
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“Forever in the Path” Installed at First Church

“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...

“Speaking Their Names” A Film about the Hidden History of First Church
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“Speaking Their Names” A Film about the Hidden History of First Church

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...

Report on Slavery on G Street
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Report on Slavery on G Street

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...

Develop a Spiritual Practice — Meditate with Us
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Develop a Spiritual Practice — Meditate with Us

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...