Back to business: Fall congregational meeting to be held October 18

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and ball the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 All NHCC members are called to a short in-person congregational meeting after …

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Children work toward a world with backpacks for all

Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11 Worshipers gathered at Newton Highlands Congregational …

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Tour of Carroll Center grounds offers inspiration

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. Proverbs 29:18 A recent tour of the grounds of The Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton taken by Sally Brickell, vice moderator, provided insights into how the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, property might be made …

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B&G Committee convenes, tours basement

Members of the Newton Highlands Congeregational Church, UCC, Building and Grounds Committee held their first meeting of the year on September 22, 2026. The meeting began with expressions of gratitude for Ann Hulsing, former committee chair. Other agenda topics included updates to the church’s security system and Wi-Fi, the best uses of spaces in the …

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Congregants gather for Re-Covenant Sunday

“God was in the mix on the side of liberation, love, and hope.” The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily Worshipers gathered at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, September 13, 2026, for a return to 10:00 a.m. services and a celebration of Re-Covenant Sunday. The service included a shared reading of The Covenant of Community …

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All invited to Community Connection session on October 19, 6:00 p.m.

Save the date for a Community Connection session on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., as landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss return to Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, with sketches for the church’s landscape master plan.  The consultants are using ideas gathered from church members, a new …

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Wednesday worshipers celebrate community outdoors

For your faithful love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches the clouds. Psalm 108:4 Congregants gathered at Newton Highlands Congregational Church on three Wednesday evenings in August 2026 for an outdoor service featuring conversation, a light meal, prayer, and song The August 26 service featured Norumbega Harmony, a singing group that researches and …

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UCC churches gather for sixth-annual joint service

The Reverend Dr. Eric Jackson from Eliot Church led a worship service for Newton’s United Church of Christ congregations and Newton Presbyterian Church on Sunday, August 2, 2026. The service included a combined choir and Communion. It took place at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. An offering was taken for Newton Food Pantry. For the …

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