First Congregational Church of Bethel will hold a Blood Drive on Friday, September 29th from 12 to 5 pm, in partnership with the American Red Cross.  Appointments are available - please register at redcrossblood.org - more information can be found by clicking the button below.

Join us on Saturday, December 10, 2022, from 12 to 2 pm for a visit with Santa!  Click the button below for more information!

All are invited to receive Ashes to Go outside Molten Java on Wednesday, February 14th from 7 to 9 am.

Start your Ash Wednesday with a blessing, ashes, and preparing your heart for the season of Lent.  We'll be outside to offer you ashes, or a blessing.

Don't forget to grab a coffee from Molten Java while you're here.

Hosted by First Congregational Church of Bethel, UCC, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

Don't miss an incredible dinner hosted by the Youth at First Church on Sunday, February 25th at 5:30 pm.

Everyone is invited!  Bring your friends.  No RSVP required but certainly appreciated.  Free will offering.

Join us Saturday, March 2^nd for a morning fellowship, food and service.  Everyone is invited to some fun spring cleaning at First Church.  All ability levels and skill sets welcome.  We'll begin at 9 am, and you are welcome anytime after 9.  Click for more information to learn about starting early.

We are putting our faith in action.  On March 10^th, we will assemble our Church World Service Hygiene Kits.  CWS distributes the kits around the world to communities in need.  You can be a part of making the transition after disaster more bearable.  You can drop off your hygiene kit items at church on Sunday or during the week.  Everyone is welcome to help assemble the kits.  It will be an afternoon of fun, fellowship, and food on Sunday, March 10^th after worship.  Click for more information to get donation details.

FCCB's annual Tag Sale will take place on Saturday, June 15th!  You are invited! Tell your friends and gather your good unneeded items!

You can donate your treasures now.  They can be dropped off M - F between 9:30 and 12.

 More information by clicking the button below.

This summer we will worship outside on the Lawn at First Church Bethel on June 30^th & August 18^th at 10 am.  You are welcome to bring a comfortable chair or use ours.  Wear your comfortable clothes and immerse yourself in creation as we celebrate the unconditional Love of God.

The rain/bad weather date will be the following Sunday 7/7 & 8/25 if needed.  We'll post on the church Facebook page and email the church if there is a needed change.

Fun for the whole family!  Join us Saturday, August 3^rd from 11 am to 2 pm.  Marvel at the balloon artist.  Get crafty.  Enjoy the yummy food.  Listen to amazing storytelling.  Brighten yours and everyone's day with a stop at the face painting station.  Test your skills with a variety of games.  Both of the local volunteer fire departments and the Bethel police department have been invited again this year.  And enjoy Ice Cream from the Ice Cream Truck!  For more information call 203-743-1877.  Don't miss it!

Bring your favorite Bag (School, Work, Golf, Hiking, Shopping, etc.) for a Blessing on Sunday morning, September 15th, at 10 AM.  This is a blessing for our young people on their school year ahead, as well as for all adults on the year ahead.  You are invited to also receive a "Blessing Bag Tag" as a reminder of God's Love that you carry always.

Calling all 6th through 12th Grade Youth!  You are invited to take part in the First Church Youth Group.  We have a great time getting to know each other, having fun at youth group, doing service work, growing in our faith, playing games, fun outing adventures, meeting with other youth groups, and even enjoying some great food.  It is a blast and you are invited

You can learn more about Youth Ministry at First Church by contacting Pastor Ryan.

You can also learn more by following the First Church Bethel Facebook page.

Bring your beloved creature for a blessing. Pastor Ryan will offer a blessing over your furry, fuzzy, hairy, scaly, feathered Dear Ones.  You are also welcome to bring a picture if that is easier or safer.

All are welcome for this Holy Moment.  Please have your pet on a leash or in an appropriate carrier for their safety, and for the safety of every creature gathered.

The Pumpkin Fest is an afternoon of fun for all.

There are Games, Crafts, Storytelling, Pumpkin Painting, Yummy Autumn themed Goodies & more Fun.  Everyone is welcome to join in the fun at no cost.

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The Book of Remembrance and Whitcomb Music Fund are a unique opportunity to support the special ministry of the church and honor your loved ones.

You can make a gift in honor and in memory of your loved ones in the weeks before November 3^rd.  The names of our loved ones will be read during the service.

These gifts have supported special projects throughout the church and the music ministry at First Church.  

A delicious pot roast dinner, prepared by the FCCB CONGO COOKS!  This year, you have the option of ordering your dinners for curbside pick up between 4 & 5 pm, or dine in from 5:30 to 7 pm in the church fellowship hall. Click the button below for more information!

Everyone is invited to this fun All Ages Event.  Chrismons are ornaments in the shape of Christian symbols, usually in gold and white. There are angels, doves, crosses, anchors, and so very much more.  It will be a wonderful time of fellowship, fun, faith, and Christmas!  See you then.

