All are invited to a healing service on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC (NHCC). The tradition of healing services at NHCC dates back to the 1980s. The church will also offer a Good Friday service on April 18 and a sunrise service and 10:00 a.m. worship on …
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him! Psalm 68:4 Do you love to sing–or think you might with encouragement? Try your hand at singing choral music! If you want to try out the Newton Highlands Congregational …
Read moreSeeking singers! NHCC Community Choir will lift voices this spring
On Sunday, March 16, 2025, the Reverend Ken Baily recalled the uncertainty and need for rapid change that accompanied the beginning of the Covid pandemic in March 2020. The service included a litany, standing, with memory and prayer. Remembers the Reverend Baily, “March of 2020 brought great changes to our parish, as well as our …
Read moreNHCC worship service recognizes 5-year anniversary of Covid impact
More than 60 worshipers gathered on March 5, 2025, at Eliot Church, UCC, for a Newton-wide Ash Wednesday service. The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily of Newton Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) was one of the worship leaders. About NHCC members attended, and several sang with the choir.
On Sunday, March 9, 2025, Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) parishioners gathered in the Great Hall for a fundraising lunch sponsored by the Mission Committee. Volunteers served Nicarguan style dishes, and church member Jean Christoffersen and her husband Lou Fiore spoke about their work in San Juan del Sur. In addition, visitors from the Union …
Read moreMission Committee supports Free High School of San Juan del Sur with fundraising lunch
The young people of Newton Highlands Congregational Church led worship on Sunday, March 9, 2025, under the guidance of church school teacher Megan Dillon and Director of Christian Education Wendy Donnell. Participants from toddlers to teens contributed to the service. Over several months, children and youth had spent time during church school selecting a Biblical …
Read moreChildren and youth discuss parables on Children’s Sunday
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates, 5th century BCE Dear Friends in Christ, With apologies to Eugene O’Neill, this month we begin Lent, which is a Long Day’s Journey into Light. A few days are particularly important for this …
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 What is stewardship? Stewardship season is the time when Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) establishes its budget for the next fiscal year. Help us continue to be a gathering place that provides opportunities …
Come join us on March 9 to hear what our children and youth have learned in church school! They will share their personal experiences of Jesus in all aspects of their lives. Children will teach us how to live out the values of Jesus by serving others willingly, loving others selflessly, and praying often.
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37 The Reverend Dr. Ken Baily spoke about decency, shame, and forgiveness in his meditation on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, UCC. He quoted from Margaret Chase Smith’s …