April 2023 During Lent, we considered God’s abundant love and steadfast assurance, and how these shape our lives. As we enter Holy Week and encounter the events of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and final days on earth, we call out for God’s abundant mercy and give thanks for God’s faithfulness in our lives. Here is …
The Christian Education team’s spare change fundraiser raised $130 that will be sent to the United Church of Christ’s disaster relief fund to help the thousands of people dealing with the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. Thank you to all who donated!
Multitalented Newton Highlands Congregational Church member Dr. Anna McMahan, who serves on the Christian Education Committee, has been elected to the board of trustees for the Morse Institute Library in a contested town-wide race in Natick covered in Metrowest Daily News. She was sworn in to her new position on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. “Congratulations …
Nate Walker, a Newton North High School junior and photography student with the only remaining film-development studio in Newton, came to Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Sunday, March 19, 2023, to take head shots of church staff members, several of whom are new. Mr. Walker set up a light and tripod in the sanctuary and …
Church is a place where I meet people who care for others. Marianne Talis Congregants gathered for a second week of discussion about Wrestling With God: Finding Hope and Meaning in our Daily Struggle to Be Human, a book by Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and author. The discussion, on March 19, 2023, was led by …
Members, friends, and neighbors of Newton Highlands Congregational Church gathered on Sunday, March 19, 2023, to preview the refreshed church parsonage at 39 Forest Street in Newton Highlands before it went on the market. The preview open house was organized by realtor Diane Basemera, who worked diligently to ensure a strong turnout. Guests enjoyed sandwiches …
Celebrate or remember loved ones with beautiful Easter flowers that will decorate the chancel at Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Choose lily plants, tulip plants, or a combination. Purchasers may write a dedication when they order flowers; the dedications will be printed in the Easter bulletin. Flowers may be taken home …
The Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, parsonage — at 39 Forest Street — has a storied past, and is destined to have a wonderful future, integrated in a community with history and activity. From the Civil War to the civic needs of Newton Highlands, Dr. Charles Henry Newhall — the builder of this property — …
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The Mission Committee successfully wrapped up its latest donation drive on March 19, 2023, after collecting more than 100 pairs of socks for Community Day Center of Waltham. Thank you to all organizers and donors!
In response to the recent shootings in Monterey Park, Baton Rouge, and Half Moon Bay, the Reverend Domenik Ackermann invites all to a Prayer for Peace in the Eliot Church sanctuary (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner, on Wednesday, March 29, from 4:30-5:00 p.m.