March 31, 2024 Sermon

“What Died Didn’t Stay Dead” Steve JungkeitTexts: John 20: 1, 11-18; John 21: 15-19Easter Sunday             By way of preamble, I’ll open with words that were spoken sometime after midnight on Maundy Thursday, heard by the thirty or so who remained to the end of...

March 24, 2024 Sermon

“Palm Sunday Sermon: A Parade of Gospel Stories” Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick NagerMark 11:1-11 Yesterday, I drove to the New London Hospitality Center in pelting rain to pick up our guest speaker, Catherine. Church member, Dana Dixon, connected us. We’d spoken...

March 17, 2024 Sermon

“Like a Bandit Getting Over His Lawless Ways:” Or, Why Dante’s Purgatorio Matters Great literature is a hand extended from the past.  When we grasp that hand, it can be a guide and a source of solace, as we confront the challenges of the present. That is, in large...

New Members Orientation and Reception

New Member Orientations will be held on Sunday, May 5th and Sunday May 12th in the Library after the 10:00 am service. Please join us to learn more about FCCOL and becoming a member. New members will then be received at the Worship Service on May 19th, followed by a...