Diapers-Not-Included Drive takes place in December

Please bring a package of diapers to church this month to help an area family. Since babies don’t come with diapers, the Christian Education Committee and Mission Committee are collecting diapers and baby wipes for Newton Food Pantry in December 2023. The most-requested diaper size is 6, followed by 3, 4, and 5. Thank you for …

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Join the fun, shop for good at Advent Market on December 3

Kick off the Christmas season with a visit to the Mission Committee’s annual Advent Market on Sunday, December 3, 2023, after worship at Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC). The Great Hall will be the scene of a Christmas-themed fair that explains and raises money for many of the nonprofits that NHCC supports, including Family Promise Metrowest, Newton …

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Pie makers crown Thanksgiving dinners

An industrious crowd of youthful pie makers filled the Newton Highlands Congregational Church kitchen with pumpkin spice on Sunday, November 19, 2023, as they prepared 14 pies to accompany Thanksgiving dinners for Newton Food Pantry. The cooking spree was organized by Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell and the Christian Education Committee. Thank you to …

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Bylaws being reviewed

The Newton Highlands Congregational Church Council authorized a small committee to begin a review of the church bylaws in October 2023. Committee members are the Reverend Ken Baily, Sally Brickell (moderator), Rich Bryden (assistant moderator and assistant treasurer), Carol Jensen (former Worship & Spiritual Life Committee member and former moderator), Yumiko Matsuoko (Worship & Spiritual …

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Worship & Spiritual Life tries to smooth coffee situation

The needs of caffeine-dependent worshippers are front and center as Joy Huber of the Worship & Spiritual Life Committee has taken on the task of purchasing a new coffeemaker for after-worship fellowship in November 2023. Coffee drinkers and fellowship volunteers have grown frustrated as the old machine has ground to a halt, and Ms. Huber …

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Loved ones remembered on All Saints’ Sunday

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.  Revelation 7:9 During his meditation on All Saints’ Day, November 5, 2023, the Reverend Ken Baily described his glimpse of the “beloved community” two days’ …

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NHCC seeks ways to make interior and exterior more welcoming

A team of people that includes Ken Baily, Diane Basemera, Sally Brickell, Yoko Bryden, Randy Ellis, Jim Harper, Carol H., Misha Hill, Ann Hulsing, Carol Jensen, Mark Johnson, Michelle Markert, David Nauss, and Lynn Shields is exploring ways to make Newton Highlands Congregational Church even more welcoming. Moderator Sally Brickell presented ideas during fellowship time …

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