474 Centre Street
​Newton, MA 02458

a  Newton address
​a city church

Welcome to all our neighbors! Watertown, Newtonville,
​Oak Square, Newton Corner, W. Newton, Nonantum, Brighton and ​Newton Centre!

We regret that we have closed the building to public meetings and events for the foreseeable future.
​Please look here for all developments and for spiritual support. 

During this time of self-isolation we will be recording worship and posting it on Sundays on our homepage,
​and will archive it on our Song, Word, and Prayer page thereafter.

(Takeout) Food for Thought

According to a Boston Globe article (1/14/2021), one of the best things we can do now is support our local restaurants by buying take-out. Most restaurants are hanging on by a thread and need your help to make it until summer. Be a part of Project Takeout if you possibly can! And if you feel so inclined, check out a vegetarian option while you're at it! This is a great way to open your mind to new cuisines and flavors and give you ideas for your own cooking at home.

Stay tuned for more food-related thought in this space.

-Your Environmental Advocates at Eliot Church

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Song, Word and Prayer
January 17, 2021
​
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday

PDF of Bulletin

From last Sunday's sermon...

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.  Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”  M.L. King, Jr, 1963

The Environment
​and the Church

Ways to Reduce Climate Change
by Ginny Robinson, for Eliot’s MSJ Commission
Hot tips on reducing meat consumption

You may have hot tips to share with all of us on reducing meat and dairy. How do we get that plant protein into our families? 
Click here to read more.

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To hear Rev. Rick's interviews with a number of  experts in the field of climate change, visit the webpage where these interviews are archived.

One-Minute-Minister

A few words from Rev. Rick

Music at Eliot

Monique Weiss Byrnes
​Director of Music Ministry

Singing beautiful sacred gems from 300 years of choral repertory from Monteverdi to Eric Whitacre.

Music previously played
​during worship

Photo credit: Jon Tyson, from Unsplash

How to be an anti-racist church?
Educate ourselves.
          Reading: Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson.
Documentaries: True Justice (HBO), about Bryan Stevenson.
Seek out personal relationships.
Form partnerships.
          Collaborate with Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries.
Advocate for BLM legislation—state and Federal.  Mass.  H4794--An Act to improve police officer standards and accountability and to improve training.
Donate to activist organizations.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Interview

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Growing Faith,
​and Living Love