Socks collected, feet warmed
The Mission Committee successfully wrapped up its latest donation drive on March 19, 2023, after collecting more than 100 pairs of socks for Community Day Center of Waltham. Thank you to all organizers and donors!
Sally Brickell
Join a Prayer for Peace at Eliot Church on March 29, 4:30 p.m.
In response to the recent shootings in Monterey Park, Baton Rouge, and Half Moon Bay, the Reverend Domenik Ackermann invites all to a Prayer for Peace in the Eliot Church sanctuary (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner, on Wednesday, March 29, from 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Lent 2023 to include book discussion, sunrise service
Activities during Lent 2023 will include a book discussion and an Easter sunrise service. Contact us with questions. Throughout Lent, Newton Highlands Congregational Church will continue its special missions for refugees, survivors, and neighbors.
All invited: Parsonage open house on Sunday, March 19, 12:15 p.m.
Members and friends of Newton Highlands Congregational Church are invited to an open house at the parsonage (39 Forest Street, Newton Highlands), on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. Enjoy a light lunch with violin accompaniment, celebrate this important milestone, and preview the house before it goes on the market. The open house will …
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Painting, repairs, cleaning completed at parsonage
As the parsonage continues its journey toward being put on the market, the house has been abuzz with painters, carpenters, and cleaners. As of March 10, 2023, the interior has a fresh coat of paint (with wallpaper removed in one room); repairs and upgrades have been done on exterior stairs and railings, several shutters and …
Repairs help make parsonage sale-ready
Repairs and upgrades to stairs, railings, and shutters are helping make the parsonage at 39 Forest Street ready to sell. The previous front railing was added in April 2021. The repairs are being done by finish carpenter Roger Velasquez of Rogvel Home Renovations, Inc., in Southborough, MA.
Group gathers for lunch after church
Getting back into the swing of socializing, a dozen or so members and friends (some of the most long-term and some of the most recent!) enjoyed lunch and conversation after worship on March 5, 2023. Attendees enjoyed vegetarian and vegan dishes at Walnut Grille in Newton Highlands. Thank you to Randy Ellis for suggesting this …
A message from the pastor
Dear Friends in church, Almost always I am reading several books at once. Before long some of us will stay after worship to read a book together, if we wish.* But I couldn’t exactly find the book that I really wanted this year. One of our members suggested that I write it. Well, TBD. What …
Children receive last year’s palms, learn about Ash Wednesday
Children and youth gathered on the sanctuary steps on Sunday, February 27, 2023, for a lesson about Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. The Reverend Ken Baily and Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell handed out palms from last year and talked about how the palms are burned to create ashes that are used …
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Children and youth collecting coins for earthquake recovery
The Christian Education team is collecting spare change for our neighbors in Türkiye and Syria. Would you join us as we help our neighbors in need? Please drop coins and dollar bills into the large jar on the cabinet in the front (right) of the church sanctuary, next to the doorway leading to the parlor. …
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