In this world, it rains on the Just and the Unjust, but the Unjust have the Justs’ umbrellas. Button in the office of the Reverend Ken Baily Children and youth were welcomed back to Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Sunday, September 15, 2024, after a summer hiatus. They did some getting-acquainted activities, made sandwiches for …
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The Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) Worship & Spiritual Life Committee (deacons) and the Reverend Ken Baily led innovative Wednesday evening worship services on August 14, 21, and 28, 2024. These special services replaced Sunday morning services for three weeks. Blessed with pleasant weather, about 20 worshippers gathered each week on the Lincoln Street Lawn …
Good and bad, I define these terms,Quite clear, no doubt, somehow;Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now. Bob Dylan Dear Friends in Christ, The Byrds may have made this lyric more famous than Dylan, and all six stanzas are worth attention, but it’s that final line that can/should call out …
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, …
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“Invisible strings tie all of our lives together.” So began LilyGrace York, a friend of Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) and summer lay leader, as she spoke on Sunday, July 28, 2024, sharing her inspiring story of adoption and healing. Ms. York talked about growing up with Christian values, yet feeling lost when she reached …
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the …
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Looking for faithful friendship? Newton Highlands Congregational Church offers Wednesday Worship– a light meal, conversation, and a time of prayer and devotion, 6:00-7:00 p.m. on three Wednesdays: August 14, 21, and 28, 2024. All are welcome–including children of all ages–to an informal worship service on the church lawn at 54 Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands. …
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If you notice our bulletin board, you’ll see a group of current “thank you” letters from our mission partners. These are thanks to you and your support of the parish. We set our outgoing gifts based on our pledges, so thanks for those pledges, too. Just now we have thanks from a hospital in Haiti …
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. Mark 6:34 The Reverend Linda Hartley preached at Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Sunday, July 21, 2024, about the fact that God is all around us. She spoke …
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my poweris made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in …
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