Mission

Join members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, Mission Committee for a walk in Newton Highlands on Sunday, May 3, 2026, to raise money for Family Promise Metrowest. Walking together for a good cause is a great activity for individuals and families! Can’t walk? Please support this essential local nonprofit with a donation. Click here for …

Read moreMission Committee invites walkers to support homeless families on May 3

A group of parishioners from Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), gathered on Sunday, March 8, 2026, for a Nicaraguan-style lunch in the Great Hall to raise money for the Free High School of San Juan del Sur. The lunch raised $1,180. The church’s connection to Nicaragua, including fundraisers and youth group trips, dates to …

Read moreMission Committee lunch raises funds for school in Nicaragua

It doesn’t matter how many times life holds you back. Doesn’t matter how many years have passed. Doesn’t matter how many responsibilities you bear. You can always begin again.  Keyling, 2025 graduate of the Free High School Donations from Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), are helping students at the Free High School of San …

Read moreNHCC funds are working magic at Free High School

Join members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, Mission Committee for lunch on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 11:15 a.m., and support the Free High School of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, which is Newton’s Sister City. The lunch is free and donations are welcome! The lunch will be held in the Great Hall at the …

Read moreFundraising lunch to be held March 8; all welcome!

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 …

Read moreHelpers of all ages provide meals and hope

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 …

Read moreCan you help? Turkey, mashed potatoes are on the menu

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