Our Easter Sunday service begins at 10 AM in the Sanctuary, on Zoom, and on Facebook Live.
All are welcome!
There will be an activity for children during the service, as well as activities in our children’s area or items parents can bring to their seats.
Large print bulletins and listening assist devices are also available.
Our Easter service also includes our church orchestra and choir.
An Easter Egg Hunt for children will be held on the lawn on Sanborn Street after the service at about 11:15 AM (weather permitting).…
We will be giving thanks for and celebrating the life of Sharon Ofenstein on Wednesday, May 14 at 11:30 AM (EDT) at First Congregational Church of Reading UCC (25 Woburn Street, Reading, MA, 01867). For anyone who would like to join the service virtually on Zoom, please enter your information below. A Zoom link will be sent out by email the morning of May 14. For those joining in-person, we welcome all to a Memorial Luncheon at 12:30 PM at the church.
Cocoa & Cookies – December 1, 2024
During the Reading Holiday Tree Lighting from 2-5 PM on Sunday, December 1, we open our doors to provide a little warmth and holiday hospitality. Cookies and cocoa are now being served throughout the duration of the event (no longer only after the conclusion of the event) from the Woburn Street steps. All are invited to come warm up inside the sanctuary, which has been decorated for the season.
Creative Arts will once again perform A Christmas Carol in the sanctuary at 3 PM. All are welcome.
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Free Admission
$10 Suggested donation welcome
Registration not required, but encouraged! Go to https://tinyurl.com/PhantomEvite
Part of First Congregational Church’s Sanctuary Arts Series to highlight arts and cultural programming in the historic sanctuary in the heart of downtown Reading. Go to www.churchofreading.org/sanctuaryarts
Screening of the black and white film on the big screen in the historic sanctuary with live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating music for silent films.
The show will allow movie-goers to experience the silent ‘Phantom’ the way it was intended to be seen: on the big screen, with live music, and with an audience.
All are welcome to this family-friendly event. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10 per person. …
This Sunday blessings abound! June 9 we will bless dresses made for Dress A Girl Around the World and also commission and bless our Capital Campaign volunteers and leaders! Join us in person or online at 10 AM EST.
Please join us to celebrate the life of Leslie Turner on Saturday, June 8 at 11 AM EST at First Congregational Church of Reading, United Church of Christ. To read Leslie’s obituary, click here.
Parking is available in the Reading Town Hall Parking Lot (enter 16 Lowell Street, Reading MA into you phone or car GPS, which will take you to Town Hall and the adjacent parking lot). Enter through church door adjacent to the parking lot.
If you can’t be there in-person but would like to attend on Zoom, please fill out the form below. An email will go out the morning of Saturday, June 8 with a Zoom link for the service.
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Hygiene Kits For Church World Service
At no time in history has the United States and the World experienced such a horrific series of natural disasters. Millions of people have been forced to leave their homes abruptly and not even have time to pack the things they need on a daily basis, such as a toothbrush and soap. Our Hygiene Kits offer a daily boost to those when supplies are hard to come by.
Each Kit contains the following 7 items:
- 1 hand towel measuring 15 x 28” to 16 x 32
- 1 washcloth
- 1 wide-tooth comb removed from the package (with at least 6” of teeth)
- Fingernail or toenail clipper
- Bath-size bar of soap ( in package)
- 1 toothbrush in the original package
- 10 standard size bandaids
All items should be packed in a gallon Zip-loc bag and left in the collection box outside the church office. Zip-loc bags for your use will be located there. This program will begin on Sunday March 31st and end on Sunday April 28th.
Monetary donations are also welcome. The cost of a Kit is $15.00. …
The church building will be closed on Sunday, January 7 due to the snowstorm. Please stay home and stay safe! You can join us for Sunday morning worship online on Zoom or Facebook Live. All other church activities scheduled for tomorrow have also been cancelled.
