All are invited to Holy Week events
Holy Week 2026 at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, will include a tenebrae service on Friday, April 3, and a neighborhood egg hunt on Easter Sunday. All are welcome!
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Second Sunday in Lent features healing circles, curious confirmands, and patient parents
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17 March …
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Group convenes for Lenten book discussion
A small group of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, members and friends convened on Zoom on Sunday, February 22, 2026, to talk about For Such a Time as This: An Emergency Devotional. This was the first session in a four-week Lenten book study being led by the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily.
Lenten schedule includes healing worship
The schedule for the six weeks of Lent at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, in February and March 2026 includes a service of healing, confirmation classes, and an evening book study group on Zoom. All are welcome!
The Reverend Dr. Patty Kogut’s retirement celebration will take place on March 8
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. Ecclesiastes 3:1 The Reverend Dr. Patty Kogut, former associate pastor of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), is retiring, and her ministry will be celebrated on Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m., at Second Congregational Church, UCC, 50 Park Street, …
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All invited to Second Church for Ash Wednesday service
All are invited to Second Church, UCC, 60 Highland Street, West Newton, for a brief city-wide Ash Wednesday worship service on February 18 at 7:00 p.m. Join us for this important start to our Lenten season.
Sunday includes strengthened ties and sandwich making
Shout it aloud, do not hold back.Raise your voice like a trumpet.Declare to my people their rebellionand to the descendants of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 58:1 In his meditation at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, February 8, 2026, the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily recommended that congregants identify evil for themselves and work together to …
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Third annual Soul Food Dinner raises spirits
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 About 25 people turned out on Friday, February 8, 2026, for Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC’s third annual Soul Food Dinner. Church members and friends enjoyed an evening of conversation and engagement. Guest speaker David Stamps made brief …
Birthday video tops 14,000 views
A recent short video from Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell’s birthday has garnered 14,500 views on the YouTube channel run by Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. This is ten times more views than achieved by typical shorts on the channel. This accomplishment makes Ms. Donnell the church’s reigning YouTube star. Other top video subjects …
Keep the Creation: February 8 Fix-It Clinic at library
Do you have a broken item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance? Fix-It Clinics empower folks to fix for themselves and are no-cost! All are welcome to a Fix-It Clinic on Sunday, February 8, 1:15 to 4:00 p.m., at Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton, MA). Bring in a broken household item, and …
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