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Mayor’s Community Breakfast set for May 25

All are invited to attend the 48th annual Theodore D. Mann Newton Mayor’s Community Breakfast on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 7:30 a.m. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Mount Ida Campus, in the Shaw Hall Courtyard. Purchase tickets. The Reverend Ken Baily serves on the planning committee on behalf of the Newton Interfaith Clergy …

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Mayor Fuller, Ken Baily, Rep. Ruth Balser, Rabbi Berry, another rabbi

Ken Baily’s 20 years at NHCC celebrated with service, reception

Members and friends gathered on Sunday, May 1, 2022, to express their gratitude for the Reverend Ken Baily’s 20 years of ministry at Newton Highlands Congregational Church. The Reverend Paul Shupe led the service, and the Reverend June Cooper assisted with communion. The service included a special litany written for the occasion, music from the …

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April 24 service features Mozart solo

The Sunday, April 24, 2022, service featured a vocal solo by soprano Amanda Ketchpaw Palés. She sang Allelulia from Exsultate, jubilate, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The Reverend Ken Baily preached that belief is a process, and that coming to believe is a journey. Christian believers have not missed out, he stated; Easter is …

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Support NHCC with ease: Use your smartphone to make offering or pledge payments

Freely you have received; freely give. Matthew 10:8 Your support matters to our church! Update your giving method to allow touch-free offering and easy pledge payments. NHCC pays Vanco a fee to permit electronic giving. With the Vanco Mobile app, supporting NHCC takes only a moment. Download the free app from the Apple or Android …

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NHCC’s YouTube channel updated

NHCC Worship, the Newton Highlands Congregational Church YouTube channel, has been enhanced with a new banner photo (taken by member Bill Lowery) and a playlist entitled “Musical Selections” where viewers can enjoy some of the music offered by the senior choir, soloists, and musicians. A chalice watermark has been added; it appears in the bottom …

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Healing service held on April 3

Worshippers on Sunday, April 3, 2022, participated in a healing service, a tradition started at Newton Highlands Congregational Church during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. The Reverend Ken Baily spoke about Christianity’s core call to repair the broken, heal the sick, and restore the life urge. The senior choir sang “Write Your Blessed Name,” …

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Join us in person during Holy Week 2022

Good Friday Tenebrae, April 15, 7:30 p.m. Holy Week begins on Palm/Passion Sunday, and its climax involves the stories of the day of crucifixion. Twelve readers extinguish twelve candles, interspersed with Taizé chant, in a well-spaced gathering in the Great Hall. Our Senior Choir leads our music, back together for the first time in three …

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