Good Jesus, long ago you said, each time you gather to be fed, I’ll make you brave by sharing bread and resurrect you from the dead. We trust your promise to be near, at every Feast of love appear to eat and drink away our fear, and give us grace to persevere. The Reverend Dr. …
This summer our deacons have been active with follow-up to our Annual Meeting, preparation for an interim Music Director search and, of course, organizing worship—including a special service on Sunday, August 7. Buildings & Grounds, which shares oversight of a church administrator with the pastor, is organizing a new job description. The Mission Committee has a new chair, Kitty Rieske. …
This Sunday, August 7, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., join neighbors from Newton and beyond as UCC clergy and churches gather for communion in our sanctuary. Pastors Wayne Earl from Second Church; Cheryl Kerr from United Parish, Auburndale; Wendy Vander Hart from Union Church, Waban; and our own Ken Baily have organized a special August Lord’s Supper. But there’s more: The …
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Additional plans for continuing the celebration of NHCC’s 150th anniversary in the fall of 2022 are taking shape. The activities will be designed to honor the church’s history and engage members in considering its future.
NHCC’s $1,000 donation in June 2022 to UCC Disaster Ministries was acknowledged with a note from the United Church of Christ. The donation was made through the Mission Committee, and the money will be used for disaster relief in Ukraine.
Members Bill Cordts and Erica Hodes led the first two worship services of the summer 2022 season. Ms. Hodes spoke on Sunday, July 10, about the juxtaposition of rage and hope, encouraging listeners to turn hope from a feeling into an action that will serve others and bring about change.
On Sunday, August 7, 2022, almost all the UCC pastors in Newton will gather for worship and communion together here at NHCC. Pastors, deacons, members, and friends of Second Church, Union Church, Waban, and United Parish Auburndale will unite in Christian worship and thanksgiving. Childcare will be provided. But there’s more: The Rev. Dr. Mary …
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Volunteering allows you to connect with amazing people–families whose hard work and determination help them to move forward with success. Lynn Scheller Family Promise Metrowest, one of the area organizations supported by NHCC through our Mission Committee, needs teen and adult volunteers to perform tasks and support residents in their office and shelter. NHCC is …
Colleagues at SEMILLA Latin American Anabaptist Seminary in Guatemala City sent a warm note of gratitude for a $500 donation from NHCC’s Clergy Excellence fund made in March 2022. This fund supports working clergy. The seminary “provides biblical, theological and leadership training to over 700 adult students annually throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.” Semilla …
Dear Friends in Christ, Thank you for making it together from last July through this June. Thank you for navigating faith, mission, Covid, uncertainty, surprises, joys, songs, new life, loss, grief, little “miracle meals” that are hard to open for communion, and climate change that affects our utility use and our utility bills. Why July …