GREEN GRASS PARTNERSHIP JOURNEY

The Green Grass Partnership is planning for a trip this June 22-29 and is interested in hearing from anyone who would consider joining us. The trip this year will be small – we are looking for a chance to reboot and reimagine what the partnership might become moving...

Adult Forum with Edie Twining, April 14th

Join us for a brief review of the Halls Road Improvements project. Initiated in 2015, the HRIC is equipped with a masterplan (2019) to follow for Public Improvements and Private Development opportunities. New sidewalks, pedestrian bridge & trails design, overlay...

Walking In Their Footsteps

The 5-day civil rights learning trip for teens is departing this Saturday, April 6th – April 11th . They will fly round trip to Atlanta, Georgia and visit sights there and then drive to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, among other places. There will be 26...

Walk To End Homelessness

Join the FCCOL Team for the 2024 Walk to End Homelessness, Sunday, April 28. The event kicks off at noon with live music and sign-in at Parade Plaza, New London, and the Walk starts at 1pm. To participate, go to nlhhc.org/walk and Register your name with email...

Palestine Museum Visit

Sunday, April 14th: Have you ever been to the Palestine Museum in Woodbridge? Join us as we support the resilient spirit and arts of our Palestinian neighbors, especially needed during this time of war. Those who wish to eat a Mediterranean lunch ahead of time will...

March 28 Dante’s “Purgatorio” Reading

FCCOL will hold a public reading of “Purgatorio” – the second part of Dante’s “Divine Comedy – on Maundy Thursday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. The poem will be read canto by canto by 33 different readers, each using various translations of Dante’s work. The event is open...

Experiencing “No Room at the Inn”

God’s Neighborhood, our Sunday School program, will be holding an event called “Sharing Our Humanity with the Unhoused” (formerly called “Box Night”) where our junior and senior high school students will sleep overnight on the church’s lawn.  They will hear from a...

Walking In Their Footsteps

A 5-day civil rights learning trip for teens during April vacation. We will fly round trip to Atlanta, Georgia and visit sights there and drive to Birmingham, Alabama, among other places. For more information, email Jolene Brant at jmbrant2023@gmail.com or Laura...

Dante Readers Meeting

To those who have signed up to read a canto of Dante’s Purgatorio on Maundy Thursday, there will be a preparatory meeting on Sunday, March 17, at 11:30 in the Sheffield Auditorium. We’ll discuss some logistics for the evening. Canto translations will be...

Easter Schedule 2024

We invite you to celebrate Easter with us at one or all of our worship services and special events.  Everyone is welcome! Thursday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m.MAUNDY THURSDAYWe are holding our traditional worship service of communion & sacred music at 6:00 p.m.,...

Pilgrimage For Peace

From February 14-21, clergy and leaders from African American congregations have organized a March to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The March will begin on Ash Wednesday, when people of faith have historically received ashes in the shape of a cross upon their...

Ash Wednesday Service

Our Ash Wednesday service will take place on Wednesday, February 14th, at 6:30pm. The service will not only feature the distribution of ashes but also include a collection of poetry written by Gazan poets who have died in the most recent wave of...

Annual Meeting Update

One major takeaway from our Annual Meeting was that 75% of our annual revenue comes from personal contributions from our members and friends. With this in mind, we hope that everyone can step up and help in 2024 so that we can continue to fund all of our ministries...

Mardi Gras Breakfast

Our SPF and JPF will be holding a Mardi Gras breakfast on Sunday, February 11th, from 8:30 up to and through fellowship hour after the service. The breakfast will serve as a fundraiser for the Walking in their Footsteps Civil Rights Learning Trip in April. All...