Staff members have been hard at work in the church building as usual during the Covid-19 closing, but as with worship, a lot of church business is being conducted through various collaborations among staff and lay leaders over Zoom. Thank you to all of the dedicated staff members and volunteers who are keeping NHCC running …
Join NHCC friends for virtual games and conversation on Sunday, January 10, 2021, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. All ages welcome! Please register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ea9ad2aa1fe3-nhcc
Pine nuts and maple syrup, russet potatoes and about seven turkeys, gift cards and candles. On a rainy day in mid-November, Reverend Ken Baily and several volunteers arranged freshly made food on a card table inside the back door of the church, and served a variety of families. These Thanksgiving meals were provided by a …
NHCC’s beloved Christmas pageant will be held online this year. Be sure to tune in on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., for the world premiere of “Visiting Angels.” NHCC children and youth will assume the key roles in this innovative video event. The screenplay was written by Reverend Ken Baily. Invite your friends and …
Read moreVideo pageant planned for December 20, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.
All are invited (with masks) to our annual Christmas Eve services. Weather permitting, we will begin outdoors on Thursday, December 24, at 6:00 p.m. We will share scripture, prayers, and Silent Night, and send home candles for Jesus’ birthday. The service will be divided into three twenty-minute sections for those who wish to come and go. At 7:00 …
Read moreChristmas Eve services planned for 6:00 p.m. outdoors and 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
All are invited to a socially distant visit to the sanctuary, with seasonal organ music, on the four Sundays during Advent (November 29, December 6, December 13, December 20). The schedule will be as follows: 10:00 a.m.: Worship service on Zoom 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Music in sanctuary 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon: Prayer …
Residents and friends of Newton are invited to join Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the Newton Interfaith Clergy Association on Zoom on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.. for A Gathering in Prayer and Hope, a covenant for all the City. We will have post-election prayers of unity from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. A recording …
Read moreA Gathering in Prayer and Hope to be held on November 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
“All theology spins from the power we have to think beyond ourselves.” — Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki “Truly, I say to you, as you (cared for) the least of these… you did it to me.” — Jesus, Matthew 25 Friends in Christ, Many of you know that I attended Quaker schools from 5th …
It’s official: in 1921 Charles Newhall donated our Parsonage, its property and a strong endowment to care for it — 100 years this spring. Since 2014 Ann Hulsing has been at the heart of a mission to create senior housing in our neighborhood and in June 2019 our congregation voted to move ahead with this. …
NHCC changed in October. Our eldest, longest-term member — Helen Hoffman — died peacefully after two days in the hospital, which is modest in her 37,200 day life. She spent many, many of these days here in our church teaching, worshipping, leading programs, laughing often and making sure that flowers and decorations were done just …