Welcome to the First Congregational Church

68 Main Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
508-548-3700
info@firstcongfalmouth.org

Welcome to the First Congregational Church of Falmouth of the United Church of Christ. We are located on the historic Town Green in the beautiful seaside town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. We invite you to explore this web site description of our ministry, and to experience first-hand our growing community of faith if you visit or live on beautiful Cape Cod.

Our services are held at 10:00 AM on Sunday throughout the year, with the exception of Easter Sunday. On Easter, we celebrate the Resurrection with services at 9:00 and 11 AM. Childcare and an after-service coffee hour are offered year round. An elevator is located just inside the side entrance off our parking lot. Everyone is most welcome! We seek to be a friendly and caring church fellowship. Click the links under the SERVICES button to the left for more information. If you need directions or information on contacting us, please click the links under CONTACT/FIND US to the left.

Current Highlights:

Youth Sunday - April 27th:

The 300th Anniversary Edition of "To Tell the Truth"

Thanks to all of you who downloaded ballots and participated on Youth Sunday. Our drawing for the "300th Memorabilia Item took place at our Sunday Worship Service on Sunday, May 4th. (Congratulations to Jan Hull!).You can view a slideshow of the service here or view the full gallery here. (Opens in a new window.)

Attention: Parents of Church School Children

To help celebrate our 300th Anniversary a dedicated group of women have agreed to sew costumes for the Church School children in preparation for our Fall celebration. The signup sheet is on the bulletin board behind the opportunity table outside Fellowship Hall. Please sign up as soon as possible so that our sewing group will have time to complete all the costumes by September. Costumes will include appropriate hat/bonnet, shirt/apron and possibly vests and skirts if there is time. You may also send an email with your child’ks to all s age and size to cedirector@firstcongfalmouth.org.

Our Church Is Seeking a Director of Christian Education

The First Congregational Church of Falmouth, MA, a mainline Protestant church, seeks a dynamic person to oversee our active church school and developing youth program. 20 hours per week, approx. 10 months per year. You can view the Job Description by clicking here. (Use the BACK key to return here. Acrobat Reader required).
Send resume to: 68 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 or email: CEsearch1stcong@aol.com

Our Annual Rummage Sale is Coming Soon!

Mark your calendar for our annual Rummage Sale, planned for Saturday, May 3rd from 9 AM to 2 PM. You can view more information by clicking here. (Use the BACK key to return here. Acrobat Reader required).

Check out our 300th Anniversary Website!

Our 300th Anniversary pages are now up and running! There you'll find the Anniversary Calendar of Events, historical information, memorabilia available and photo gallery of events as they take place. Click on the "300th Anniversary" tab to the left or Click Here. You'll find pictures there of of our Thanksgiving Service and our Sanctuary Rededication. Explore and enjoy! Feedback: email webmaster@firstcongfalmouth.org

Hymn Heritage Sunday

If you are interested in reviewing the detailed program prepared by Rev. Doug Showalter for "Hymn Heritage Sunday", you can go to the "Bulletins and Sermons" link n the left and select the sermon for January 13th or Click Here

Come Blog With Us!

We are pleased to introduce our Church's first Blog (Internet Web log). This new feature uses state of the art Web technology to allow you to interactively communicate with us regarding Church youth issues and current activities of our Pilgrim Fellowship program. If you want information on current scheduling, this is the place to go.

Participation is not limited to our youth members; adults should feel free to join and communicate with us as well!

The FCC Youth Blog is a moderated BLOG; i.e. comments must be approved by Erin Bradbury - this is done for the protection of all of our youth - so your comments may not appear for a few hours. If you'd like to "chime in", click the link below. Click on the "Comments" link to have your say. (Note that the Blog is hosted on an external server and will open in a new window; close that Window to return here.)

Click here to join our Blog

Our online Church Calendar has a new "look and feel" with additional capabilities to make our site more useful to you! Among the new features:

Easily switch to/from Monthly, Weekly and "Event List" views
Use the "Tell a Friend" tab to notify friends of upcoming events and/or the "Email" link to send yourself reminders
Use the "Print" link to easily print out the calendar for use at home
Use the BACK arrow in your browser or the "Home Page" link to return to the Church Home Page

Check it out by clicking on the Calendar button to the left and let us know what you think!

Our site is updated weekly with the Sunday Bulletin and each week's sermon. See the links under "Member Info Center" to the left for more information. Each month's Messenger is also posted online. Did you know you can receive an email notification when each new Messenger is posted? You'll get the news early and save the church postage expense. Sign up by sending an email here.

Do you need help from our Church? Click here to see our Pastoral Care Brochure for services we offer.
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