Members and friends resumed in-person fellowship after the worship service on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in the church parlor. Given loosened Covid-19 restrictions, in-person fellowship will continue for the spring. Please reconnect with us, with masks, on Sundays.
First Sunday of Lent Prelude Prelude in D major Sergey Rachmaninov Welcome, Welcome Back Call to Worship *Opening Hymn No. 87 The Glory of These Forty Days *Prayer of Invocation and Hope One voice: Listen to the faith of the psalmist in Psalm 91: “You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who …
Worshippers gathered on Sunday, February 27, 2022, for prayer and reflection. The service included several musical selections, including two portions of Partita #6 by Johann Sebastian Bach; the anthem “I am Bound for the Kingdom,” sung by the senior choir; “A Song of Peace: A Patriotic Song,” which is a poem written by Lloyd Stone …
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A small group of worshippers gathered outside the main doors of Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, for an Ash Wednesday service that marked the beginning of the Lenten season, the 40 days leading to Easter Sunday. Led by the Reverend Ken Baily, the service included the burning of palms from last …
Lent opens with stories of testing and trusting. In parched wilderness and in lush gardens, temptation comes. Sin or faithfulness follows, not because of the testing itself, but because of what gets chosen in response. Trust God’s steadfast love. Rely on grace that ministers to our needs. Join us on Sundays and live out traditions whose truth we have experienced. Thank …
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Paul, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Dear Friends in Christ, There was a lot going on in Corinth when Paul wrote those words to a church almost exactly the size of ours in a …