Events

Save the date for a Community Connection session on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., as landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss return to Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, with sketches for the church’s landscape master plan.  The consultants are using ideas gathered from church members, a new …

Read moreAll invited to Community Connection session on October 19, 6:00 p.m.

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13 We invite all children and youth to the new church school year at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. Come greet the friends you know and make new ones! The Bible calls friends of Jesus disciples. Let’s be disciples …

Read moreChristian Education: Join us for church school beginning September 20

For your faithful love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches the clouds. Psalm 108:4 Congregants gathered at Newton Highlands Congregational Church on three Wednesday evenings in August 2026 for an outdoor service featuring conversation, a light meal, prayer, and song.

For the sixth year, Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, will host neighbors in the United Church of Christ and Presbyterians for a joint worship service on Sunday, August 2, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome for a time of reflection in the air-conditioned sanctuary and a time of fellowship after the service. The Rev. …

Read moreThe Reverend Dr. Eric Jackson will lead all-Newton UCC service on August 2 at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC

Worship on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, will be led by member Randy Ellis in the main sanctuary. Mr. Ellis’s sermon title is “The World Cup, Jesus, and the Separation of Church and Hate” and his remarks will rely heavily on John Fugelsang’s 2025 book Separation of Church and Hate. The service …

Read moreWelcoming strangers will be theme of Sunday service

Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, member Kitty Rieske will lead worship on Sunday, July 12, 2026. By way of invitation, she said, “Come hear the Good News of ‘God’s Gracious Forgiveness and The Need for Deep Watering.’” The 9:30 a.m. service will be followed by fellowship on the church lawn along with a short round …

Read moreKitty Rieske to lead worship on July 12

Twenty families turned in their pledge cards on Pledge Sunday, March 29, 2026, as the first chapter of the church’s 2026-27 stewardship campaign came to a close.   Congregants celebrated during a festive fellowship time with refreshments made by Alex Bezdek and Sally Brickell.  According to Treasurer Jim Harper, pledges to date total $160,000, about …

Read morePledge Sunday cards get church two-thirds of the way to budget goal

On March 15, 2026, in worship we explored a series of scriptures regarding the meaning of blindness in our Gospels.  On the fifth Sunday of Lent we held up a variety of texts where Jesus is offensive. Maybe even insulting. These are inspired by Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 1, where he calls the Christian …

Read moreWas Jesus offensive?

Celebrate the season or honor loved ones with beautiful Easter flowers that will decorate the chancel at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, April 5, 2026. When asked for payment information, activate the Gift Note field and fill in your dedication; the dedications will be printed in the Easter bulletin. Flowers may be taken …

Read moreDedicate Easter flowers by April 2

Blindness is a metaphor for not seeing what God does and what God asks. The Reverend Dr. Kenneth Baily Blindness in the Bible was the theme of worship on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. The hymns included “Be Thou My Vision” and “Open My Eyes That I May See.” In …

Read moreCongregants consider blindness in the Bible