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Newton Highlands Congregational Church wrapped up 2022-23 with a congregational meeting in the Great Hall on June 4, 2023. The meeting began shortly after the worship service with a pizza-based potluck lunch. Committee chairs; key volunteers; and Ken Baily, senior pastor; Wendy Donnell, director of Christian education; and Jan Zimmerman, music director, provided summaries of …

Read moreAnnual Meeting 2023 includes heavenly beings, looks at the past and future, and pizza

Happy Pride June greeting Pride goeth before destruction. Proverbs 16: 18 Dear Friends, What’s a Christian to do? Along with greed, gluttony, and boasting, pride has been called a sin for millennia. Although Aristotle thought it was a virtue. And anyone who loves James Brown knows the chant, “Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m …

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Attendees were greeted with green and gold balloons and green mints on Pledge Sunday (May 21, 2023), at Newton Highlands Congregational Church. Stewardship Committee member Randy Ellis shared reasons for providing financial and volunteer support to the church. Clerk Susan Gilbert read the warrant for the Annual Meeting to be held on June 4, 2023. …

Read morePledge Sunday invites financial support for church

The Reverend Ken Baily ably represented Newton Interfaith Clergy Association with tuneful remarks and a prayer for a new tune at the Harmony Foundation’s 49th Annual Honorable Theodore D. Mann Memorial Newton Mayor’s Community Breakfast on May 24, 2023. The several hundred attendees demonstrated their appreciation for the Reverend Baily’s remarks with loud applause.

Susanna Boberg, who is finishing her clarinet studies at New England Conservatory as she graduates from high school, will be performing a Senior Recital on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 4:30 p.m., to benefit Newton Food Pantry. The concert will be held at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA. The concert will …

Read moreHigh school senior Susanna Boberg to hold recital on June 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Newton Interfaith Coalition for Housing Equity (NICHE) invites the community to its annual Spring Celebration on Tuesday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m., at Union Church in Waban (14 Collins Road, Newton). The event is free of charge, but donations are appreciated. NICHE advocates for affordable housing in Newton, and anyone interested in learning more is welcome …

Read moreAll invited to NICHE Spring Celebration on Tuesday, May 23, 6:30 p.m.

We Christians are a people of God’s Word. One author says we live by “an alphabet of Grace.” Stewardship season is the time when Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) establishes its budget for the next fiscal year. Help us remain visible, viable, and valuable with your pledge on Sunday, May 21, 2023! Visible Jesus says, …

Read moreStewardship 2023: Visible, Viable, and Valuable

Learn steps you can take to reduce your use of fossil fuels with a goal of being “carbon neutral” by 2050. Ms. Sarah Mausner, a volunteer with the 4 Our Future Campaign in Newton, will staff an information table during fellowship time on Sunday, May 21, 2023. On Sunday June 4, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (after …

Read moreLearn about sustainability on May 21, June 4

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but do not be alarmed…the end is yet to come. Matthew 24:6 Dear Friends in Christ, What a world. What a year. But to cite two popular phrases, it gets better, and, the best is yet to come. Or so says Christianity. A part of our …

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Realtor Diane Basemera hosted two open houses the weekend of April 28-29, 2023, at the parsonage at 39 Forest Street, as the marketing and sales effort continues. Ms. Basemera warmed up the open houses with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies; the dough was made by moderator Sally Brickell.