Writing at the Well

Join us on Friday, September 22, 10:00-11:30am, as we meet to write pages together.  Using informal writing prompts, participants give voice to memories and the stories that make up our lives. No writing experience necessary…just a willingness to pay attention...

September 10, 2023 Sermon

A Church for the Nones, the Somes, and the All-Ins Steve JungkeitThe First Congregational Church of Old LymeTexts: Mark 2: 23-28September 10, 2023 Well, the children have descended to their realm downstairs, the prayers have been spoken, and the Scripture read. That...

September 3, 2023 Sermon

A Meditation on Low-Flying Turkeys, the Kindness of Strangers and the Joy of Dispossession Carleen Gerber The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Isaiah 65:17-23 & 25b; Matthew 6:19-21; John 12:1-8 September 3, 2022 This weekend we celebrate what has...

Novelist Tom Piazza to visit FCCOL

Novelist Tom Piazza to visit FCCOL on Sunday, September 17th. Tom Piazza has been a long time friend of FCCOL.  His novel City of Refuge helped to inspire our refugee resettlement efforts, and he visited us in 2018 during our Sanctuary project, as we helped Malik,...