Events

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 …

Read moreEnjoy music in sanctuary on Sundays during Advent

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 …

Read moreA message from the pastor

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.  …

Read moreHulsing Newhall House

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 …

Read moreOctober updates

The Newton Highlands Congregational Church sanctuary will be open for quiet prayer and meditation on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pastor Kenneth Baily will be in the sanctuary from 10:00-10:30 a.m. and available at other times. “Our Congregational ancestors came to this land with civic dreams, as well as religious …

Read moreNHCC sanctuary will be open on Election Day

Calling all ghouls, ghosts, and goblins! Gather at Newton Highlands Congregational Church from 5:45-6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. Collect treats and prepare to be spooked with a special selection of ogreish organ music. Family friendly! Covid-safe masks and social distancing required.

Eight people-pet families gathered outdoors on Saturday, October 3, 2020, for a blessing conducted by Reverend Ken Baily. Ken wished each group well and celebrated the human-canine bond.