The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you. Paul, in Phil. 4:9 Dear Friends in Christ, None of us have seen Paul, exactly. It is rare to see Jesus, generally. But we have learned and heard about them, and …
Join us on Sundays in December 2025, the season of Advent, for worship; an in-worship pageant and Advent Market on Sunday, December 7; and a service of lessons and carols at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 14. Enjoy incredible organ music, special children’s messages, and a chance to reflect and share fellowship. All are welcome!
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 Children and adults from Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), shopped and cooked over several weeks in November 2025 …
Saints follow God. They are almost always running against the wind, and they have a high likelihood of long-term success. The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily During the weekly worship service at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on All Saints Day — November 2, 2025 — the Reverend Dr. Ken Baily celebrated saints and spoke about …
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive. Luke 20:38 In his message on Sunday, November 9, 2025, the Reverend Ken Baily of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, described a decision by the Board of Deacons to purchase extra gift cards for groceries given the …
For its annual Thanksgiving effort, the Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC), plans to provide turkey and mashed potatoes to Allston-Brighton Food Pantry in Brighton. Volunteer chefs are needed to cook at home and bring food to the NHCC kitchen on Sunday, November 23. The Allston Brighton Food Pantry is a strategic …
Read moreCan you help? Turkey, mashed potatoes are on the menu
A group of eighth graders and up convened with parents/guardians, several Deacons, and the Reverend Ken Baily on Sunday, November 9, 2025, to kick off the confirmation process. The group will study, serve, and celebrate from now until spring.
Members and friends of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, are being challenged by the Mission Committee to assemble and bring 20 Thanksgiving meal kits for Allston-Brighton Food Pantry during November 2025. Kit components are as follows: Please bring your assembled kit to the church parlor by Sunday, November 23. Thank you!
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Romans 15:2 The Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, wrapped up its fourth annual drive for Welcome Home, a home goods pantry in West Newton, with a delivery of linens and a check for $492 on November 5, 2025. …
Read moreLinens delivered to Welcome Home as blanket-and-towel drive wraps up
A landscape master plan will serve as an overarching framework in pictures and words for the design and implementation of projects over time. Karen Sebastian and David Nauss About 20 people (including one on Zoom) gathered in the downstairs meeting room of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, to hear ideas …
Read moreImaginations wander at Community Connection feedback session