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News & Announcements

Trunk or Treat sign next to human and dog skeletons

Trunk or Treat draws a crowd

October 29, 2024

FCC Natick’s “Trunk or Treat” event was held in the parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in conjunction with the town’s Spooktacular event on the common. It was very well attended – a huge success!

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Top view of a cake with colorful icing flowers and the works "Thank you for a great first year Cindy!"

FCCN celebrates our first year with Rev. Cindy!

October 23, 2024

On Sunday, October 20, 2024, the congregation celebrated the one year anniversary of Rev. Cindy starting her ministry as our settled pastor! (Alongside the celebration of the 21st anniversary of our Open and Affirming Covenant.) Sarallyn surprised Cindy at the end…

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Several tables of people sit down to eat at the church barbeque.

Rally Day BBQ

September 16, 2024

Marking the beginning of the new church programming year with a BBQ (hamburgers and hot dogs) is an FCC Natick tradition. Sept. 15, 2024 was our first “Rally Day” with Pastor Cindy (she arrived in October 2023). Chef Bob and…

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Woman helping four children with an art project.

Scenes from Natick Days

September 9, 2024

FCCN participated in Natick Days (on Sept. 7th). A steady stream of visitors checked out all the activities set up by the Welcome team. This included leaf rubbing, scratch art, and bell ringing (including the “bell cam” so that rope…

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Jack Be Nimble

August 26, 2024

Steeple Jack, that is! This summer, workers from Yankee Steeplejack Company have been climbing the outside of the FCC Natick steeple to install new cell tower equipment. This has drawn attention from passersby and local media.

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Volunteers plant red flags on church lawn

Memorial to those lost to Opioid Epidemic

August 24, 2024

On the morning of Saturday, August 24th, volunteers (including a field hockey team from Framingham State) assisted Natick 180 in planting thousands of flags on the church lawn. Each purple flag represented someone in Massachusetts who has died from an…

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SNEUCC Annual Meeting Report

August 22, 2024

FCC’s elected UCC Delegates Kirsten McDonough and David Coulter attended the Annual Meeting of the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ (SNEUCC) in Amherst, MA on June 22, 2024.  The meeting featured reports from Conference leaders…

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MCC Denounces Attacks on LGBT-Affirming Churches

August 2, 2024

Friday August 2, 2024 Statement from the Massachusetts Council of Churches Executive Board Over the weekend of July 27-28, 2024, five different Christian churches in four Massachusetts municipalities were violated in what appears to be a coordinated attack by other…

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Snapshot of Community Statement with group logos

Natick Town and Community Oppose Hate

August 1, 2024

The Town of Natick (including Police and Fire Depts.), Natick Public Schools, and community organizations (Natick Center Cultural District, Natick Is United, OUT Metrowest, SPARK Kindness) have issued a joint statement in support of the LGBTQIA+ community after hateful acts…

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