Enjoy music in sanctuary on Sundays during Advent

All are invited to a socially distant visit to the sanctuary, with seasonal organ music, on the four Sundays during Advent (November 29, December 6, December 13, December 20). The schedule will be as follows: 10:00 a.m.: Worship service on Zoom 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Music in sanctuary 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon: Prayer …

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A Gathering in Prayer and Hope to be held on November 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.

Residents and friends of Newton are invited to join Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the Newton Interfaith Clergy Association on Zoom on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.. for A Gathering in Prayer and Hope, a covenant for all the City. We will have post-election prayers of unity from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. A recording …

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A message from the pastor

“All theology spins from the power we have to think beyond ourselves.”                         — Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki “Truly, I say to you, as you (cared for) the least of these… you did it to me.”                         — Jesus, Matthew 25 Friends in Christ,             Many of you know that I attended Quaker schools from 5th …

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NHCC sanctuary will be open on Election Day

The Newton Highlands Congregational Church sanctuary will be open for quiet prayer and meditation on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pastor Kenneth Baily will be in the sanctuary from 10:00-10:30 a.m. and available at other times. “Our Congregational ancestors came to this land with civic dreams, as well as religious …

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Volunteers provide food bags for Newton children

With support from the Mission Committee, volunteers Randy Ellis, Anita Fisher, Joy Huber, and Lynn Scheller bought food, notepads, and pencils, and assembled bags of after-school treats for children in Newton–using countertops in the newly renovated church kitchen.  The volunteers enclosed notes in the bags reading “from friends at Newton Highlands Congregational Church” and delivered …

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