Loose ends tied up, plans made, at Annual Meeting

Members and friends of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, convened in the church hall on Sunday, June 8, 2025, to enjoy pizza and salad, hear committee reports, approve the budget for FY26, and vote on a new slate of officers and committee members. Copies of the complete annual report are available in the church office. …

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Services move to 9:30 a.m. for summer 2025

According to Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) custom, worship moves to 9:30 a.m. in July, and non-Communion summer services are typically planned and led by non-clergy members.  The 2025 summer schedule is as follows: Worship at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 9:30 a.m. Evening worship at 6:00 p.m. Worship at 10:00 a.m. Summer hours for the church …

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Woman (Karen Sebastian) gesturing to group on church front lawn

Kickoff for landscape master planning elicits interest and ideas

Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, congregants gathered after worship on Sunday, June 1, 2025, to help launch Community Connection, a landscape master planning process with landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss. About 20 church members and friends got an overview of a process that will include several group brainstorming …

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Ken Baily joins Prayers for Liberty march on May 30

In other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another’s faith, yours and mine. Romans 1:12 The Reverend Ken Baily participated with other clergy in a march from Lexington Green to the Boston Common to protest the immigration policies of the current administration. He was signatory number 271 …

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All invited to Newton’s Juneteenth celebration; volunteers needed

The Newton Juneteenth Celebration returns to the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St, Newton, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.! Volunteer to help with planning and staffing. On behalf of Families Organizing for Justice (FORJ), the Newton Juneteenth Steering Committee invites you to attend our free, fun, family-friendly celebration of …

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