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In-Person FCC Worship for Sunday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m. has been CANCELED, but you can watch this weeks service on your computer in your home at 9:45am.
As so many know, we are due to have a nor’easter hitting us this weekend. Thus, we are canceling our in-person worship for this Sunday. We are fortunate that our worship plan for Sunday was to livestream the SNEUCC Annual Meeting Worship Service from Worcester, MA, featuring the Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock as preacher. You can view the service from your home at 9:45am (not 10am). Below are the links to the Worship Bulletin and for the live stream feed. The normal Sunday service live stream link below has been changed to bring you directly to the service in Worcester. Just click on that link below, or the Vimeo link, or the Facebook link to the SNEUCC worship servce.
Links to the SNEUCC Annual Meeting Worship Bulletin:
The Worship Bulletin is in Two Formats:
Worship Bulletin for Sept. 26 (PDF)
Worship Bulletin for Sept. 26 (Word download)Livestream Access:
Through the livestream worship link, below.
On Vimeo here: vimeo.com/event/6181947
On Facebook here: www.facebook.com/sneucc
Welcome to the First Congregational Church in Bristol
The First Congregational Church in Bristol is a vital, progressive Christian community of faith with long roots in our community.
We promise you our friendship and prayers as we share the hopes and labors of the Church of Jesus the Christ. We pray that God grant that — loving and being loved, serving and being served, forgiving and being forgiven, offering grace and receiving grace — we may dwell together in love, unity and hope.
We invite you to watch this video of the Rev. Nancy Soukup and FCC congregation sharing some of their 2024 “Wonder Experiences”. Just tap on the image below to see the video in a new window. Close the new video window to return here.
We are Bristol’s first and founding church. We have been here since 1680, formed by the same leaders who founded the town of Bristol a few months after the church was gathered. In 1785, more than a century after our founding, our congregation and our sixth Minister, the Reverend Mr. Henry Wight, began the Bristol 4th of July Parade and Patriotic Exercises. So we are the Founders of America’s Oldest Fourth of July Celebration.
Today, our congregation is known for its broad support for our community and our willingness to speak out regarding social justice issues. Sunday services are relevant and thought-provoking.
No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!
Upcoming Events
Rev. Nancy Soukup’s Installation, Sunday, October 4, 2:00 p.m., FCC Sanctuary
It is a tradition in many churches to hold an installation service when someone is appointed the senior or settled minister of a church. The service honors the start of a new ministry and gathers the congregation, local clergy from the denomination, and pastoral leadership from the association to formalize…
New Yoga Classes Offered at FCC Bristol Starting June 11
The Bristol Warren Village Common will begin offering exercise classes for all ability levels at the First Congregational Church (FCC) in Bristol, 300 High Street, on Thursdays at 9 a.m. beginning on June 11, 2026. Join Becca Capodilupo, fitness instructor with 25 years of teaching experience, as she leads the…
Come join us at the Stone Church Coffee House
Sign up as soon as possible. We sell out every month!
Good Night Lights
Join the “Good Night Lights” to shine a light of hope to children in hospital. Every Monday night First Congregational Church “Good Night Lighters” travel to the Squantum Association in East Providence to send a good night signal to children at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Anyone is welcome to join the…
News
THAT’S THE LAST BOX!!! Our new kitchen is almost complete, thanks to the many hands that helped!
This past Saturday, August 29, a bunch of kind and energetic parishioners got together to open up 52 (! ! ! !) cartons of kitchen equipment that had been packed up after the Halloween fire last fall and taken to…
Caregivers Talking to Caregivers: A New Support Group
STARTING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 Long-term and end of life care is exhausting, isolating, and a heavy load. You may feel alone, but you do not have to be alone during this time because there are others who are or…
Members rebuild church float and reenact FCC’s founding of nation’s first July 4th celebration
Starting on July 1st, members brought up from the church basement the pieces of the huge model of the FCC sanctuary and the bell tower which Alan Berry designed last year, Ron Gamon built with his construction team, and a…
Focus on FCC’s 6th pastor, who initiated the nation’s first July 4th celebration in 1785
Last night on June 11, we welcomed the Bosworth Lecture Series back to the church for its June lecture. The Rev. Dr. Nancy H. Soukup, FCC’s minister, and DeWolf Fulton from St. Michael’s Mens Club who each year provide a…
Worship Service Videos
Worship Service for Sunday Aug 30, 2026
Worship service: Rev. Dr. Nancy Hamlin Soukup; Scripture: “Romans 12:9-21” ; Scripture: “Matthew 16:21-28” ; Message: “Abandon the Illusion” Click here to view the Bulletin in a new window; https://vimeo.com/1223183613 For Closed Captions, click the icon and select EnglishFor Full…
Worship Service for Sunday Aug 16, 2026
Worship service: Rev. Dr. Nancy Hamlin Soukup; Scripture: “Galatians 8:26-29” ; Scripture: “Luke 10:27-37” ; Message: “And, Who Is My Neighbor” Click here to view the Bulletin in a new window; https://vimeo.com/1218764967 For Closed Captions, click the icon and select…
Worship Service for Sunday Aug 9, 2026
Worship service: Rev. Dr. Nancy Hamlin Soukup; Scripture: “Revelation 22:1-5” ; Scripture: “John 18:28-40” ; Message: “And Pilate asked, ‘What Is the Truth?’” Click here to view the Bulletin in a new window; https://vimeo.com/1217077299 For Closed Captions, click the icon…
Worship Service for Sunday Aug 2, 2026
Worship service: Rev. Dr. Nancy Hamlin Soukup; Scripture: “Isaiah 56:1-8” ; Scripture: “Acts 10:34-38” ; Message: “How Did We Turn Jesus into a Political Party?” Click here to view the Bulletin in a new window; https://vimeo.com/1215618147 For Closed Captions, click…