Events

Our mission is to transform the lives of families with children that are facing homelessness by mobilizing a diverse community to provide shelter, education, and comprehensive support. Family Promise Metrowest Join members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, Mission Committee for a walk in Newton Highlands on Sunday, May 4, 2025, to raise money …

Read moreWalk with the Mission Committee on May 4 to support homeless families in our area!

Newton for Everyone invites community members to “Housing and Climate Change: What’s the Connection” on Wednesday, April 30, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) and on Zoom. Find more information and register. In this session we’ll explore how strategic housing development can contribute to a more sustainable future …

Read moreAll invited to session on housing and climate change on April 30

The Christian Education Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, plans to distribute a card about their programming to families who gather on the church lawn for the annual neighborhood egg hunt on Sunday, April 20, 2025.

Moderator Sally Brickell and tech consultant Neil Johnson worked with the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily to update the sacraments pages of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, website in March 2025. The website now includes refreshed pages for the two sacraments (baptism and communion) along with updated pages for confirmation, marriage, and funerals and memorial …

Read moreSacraments pages on NHCC.net updated

God’s signs and wonders are here for us. The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily On Sunday, March 30, 2025, at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily explained ways in which the actions attributed to the Prodigal Son would have been “incredibly offensive” to the early church. “He ate with sinners and he …

Read moreMarch 30 service revisits Prodigal Son parable; Community Choir gathers

In March 2025 Gustavo Alay of Gustavo GR Brothers Home Improvement Inc. completed roofing repairs at Newton Highlands Congregational Church. The work included making new caps for the two chimneys and replacing all the damaged slate tiles. He also cleaned the gutters. Mr. Alay has agreed to inspect the roof annually in the spring. The …

Read moreRoofing repairs completed at NHCC

We’re here to find that balance between the way that the world is and the way that we think, hope, breathe, and believe that God wants it to be. The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily spoke about divisions in church history during his meditation on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at Newton …

Read moreUnity and stewardship are themes on March 23

Norumbega Harmony invites the community to a concert of “Choral Songs of Revolutionary New England” on Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA. A freewill offering will be held. This hour-long concert will bring the audience into the musical, emotive intellectual, political, and spiritual dimensions …

Read moreNorumbega Harmony concert set for March 30, 3:00 p.m., at NHCC

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 …

Read moreHealing service to be held April 6, during Lent

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.