December 2023 In the midst of this season’s hustle and bustle there are beautiful moments of worship, singing, and sharing; of touching one another’s hearts; of sensing the mystery of God’s gift of love in Jesus Christ. We will serve those in need just as Jesus taught us. We will make sandwiches for the hungry, …
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 …
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 Ms. Megan Dillon, who has been faithfully teaching church school at Newton Highlands Congregational Church for five years, was fêted at a celebration of her marriage to Josh Kolodny …
November 2023 Finding ways to express gratitude to God This month we will make sandwiches, bake pumpkin pies, and celebrate our “Thanksgivings,” with days of prayer–thanking God for all we have. Here is our schedule for November.
Please join the Christian Education (CE) Committee on Sunday, November 19, 2023, after worship, to celebrate the recent marriage of church school teacher Megan Dillon to Josh Kolodny. CE will host a special fellowship time in the Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) parlor in honor of this blessed occasion. Ms. Dillon has been working at NHCC since 2018. …
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again: It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. Matthew 5:13 Ms. Megan Dillon, church school teacher, led children through a thought-provoking discussion of the Biblical parable about …
On the first Sunday of each month the children and youth participate in a sandwich-making mission for the hungry. In the weeks following we will walk through parables in the Bible. There are many parables from Jesus in the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In church school we will learn how these parables describe …
Thanks to Leilani and and her friend Malaina, Flat Jesus spent part of summer 2023 in the Berkshires, in Western Massachusetts, enjoying a colorful display of flowering annuals.
Children, youth, and families, join the Christian Education team for fun and friendship on Rally Day–Sunday, September 17, 2023. Children and youth will begin our new program year in worship at 10:00 a.m. and then attend church school. After church, we will celebrate and reconnect over ice cream sundaes with a topping bar, along with …
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For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 Flat Jesus marveled at the …