It all comes together at Annual Meeting on June 2, 2024

Judah Coffman managed printing, Marian Reynolds brought drinks, Diane Basemera served coffee, Lynn Shields sliced pizza, Rich Bryden managed technology, Yevgenia Semeina played piano. As happened in Stone Soup, Newton Highlands Congregational Church members and staffers put together the ingredients for a fact-filled Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 2, 2024. The event included a service …

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Mission Committee plans end-of-church-year donations

Members of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church Mission Committee met several times in June 2024 to decide which nonprofits to support with their remaining $8,000 budget. According to chair Kitty Rieske, they wanted to strike a balance between local organizations and international ones and to touch on the goals expressed in their mission statement (Feed …

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June brings beauty in all forms, from mission work to community building!

We have fun and meaningful plans this month. As a community we will make sandwiches for the hungry twice this month, attend worship at Parish of St. Paul, collect cans of tuna fish, hand out new Bibles, honor the men we love, and enjoy summer treats and fun games! Come celebrate your faith, hope, and …

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Join the Mission and Christian Education Committees for a fishing expedition!

And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Matthew 4:18-20  This sounds …

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Guest preacher celebrates Pentecost at NHCC

We live in a world of continuous possibility. God continually invites us to go on through the veil of this world to the light. The Reverend Dr. Richard Chrisman The Reverend Dr. Richard Chrisman led the Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) worship service on Sunday, May 19, 2024. The Reverend Chrisman served as the long-term …

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Women will be honored on Sunday, May 12

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Psalm 46:5 The Christian Education Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church invites you to a special fellowship time on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Come for treats and conversation to celebrate the women who should be worshipped and adored every day. …

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Lighting improvements underway

As part of continuing efforts to make Newton Highlands Congregational Church even more welcoming, in spring 2024 Misha Hill, chair of the Buildings & Grounds Committee, is overseeing repairs and upgrades to the lighting in the church sanctuary, narthex, and hallway. Some of the project’s goals are as follows: Mr. Hill supervised electrical repairs in …

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