“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 Members and friends of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, are being challenged by the Mission Committee to assemble 22 Thanksgiving meal kits for Allston Brighton Food Pantry this month. Kit components are as follows: Please bring your assembled kits to …
Read moreAssemble a meal kit, feed a family: 22 kits by November 22!
Save the date for a Community Connection session on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., as landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss return to Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, with sketches for the church’s landscape master plan. The consultants are using ideas gathered from church members, a new …
Read moreAll invited to Community Connection session on October 19, 6:00 p.m.
In observance of All Saints Day, pianists Enoch Hsiao and Christy Liao presented a concert at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The proceeds from a voluntary offering will be sent to Konbit Sante, a free hospital in northern Haiti, to help pay community health workers. For their encore, the pianists …
Read morePianists Enoch Hsiao and Christy Liao offer musical evening
Welcome Home gratefully accepted a batch of sheets and towels collected during Newton Highlands Congregational Church’s fifth annual fall drive, overseen by the Mission Committee, which ran during October 2026. Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell and Senior Pastor Ken Baily helped load the linens into the delivery vehicle, and Vice Moderator Sally Brickell dropped …
“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” Kurt Vonnegut Carolyn and Danny Krebs and Brenda and Mike Scarpati joined Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in a joyful ritual held during the worship service. The congregation pledged to welcome and support them. …
Dogma I might be an atheistwere it notfor all the tall angelsand the pudgy cherubsin the silvery cloudspresiding over all those miracles Billy Collins Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, celebrated the confirmation of nine new members on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The youth have been meeting with the Reverend Ken Baily since November 2025 for …
Read moreNine youth confirm their baptism at October 25 service
‘”For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’” Jeremiah 29:11 Following the latest Community Connection working session on October 19, 2026, landscape architect Karen Sebastian and design builder and restoration contractor David Nauss provided …
Read moreCommunity Connection: Annotated sketches illustrate landscape master plan
The City of Newton will hold a second community meeting for the Newton Highlands Village Enhancement Phase 1 Project on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Brigham House, 20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands. Building on the discussion and feedback received at our first community meeting, this meeting will provide an opportunity to …
Read moreNovember 12, 6:00 p.m.: Public meeting about updates near Lincoln Street
“God calls us and saves us with holiness according to divine purpose and grace.” John Calvin from 2 Timothy 1 Dear Friends in Christ, Well, that’s a mouthful. It is called the “theology of election.” It’s deep in our Protestant origins. That is, election is very, very important to our identity. Much more so than elections. So …
“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 When we care for others and forgive others even when they upset us, we are following Jesus’ loving example. This month we’ll talk about relationships with God, with friends and …
Read moreChristian Education: What do Christian relationships look like?
Join members of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, and twelve other faith communities to observe the 2026 Transgender Day of Remembrance at “Remember, Resist, and Rise,” a service at First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington Street, Newton, on Thursday, November 19, 7:30-9:00 p.m. This moving interfaith service, will honor the lives of trans …
Read moreTransgender interfaith service set for November 19, 7:30 p.m.