Diapers-Not-Included Drive takes place in December

Please bring a package of diapers to church this month to help an area family. Since babies don’t come with diapers, the Christian Education Committee and Mission Committee are collecting diapers and baby wipes for Newton Food Pantry in December 2023. The most-requested diaper size is 6, followed by 3, 4, and 5. Thank you for …

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Join the fun, shop for good at Advent Market on December 3

Kick off the Christmas season with a visit to the Mission Committee’s annual Advent Market on Sunday, December 3, 2023, after worship at Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC). The Great Hall will be the scene of a Christmas-themed fair that explains and raises money for many of the nonprofits that NHCC supports, including Family Promise Metrowest, Newton …

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Pie makers crown Thanksgiving dinners

An industrious crowd of youthful pie makers filled the Newton Highlands Congregational Church kitchen with pumpkin spice on Sunday, November 19, 2023, as they prepared 14 pies to accompany Thanksgiving dinners for Newton Food Pantry. The cooking spree was organized by Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell and the Christian Education Committee. Thank you to …

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Bylaws being reviewed

The Newton Highlands Congregational Church Council authorized a small committee to begin a review of the church bylaws in October 2023. Committee members are the Reverend Ken Baily, Sally Brickell (moderator), Rich Bryden (assistant moderator and assistant treasurer), Carol Jensen (former Worship & Spiritual Life Committee member and former moderator), Yumiko Matsuoko (Worship & Spiritual …

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Morning Worship – 19 November 2023

Now Thank We All Our God Prelude “Thanksgiving” (H. Sandiford Turner) Congregational WelcomeChoral Offering “Psalm 105” (Dominick DiOrio)Call to Worship *Opening Hymn #559 We Gather Together *Prayer of Invocation and GratitudeBlessing God, send your Holy Spirit to be with us now, as we gather together to revive the ways of our lives. You shower us with …

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Morning Worship – 12 November 2023

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after PentecostVeteran’s Day Organ Prelude “Allegro” (T. Albinoni) Congregational WelcomeChoral Introit “Enter His Gates” (Lloyd Larson)Call to Worship *Gathering Hymn #138 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! *Prayer of Invocation and PetitionOne Voice: Psalm 78 begins this way, as God says– “Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to …

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Worship & Spiritual Life tries to smooth coffee situation

The needs of caffeine-dependent worshippers are front and center as Joy Huber of the Worship & Spiritual Life Committee has taken on the task of purchasing a new coffeemaker for after-worship fellowship in November 2023. Coffee drinkers and fellowship volunteers have grown frustrated as the old machine has ground to a halt, and Ms. Huber …

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