On December 7, 2025, the Great Hall at Newton Highlands Congregational Church was the scene of the church’s annual Advent Market, led by Holly Grieb, Kitty Rieske, and other members of the church’s Mission Committee. Shoppers purchased handcrafted Christmas items, including gift tags and cards, candles, crocheted items, and baked goods. The Advent Market raised …
Read moreAnnual Advent Market attracts aficionados of giving for good
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 Children and adults from Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), shopped and cooked over several weeks in November 2025 …
For its annual Thanksgiving effort, the Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), plans to provide turkey and mashed potatoes to Allston-Brighton Food Pantry in Brighton. Volunteer chefs are needed to cook at home and bring food to the NHCC kitchen on Sunday, November 23. The Allston Brighton Food Pantry is a strategic …
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Members and friends of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, are being challenged by the Mission Committee to assemble and bring 20 Thanksgiving meal kits for Allston-Brighton Food Pantry during November 2025. Kit components are as follows: Please bring your assembled kit to the church parlor by Sunday, November 23. Thank you!
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Romans 15:2 The Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, wrapped up its fourth annual drive for Welcome Home, a home goods pantry in West Newton, with a delivery of linens and a check for $492 on November 5, 2025. …
Read moreLinens delivered to Welcome Home as blanket-and-towel drive wraps up
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 Given the partial stoppage of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the government shutdown in the U.S. and terrible damage in Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, …
Read moreMission Committee meets the moment with speedy donations
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:8 Drop off new blankets and towels at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, in October, and support the Mission Committee’s fourth annual drive for Welcome Home. The “Fabric …
Newton for Everyone invites community members to “Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher retention and housing costs” on Tuesday, September 30, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) and on Zoom. Find more information and register. How does the lack of affordable housing impact the retention and recruitment …
Read moreAll invited to learn about the impact of housing costs on local teachers
Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. Revelation 7:16 Children and youth at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, made sandwiches during worship on June 29, 2025, and Ms. Wendy Donnell, Director of Christian Education, delivered them to Community Day Center of Waltham the next morning. She also delivered five shopping bags of …
Members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, Mission Committee deliberated in June 2025 to decide which nonprofits to support with their remaining discretionary funds. The committee works to address needs locally, nationally, and internationally according to co-chairs Holly Grieb and Kitty Rieske. They also keep in mind the goals expressed in their mission statement …