All are invited to a healing service on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC). The tradition of healing services at NHCC dates back to the 1980s. The church will also offer a Good Friday service on April 18 and a sunrise service and 10:00 a.m. worship on …
More than 60 worshipers gathered on March 5, 2025, at Eliot Church, UCC, for a Newton-wide Ash Wednesday service. The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily of Newton Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) was one of the worship leaders. About NHCC members attended, and several sang with the choir.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates, 5th century BCE Dear Friends in Christ, With apologies to Eugene O’Neill, this month we begin Lent, which is a Long Day’s Journey into Light. A few days are particularly important for this …
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37 The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily spoke about decency, shame, and forgiveness in his meditation on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. He quoted from Margaret Chase Smith’s …
The Mission Committee at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, is requesting donations of new men’s socks and tee shirts in size M to XXL. The much-needed items will be donated to Community Day Center of Waltham at the end of March 2025. Leave donations in the church parlor.
Join members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, Mission Committee for lunch on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 11:15 a.m., and hear an engaging talk by NHCC member Jean Christoffersen and Louis Fiore about the Free High School and a free health clinic in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Newton’s Sister City. The lunch …
During a month-long sabbatical by the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily, Newton Highlands Congregational Church is enjoying the presence of the Reverend Dr. Susan Cartmell. She has served churches in Winchester, Needham, and Harwich Port, MA, as a settled minister; and most recently in Appleton, WI, as an interim minister. During the COVID pandemic she and …
Read moreThe Reverend Dr. Susan Cartmell preaches in January 2025
The warm and festively-decorated home of Liz and Fidel Ramos in Newton Highlands was the site of a friendly gathering of Newton Highlands Congregational Church members and friends on Friday, January 3, 2025. Attendees mingled, visited, and feasted on a variety of dishes. Thank you to the Ramos family for continuing this special church tradition!
The Christian Education team hopes that your list for the new year includes attending church regularly, committing to mission activities, and deepening prayer time. On Sunday mornings in January, children and youth will be helping others by feeding the hungry and collecting donations for our Helpful Heifer Honeybees Drive. We will also be preparing for …
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Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. Reinhold Niebuhr Dear Friends in Christ, Forgive the non-inclusive language. This was written in 1944. By a good guy, ahead of his time in Christian ethics, but not quite language. And you’ve heard this quote from me before, and of course …