Please bring a package of diapers to church this month to help a local family. The Christian Education Committee and Mission Committee are sponsoring a December Diaper Drive under the auspices of Newton Food Pantry. Requested sizes are 3, 4, and 5. Thank you!
With contributions of food, funds, and volunteer time, members and friends provided meals and gift cards to 10-12 local families on Monday, November 22, 2021. Children and youth helped out by making cards and cooking cranberry sauce. This team effort was sponsored by the Mission Committee at the request of Newton Food Pantry. Thank you …
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Now Thank We All Our God Prelude Berceuse, Op. 16 by G. Fauré Welcome Call to Worship *Opening Hymn No. 551 Come, Ye Thankful People Come *Prayer of Invocation and Gratitude O God, be with us now as we gather together to share the blessings and joys of our lives. For you shower us with …
NHCC’s traditional donation tree will be placed in the parlor on Sunday, November 21, 2021. Please bring warm hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and even socks to donate and decorate the tree. All offerings will be collected by December 15 for distribution to a local organization–either City Mission Society or the Council for Children and Families. Thank you!
The Worship & Spiritual Life Committee and the Reverend Ken Baily have announced plans for Advent and December 2021. All are invited! Eighty percent of people who come to a church for the first time are invited; please ask a friend to join you or offer a ride. Sunday, November 28 (Hope), 10:00 a.m.: First …
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Worship participants on Sunday, November 14, 2021, were treated to a sermon and discussion by the Reverend Alex Shea Will and to singing by members of the senior choir, returning after a long absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The sanctuary buzzed with energy.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew …
For the first time since March 8, 2020, NHCC will celebrate the offering of its senior choir, led by Music Director Lynd Matt, on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Please come to welcome them back, and gather with them in prayer. The anthem will be “God Be in My Head” by John Rutter. The choir will …
Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love the way you love, and do what you would do. Edwin Hatch, 1878 NHCC will donate $8,000 in mission funds from the last capital campaign to Konbit Sante, the largest hospital in northern Haiti. The funds will be used for …
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Over a decade ago NHCC invited Alex Shea Will to help lead a new worship service: Song, Word and Feast. He did. He played guitar, sang and prayed with us. Folks loved him. The Reverend Will is coming back on Sunday, November 14, 2021, to visit as a preacher because after a vocation that included …