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Dear First Church Family, Given the surge of case counts, we are revising our plans for worship on Christmas Eve and in the coming days. Please see below for important updates, and share them widely with friends and neighbors alike!…

Our UnPageant 2021 was like no other! Enjoy this recording of our Hybrid Worship on December 19, where you can see the UnPageant unfold, beginning just around the 24:00 minute mark. Merry Christmas!

Help provide a special Christmas for the 14 guests who will be spending the holiday with us. The Shelter Oversight Committee is soliciting donations to help purchase $50 gift cards for each guest. You can send donations via the “give”…

This classic Advent theme seems to fit this year more than most! Indeed, we are stepping into a new season — not only Advent, but also in our mid-pandemic world. We are gathering for hybrid worship. We are already doing…

Winter is coming, and public health officials are cautioning us to maintain Covid safety protocols now, more than ever. As one expert put it, “just when you think you can let up, that’s the most important time to stay vigilant.”…

Dear First Church Community, The Missions & Social Justice Committee has had another eventful year of supporting the work of non-profit organizations, both near and far. As we approach the Advent season, we share with you a list of organizations…

Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, United Church of Christ, will be held in its 385th year at 12:30 p.m., Sunday the 21st of November, 2021, in Margaret Jewett Hall and via…

Here’s a video clip (and a second and third clip) of First Church Staff Composer Patricia Van Ness in an interview from the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, whose choir has just presented a concert featuring her music. St.…

After an 18-month hiatus, the Fellowship Committee is gearing up again to provide food for Coffee Hour, after-church lunches, and our other community-building activities, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. We wish we could feed our virtual worshipers,…

Welcome back! And…welcome forward! On Sunday, September 12,  our annual Regathering Sunday, First Church flung wide its doors and resumed offering in-person worship to all. It was a joy-filled reunion and a chance to begin to experience our hybrid worshipping…