Sally Brickell
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 …
Intended for dinners at Rosie’s Place, but feel free to bake one for yourself. Mix and beat well: 3/4 cup oil 3 eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp vanilla Sift and add: 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda pinch of salt 1 tsp cinnamon Add 1 cup chopped nuts and 4 cups chopped …
The Advent Giving Market 2019 is the first day of Advent, Sunday, December 1, immediately following the morning service. We will be serving a light lunch of soup, bread and butter, fresh fruit, and cookies. This year we will focus on Heifer International. In addition we will also offer a chance to buy handmade Christmas …
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.
NHCC celebrated its 50th anniversary with several services in June 1922. A few years later, in 1924, the Hayward family donated the current Hook & Hastings organ, and the Parish House was enlarged and re-equipped. The old organ was given to The Episcopal Parish of Saint Paul. Eventually, the organ console was moved to its …
Read more1922-24: 50th anniversary celebrated, organ replaced
The cornerstone of the new meeting house was laid on July 29, 1905. The new meeting house was dedicated on October 7, 1906. The church historian believes that the church bell, cast in 1875, came from the old building. The Chancel and North Transept windows were made by John Hardman & Co. of Birmingham, England. …