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
I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise! Psalm 138:1 Welcome! As Jesus’ followers, we open ourselves to God’s presence within us. Come and be present for church school! We are planning the December 7 Christmas pageant and hope that all children and youth will sign …
Read moreCE: November brings food and pie making for the tables of others
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 Given the partial stoppage of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the government shutdown in the U.S. and terrible damage in Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Mission Committee of Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, …
Read moreMission Committee meets the moment with speedy donations
For several Sundays in October Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC, distributed a short survey to ask about priorities, values, and simply what people are doing and thinking about NHCC post-Covid, and these days. We have about 30 responses. If you did not get one to fill in, please contact us so we can send it …
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Jesus in Luke Dear Friends in Christ, On Reformation Sunday the first words of my meditation were “Are you laughing enough lately?” Heads shook “no.” But the lectionary texts for All Saints Day are filled with gladness, rejoicing, and God “taking pleasure in his people.” …