Sally Brickell
NHCC has formed a re-entry team to plan when and how various groups can begin safely using the building. Members include the pastor, director of Christian Education, administrator, treasurer, moderator, and one representative each from Buildings and Grounds, Christian Education, and Worship and Spiritual Life. At their first meeting, team members established that in addition to …
Read moreNHCC forms re-entry team to plan future building use
Weather permitting, NHCC is offering an outdoor drive-by (or walk-by) visit after worship on Sunday, June 21, 2020. NHCC staff will be out on the street to wave, share a blessing, and pass out Bibles to kindergartners and third graders. After a worship service that will include the introduction of several potential new members and expressions …
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In a highlight of the June 7, 2020, annual meeting, members Rich Bryden and Misha Hill joined the host of NHCC angels. Rich and Misha were minding their own business in early March when the pandemic struck. In the space of about five days, the church went from planning a regular Sunday service to planning …
Read moreRich Bryden and Misha Hill honored with angel designation
Members and friends gathered on Zoom on Sunday, June 7, 2020, to finalize church business before the summer. This was the first time in church history that the meeting was in neither the basement nor the Great Hall. Attendees celebrated the life of several church members with the singing of “For All the Saints.” They …
The Celebrate and Serve Capital Campaign from 2017-2020 raised about $525,000 in pledges to pay for a major restoration of the organ, among other projects, as well as a 10% charitable commitment. In June 2018 Weekday Nursery School ceased operations. Its space was leased to Pine Village Preschool, a Spanish immersion daycare and nursery school. …
Beginning in about 1986, the New Repertory Theatre rented the Parish Hall and staged four to six plays per year. According to Alexander Stevens, an arts correspondent for Wicked Local, Larry Lane, the founding artistic director of the theatre, and a small group of fellow actors began looking for a location to stage their productions …
NHCC celebrated its 110th anniversary with a fundraising concert on November 21, 1982. A quintet of singers performed arias and ensembles from operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Guiseppe Verdi.
In May of 1953, NHCC dedicated Founders Hall, excavated beneath the sanctuary and finished by the direct effort of the men and women of the church. In 1961 plans were drawn for establishing 10 classrooms in Founders Hall, but not acted upon. The Christmas pageant was started in 1959. Memorial and Teaching windows along the …
Read more1953-1972: Founders Hall, Weekday Nursery, 100th anniversary
The upstairs office suite was built in 1946. Special services on June 15 and June 17, 1947, marked NHCC’s 75th anniversary.