LEARN & GROW
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SERMONS
For your review or if you need to catch up, you can read and/or listen to any sermon from any given Sunday worship service from the convenience of your computer. COVID 19 in-house guidelines (please review before worshiping with us) GUIDLINES (click)
Racism reflections
Resources to help you to better understand and to educate, leading to empathy and love for all.
pax: the center for spiritual formation
PAX is a Christian spiritual formation center based in the life of the First Congregational Church of Essex. It offers a variety of programs designed to help you create an intentional rhythm of spending time with God
DAILY DEVOTIONALS
What follows is a suggested outline for spending some quiet time with God each day, structured around the events of the church year. As Eugene Peterson puts it, “When we submit our lives to what we read in Scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God’s.” The readings begin on Monday and lead up to the designated Sunday.
adult Sunday school & bible study
There are many offerings for you to study God's word throughout the week. You can choose a predetermind day and time or you can join a small group and choose your own day and time. Find the one that best suits you.