two boilers in church basement

New church boilers promise greater reliability

With this project, we have protected the building and all its users. Treasurer Jim Harper The installation of two gleaming new boilers in the basement of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, was completed on October 5, 2025, and the work has been approved by the City of Newton’s plumbing inspector. The removal and installation were …

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B&G discusses climate control, security

The Buildings and Grounds Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, held its first meeting of the church year on October 7, 2025, to catch up on several issues. Chair Ann Hulsing met with members Randy Ellis, Paul Gilbert, and Jim Harper on Zoom for a discussion that included the church’s new boilers, insulation, solar …

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Congregants tour grounds for Community Connection brainstorming

After a short re-introduction to the Community Connection landscape master design project, Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, members and friends walked around the church grounds on Sunday October 5, 2025. They used maps provided by consultants Karen Sebastian and David Nauss to jot down notes, ideas, and questions. The consultants will review and synthesize all …

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World Communion Sunday features diverse prayers

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Luke 17: 5-6 Congregants heard prayers in English and also in Danish, Japanese, Luganda, Ukrainian, Tagalog, Hebrew, and Swahili …

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Schubert program to be offered October 26, 5:00 p.m.

All are invited to enjoy compositions by Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) in the sanctuary of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Musicians Christy Liao, Enoch Hsiao, Zachary Fung, David Carreon, and Max Wang will perform. Donations are welcome, and all proceeds …

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Community choir warms September 28 service

The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind,the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow,but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. Psalm 146: 7-9 Sometime-singers joined the choir at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, September 28, 2025, enriching the choral offerings. …

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Community Connection flyer

All invited to two Community Connection sessions — October 5 and 19

Please gather for two Community Connection sessions in October 2025 as Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, undergoes a landscape master planning process with landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss. The Community Connection effort was launched on Sunday, June 1, 2025, with a conversation about the church entrance. Point people for the …

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Child survivor of the Holocaust to speak on September 30, 5:00 p.m., in Needham

All are invited to a talk by Janet Singer Applefield, a child survivor of the Holocaust, author, notable speaker, and change agent, on Thursday, September 30, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., in Needham, MA. Ms. Singer Applefield was born in Poland. When she first arrived in the U.S. in 1947, her father asked her to write …

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