Category: Upcoming-Events

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 this new relationship between Settled Minister and congregation. 
 
Now, my ministry at FCC is not new. I have been with you since November 2023—first as a Designated Term Minister and then as a Settled Minister since January 2025. So why do this service? I thought a long time about this and decided that the installation is a time to celebrate our congregation as it swings around to the first anniversary of the fire, to honor the resiliency of the congregation, and for me to say thank you to all of you for inviting me to serve with you as a community devoted to God’s love and Jesus’s way in Bristol and beyond.
 
This has been an even more poignant time for this celebration because of our church’s place in the history of our country—now 250 years old, and Rev. Henry Wight’s role as the sixth minister in beginning this country’s first Patriotic Exercises. So, the installation on October 4 will be more than a recognition of me but rather a time to step back, take wonder in, and rejoice in First Congregational Church and its historic 346 years and all of you.
 
Please save the date, Sunday, October 4, 2:00 p.m., in the sanctuary.
 
Blessings, Rev. Nancy

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 one-hour session with a gentle warm-up, strength and balance exercises, and relaxing stretches to improve mobility, endurance, and flexibility.

Register by calling Becca at 508-843-8518. Each participant must sign a liability waiver. There are no fees for the classes,but free-will donations are gratefully received to help offset church energy expenses. All Village members, nonmembers, volunteers, and FCC members are welcome. Village members may request rides from the Bristol Warren Village Common in advance.

Sign up as soon as possible. We sell out every month!

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 Good Night Lights group. Participants may travel independently to rendezvous at the Squantum Association, or contact Steve Brosnihan (401-253-5909) or Dyan Vaughan to make carpool arrangements. Those interested in getting on the email roster for GNL should contact Steve at: stevebfly@msn.com.