First New Britain

First Church of Christ

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow, Sunday, March 2nd, we will have Worship and Communion, at 10 am., followed by Coffee Hour.
 
This Wednesday, March 5th, is Ash Wednesday.
• We will have a combined worship, with South Church, at South Congregational Church, from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm.
• We will have a SOUP Supper and Group Study, later, here at First Church from 6:00-7:00 pm and a Combined Worship Service also at First Church from 7:00 to 7:30 pm.
Please visit our website, www.firstnewbritain.org for more information.
This Friday, March 7th, at noon, our HB Book Club will meet in the parlor to discuss “The Magician’s Assistant”, by Ann Patchett.

 

Not Everything is Black and White—Discover God in the In-Between

This Lent 2025, First Church New Britain partners with South Congregational Church to explore the Gospel of Luke in a fresh way. Beginning with Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51), we’ll move through familiar yet radical stories—the Good Samaritan, the Lost Sheep, Zacchaeus, and more. These moments challenged political and cultural extremes, revealing a love that defies easy categories.

Our Lenten series, Everything In Between, invites you to move beyond either-or thinking. Faith & works. Grief & hope. Rest & growth. What if these aren’t opposites but part of a fuller, more complex truth? What if God meets us—not just in the extremes—but in the space between?

Join us this Lent as we embrace nuance, wrestle with tensions, and open ourselves to transformation. Because God’s love isn’t just found in black and white—it’s in the shades of gray, rainbow hues, and everything in between.

 

Lent 2025 Schedule of Events

Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025

  • 11:45-12:30 PM, Combined Service at South Congregational Church
  • 6:00-7:00 PM, SOUP Supper and Group Study at First Church
  • 7:00-7:30 PM, Combined Service at First Church

Everything In-Between Sunday Sermon Series

  • 10:00-11:00 AM, First Church New Britain

Lenten Zoom Group Study, Wednesdays March 12 – April 2, On-line

  • 6:30-7:30 PM, Combined Midweek Lenten Study, Online
  • Co-Leaders: Rev. Jane Rowe and Ps. Antonio Vargas, Jr.

Lenten Group Study Closing Dinner April 9

  • 6:00-7:30 PM, Combined and in-person, South Congregational Church

Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, April 17

  • 7:00-8:00 PM, Stations of the Cross

Easter Sunday Celebration, April 20

  • 10:00-11:00 AM, Easter Worship

First Church of Christ, Congregational, UCC

830 Corbin Avenue 
New Britain, CT 06052 
860-229-3709

Contact us at firstchurchnewbritain830@gmail.com

MISSION STATEMENT:  First Church is a community of faith that is rooted and grounded in God’s love for all people. Affirming the teachings of Jesus Christ, we seek to provide a caring and open environment where diversity is welcome and all are respected as children of God.  We support and encourage one another to live our faith through service to others.