The Advent season is BUSY!  Join us for a short (~30 minute) Devotional Service in the Deacons Chapel, in the balcony of First Church on Thursday mornings during Advent: December 5^th, 12^th, and 19^th.  You can join in person or by going to the church Facebook page and watching the live feed: https://www.facebook.com/FCCBCT

The 3rd Sunday in Advent (12/15) is ‘Joy’. We light the pink candle of ‘Joy’. Let us share in Joy by having some fun in worship.  Wear your ‘best’ sweater to worship.  It could be your best ‘Ugly’ sweater. It could be your best favorite sweater.  Or somewhere in between. Lights and moving attachments welcome. Let us join in the Joy of the season on Sunday December 15^th with your Ugly/Fun/Favorite/Silly sweater. 

Everyone is invited to experience this Special Service.  A Blue Christmas Service is a unique service that acknowledges not everything is always Merry and Bright during the Christmas season.  A time to reflect on the complexity of the season with lost loved ones, life not always being what you imagined, and knowing sometimes the Christmas Season is just hard.  Bring your whole self, be present, and know that God meets you where you are and just as you are this Advent and Christmas Season.

Celebrate the Light of God, the Prince of Peace, Love of God, Immanuel-God with Us, coming in the world as we celebrate the coming of the Christ Child.  Everyone is welcome to join us for the Christmas Eve Family service at 4 pm.

Join us on Saturday, March 15, 2025 for our annual corned beef dinner! This year, you may either order your dinners to go, or join us in person for dinner!  Details and flyer on the corned beef dinner event page.  Call 203-743-1877 to order by Thursday, March 13^th.

The Connecticut Master Chorale, under the direction of former FCCB Music Director Tina Johns Heidrich, with accompaniment from Joe Jacovino & the
Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra, presents their "Spring Concert" on Sunday, March 23^rd at 3 pm, at the First Congregational Church of Danbury.  More information can be found by clicking the button below.

Join us on Wednesdays 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, and 4/9 on Zoom during Lent, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, as we explore, The Gospel of Luke.

Everyone is invited to join the conversation.  The Zoom link will be sent in the Weekly FCCB newsletter.  You can also email Pastor Ryan if you need the Zoom link. 

Join us for an afternoon of fellowship & fun as we pass out Palms to passersby near First Congregational Church of Bethel.  We will pass out Palms from 1 to 3 pm on Saturday, April 12, 2025.  Youth especially are invited to join in the fun. This is time is Youth Group for the week.  After all the palms are passed out youth will have more fun activities, which includes preparing the recycled Bird Feeders to gift children at the Bethel Earth Day Celebration.

Our friends at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 18 Clapboard Ridge Road in Danbury, present an enactment of "The Last Supper".

Shows will be on

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025 7:30 pm

and
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 2:30 pm

Shows will be held in the Family Life Center.

$15 GENERAL ADMISSION Reservations are recommended.

For reservations/Information:
 please contact Mary Ann Grogan ilplayers@immanueldanbury.org

Join us for a Service of Palms on Sunday, April 13^th at 10 am.  Take the full journey through Holy Week beginning with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Don’t miss the Palm Sunday Potluck Brunch on Sunday, April 13th. We will wave palms and celebrate Jesus entering Jerusalem during Worship. Then gather in the Main Hall for food and fellowship.  Sign up for the potluck. Find out the details on ‘More Info’.

You are invited to an evening service of Holy Communion and Tenebrae on Thursday, April 17th.  We begin the service at 7 pm.  All are welcome to receive Communion, no matter your tradition.  We will leave the service in darkness and quiet.

On Good Friday, April 18th, you are invited to journey through the heart of Bethel as we walk our faith and take part in the ancient practice of the Stations of the Cross.   Beginning at 12 noon at 213 Greenwood Avenue (Molten Java) and finishing at First Congregational Church of Bethel, with a light lunch to follow.

Rise early to celebrate Easter and meet our Risen Savior in the rising sun!  Join us at 6:00 am, Sunday, April 20^th at Putnam Park Pond.  All are welcome! 

We meet by the Pond.  Enter at the stone wall entrance on the east side of Route 58 (Putnam Park Road).

Join us to celebrate the unconditional Love of God, as we celebrate Christ's resurrection through word, song and Holy Communion at 10 am Easter morning on Sunday, April 20^th. 

All are welcome to receive Communion, no matter your tradition.

First Church Bethel has a booth at the Bethel Community Earth Day.  You are invited to join the fun & put your Faith in Action.

You can help clean up Bethel, by joining us in Trash-A-Palooza as we clean up town

You can also be a part of the FCCB booth.  This year we have repurposed Milk Jug Bird Feeders.  We have the bird feeders ready to decorate and take home with a baggie of Bird Seed.  Join us as we care for creation and share God’s Love.

Are you looking for meaning?  Are you searching for a way  to put your faith & beliefs in action?  Are you seeking a community of people sharing God's Love in the world?

Then come check us out at the First Congregational Church of Bethel, United Church of Christ, Saturday, May 3^rd, 11 am - 2 pm.   We are a community of people seeking to live God's love and justice in the world.  We deepen our faith in community through Sunday worship, Adult faith formation, service work, and more.  We foster the growth and formation of our young people through worship, Sunday School, Youth Ministry, service work and more.  And we have fun and lots of food & fellowship doing so.

Everyone is invited to explore our church, meet the faith community, and join in a complimentary lunch with an ice cream bar for everyone.

If you have questions, please contact the church at 203-743-1877 and/or Secretary@FirstChurchBethel.org

Click the button below for more information!