by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
Join us on Sunday, September 24th for a congregation wide conversation after the worship service. We’ll gather in the Fellowship Hall at 11:30, and spend time reflecting together on the nature of our community. Among the topics we’ll discuss will be...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
The first LBS Luncheon of the season will be on Tuesday, September 12, noon to 2 pm. The luncheon meal and dessert will be followed at 1 pm by a program on Connecticut women who have shattered the glass ceilings long sheltering men working in science and health...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
In keeping with our recently established practice of finding creative ways to celebrate All Saints Weekend – known variously in different parts of the globe as All Souls, Dia de los Muertos, Fete Gede, etc. – FCCOL will welcome Michele Rosewoman and her New Yor-Uba...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Ministry, Outreach
The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme (FCCOL) announced today that, in celebration of Juneteenth, it would feature performances by the Román Díaz Rumba Ensemble, Lázaro Galarraga and Sandy Perez during its Sunday, Jun. 18, 10:00 a.m. worship service. The entire...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Ministry, Outreach
We, the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, acknowledge that we occupy and benefit from the Indigenous land upon which our church and our homes are standing. For thousands of years, this has been, and continues to be, the traditional territory of the Nehantic...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
The Lyme/Old Lyme Refugee Resettlement Committee is looking for people to help with new refugees coming to our community in the near future. We offer help in many ways to get the family settled in Old Lyme at a home owned by FCCOL. If interested, please call Joe...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Have you looked at the price of housing, lately? Just imagine the cost to put a roof over a family of seven! That’s the real challenge for the Popal family from Afghanistan, sponsored by the Lyme Old Lyme Refugee Resettlement Committee,...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
The LBS will once again host the annual Haitian Dinner on Sunday, April 23 at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. The authentic Haitian Dinner is catered by Mommy’s Restaurant in Norwich. After the dinner at 6:30 pm, Becky Crosby will offer an update on their work in...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
On February 15 – a day after Valentine’s Day – 30 travelers will embark on our next Tree of Life Journey to Palestine/Israel with many traveling on for an extension in Saudi Arabia. I’m very pleased and grateful that our Senior Associate Minister, Laura Fitzpatrick...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
February 15 to 25, 2023 Optional Extension to Saudi Arabia – February 25 to March 3 In the year 621, the Prophet Mohammad, Peace be upon him, made a journey by night from the Great Mosque in Mecca to what is now The Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. On...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
On Saturday, Nov 6. at 5:00 p.m., in the Meetinghouse, FCCOL will host a “Rhythm of the Saints” Concert featuring Dr. Michael White and his New Orleans Jazz Ensemble. In announcing the concert, Senior Minister Rev. Steve Jungkeit said, “During the final days of...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
During the weekend of Nov. 5 and 6, the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme will hold a free Rhythm of the Saints” Concert on Saturday night followed by a Sacred Jazz Worship Service on Sunday morning – with both events featuring the return of Dr. Michael White...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
Public is Invited to “Gathering on Sacred Ground: A Celebration of Afro-Cuban Culture in Old Lyme” The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme (FCCOL) announced today that, in honor of Juneteenth, it would hold a public screening of Tierra Sagrada (Sacred Ground – or,...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
Noted author Tom DeWolf will host a workshop on racial justice and healing called “Coming to the Table: Beyond the Legacy of Enslavement” on Saturday, Jun. 11, at 5:00 p.m., in the FCCOL Fellowship Hall. Tom is the author of the 2008 book, Inheriting the Trade, the...
by FCCofOldLyme | Announcements, Outreach
FCCOL and the Lyme-Old Lyme Partnership for Social Justice announced today that the organizations would hold a bell-ringing vigil and call to action on the front steps of the church on Sunday, May 29, at 5:00 p.m. – ringing the bell in the church steeple 32 times,...
