Sally Brickell
After several attempts, Misha Hill, chair of the Buildings & Grounds Committee, installed a screen for announcements outside the Newton Highlands Congregational Church office. Its debut appearance was on Sunday, November 10, 2024. The screen currently exhibits the home page of the church website, and Mr. Hill plans to arrange for rotating church announcements. The …
Newton Highlands Congregational Church’s October cookware drive ended with a delivery to Welcome Home, a home goods pantry that “provides families experiencing hardship with basic household items,” on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Volunteers helped move the donated items into their storage area and expressed appreciation for the church’s efforts.
Faith leaders and Newtonians gathered at the Union Church in Waban on Thursday, November 7, 2024, for a post-election service. The service included singing, candle lighting, and remarks by Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and members of the Newton Inter-Faith Leaders Association. It was organized by the Reverend Ken Baily; Yevgenia Semeina provided musical accompaniment on organ …
On Friday, November 8, 2024, with authorization from the Buildings & Grounds Committee, arborist Tree Tech removed a Norway maple from the Newton Highlands Congregational Church property along Lincoln Street. Building Manager Yoko Bryden arranged the tree removal.
All Full and Associate Members are called to vote on proposed revisions to the Newton Highlands Congregational Church bylaws at a congregational meeting on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Members met on Sunday, October 20, to discuss some of the proposed changes.
You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Worshippers marked All Saints Day on November 3, 2024, with a reading of the names of departed friends and family from the past year. The congregation celebrated Communion and sang, “For All the Saints.” In …
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Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home All is safely gathered in ‘ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home Come, Ye Thankful People, Come On Monday, November 25, 2024, Newton Highlands …
“Dreams” by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Dear Friends in Christ, On All Saints Sunday it is impossible to see into the rest of November, beyond …
Members of Newton Highlands Congregational Church met in the church parlor on Sunday, October 20, 2024, to complete the work of the 2023-2024 program year–-reviewing, discussing, and accepting the reports of the treasurer and auditor. A planned vote on proposed changes to the church bylaws was postponed because of the number of questions that were …
There is no true, basic difference between laymen and priests…between religious and secular, except for the sake of office and work, but not for the sake of status. They are all of the spiritual estate, all are truly priests, bishops, and popes. But they do not all have the same work to do. Martin Luther …
Read moreSunday includes children’s message, cookware-drive wrap up