Weekly Update
Highland, to those who would be interested in expressing condolences or sending flowers, here’s details. An offering of our love and support would mean a great deal to his family at this time.
Adams Funeral Home on Stephenson Ave
This Coming Saturday Nov.9th at 2pm (tomorrow)
Location: Overcoming By Faith Church , 9700 Middleground Rd, Savannah, Ga.
Visitation: Friday, Adams Funeral Services GA. 510 Stephenson, from 4 until 6.🙏
How I thoroughly enjoyed repenting and rejoicing with you over the name and the authority of Jesus last Sunday! The trend holding the Lord’s Supper followed by the Agape Feast has become one my favorites! So thrilled to see how the Lord is shaping, through His presence, our house into a home. Love sharing this journey with you, Highland.
I especially want to thank the Jordan family for providing us such a tasty meal. Seeing them all take over our kitchen as a family to serve the Highland family was actually such a special occasion! To all who served, thank you! The time of fellowship was such an enriching experience for me, for every one!
Toland, you will be missed.
On a note of loss, Toland Michael has passed away. He was a member of our church for roughly 10 years, yet had spent the last several years in Savannah with family. There he was loved till his dying breath. He now knows death swallowed up in victory – in the name of Christ Jesus, His Victor! Our church will certainly lean in, attending to the family’s needs from a distance, given they should call on us.
Mr. Justin Jordan
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).
This Sunday, we will begin a new tradition. In talking with members of our church, the request for the public reading of God’s Word has been rekindled. Starting this Sunday, during our 10am service, Justin Jordan will be facilitating the reading of the Psalms. This Sunday, we will read Psalm 1, the entire Psalm.
Also, we will begin working through the book Jude as a church. We will cover this book of the Bible in just a few short weeks. Please go ahead and begin to read this short but impactful piece of Scripture.
Due to technical issues, last week’s service was not recorded. I am sorry for the inconveience.
kingdom sports
Stephen & Carol Wright will offer us the latest this Sunday.
Furthermore, we will continue with our Shepherding Session agenda. Stephen and Carol Wright will be speaking to us about how the Lord is bringing to life Kingdom Sports! So thrilled to be able to see the Lord at work in our midst! I look forward to everyone having the chance to hear about how the Lord is working in their lives, bringing to life this very vibrant ministry!
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We will hold Child Dedication Sunday, November 24th, during our 10am Service. If you would like to dedicate your child to the Lord, please complete the form below so that we can include you and your child in our service.
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I love you, Highland.
Rob
As we gather this Sunday, we will hold the Lord’s Supper. Let us open our hearts to revere and rejoice over the name of Jesus, who pays for our sin! Where we wrestle with sin, let us refasten our grip upon our Victor – Jesus – who saves sinners! We come to repent and to rejoice.
Billy Holbrook and our team will be facilitating corporate worship. Julie Jordan will share a devotion centered upon Communion. I will be then host us throughout our partaking of Communion.
Following our service, we will hold our Agape Feast. Compelled from our love for the Lord, this meal allows us to impart our love to another. The Jordan family has so generously committed to orchestrating this feast. This means we are all going to eat real good! Jordan Family, thank you for your extreme hospitality in providing this feast.
Looking a little further down the road, we did not complete our Shepherding Session Agenda last Sunday. I will be picking that agenda back up later this month. Also, we will begin working through the book Jude as a church. We will cover this book of the Bible in just a few short weeks. Please go ahead and begin to read this short but impactful piece of Scripture.
“Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor” (1st Peter 2:13-17).
Our nation is a human institution. Flawed and marked by her own sins, America is a republic that forges citizens into a democratic society empowered to select its leaders. Highland, this precedent of deciding our own leaders is precious and is to be handled with dignity and respect.
Looking at Peter’s first directive here, those who love the Lord are commanded to adhere to every human institution. How are we to do so? By being good citizens. Knowing that our chief identity is that we are citizens of a holy nation (which Peter addresses earlier in his letter) informs us as to how we conduct ourselves, as men and women who are holy.
The outwork of holiness then leads us to engaging proper responsibilities that good citizens are to maintain. When there is an election, that means we are to vote! Perhaps, therein lies our issue. Considering our current candidates and our current political-theater, how do we make a wise choice?
Let’s realize that we are voting, adhering to the voting process for the Lord’s sake, not for the sake of any political candidate. Now, realizing that we have people who are on the ballot and will certainly occupy the elected office for which we’re voting, we must do our best to become an informed voter.
First, Peter tells us that by being members of the “holy nation” established in the name of King Jesus, that, through our holy conduct, we exercise our duty as citizens. Here’s what’s special about America – that our goodwill as citizens includes our right to vote for our own leaders; thereby “silencing the ignorance of foolish people.”
In this day and age, the saturation of information is excessive, so it’s hard to know exactly which source from which to gain information. Furthermore, due to sinful and power-hungry agendas, news sources are often pushing their own political views, which means the balanced and unbiased source of information is not able to be located.
Highland, I ask all of us to look beyond and beneath the candidates before us. I ask us to step away from social media platforms and news sources. Let’s do our part and vote, allowing the Holy Spirit to direct our hearts, navigated by His Word.
Peter tells us exactly how to navigate the current political theater we’re facing, including how to form an opinion according to the holy nature of our Lord. He says, as those who know freedom in Christ, let us not entangle nor enslave ourselves to human-institutions, like the news-institutions or political institutions. Rather, as participants in human affairs, serve the Lord, who is the maker of heaven and earth.
Peter then tells us exactly what’s taking place in our political arena. Peter instructs us not to use our freedom in Christ as a cover up for evil – meaning that we should not live a double life; that we are to avoid twisting truths. The abuse of the American freedoms we are afforded are so warped through the evil-one manifesting within those who do not know the Lord, Highland. They will put Christian words in their rhetoric. They will use Bible verses to persuade people to vote for them.
The challenge for us is to be able to hold to Biblical truths, not simply be duped by someone advertising Christian views. So, with all of this political mayhem, how do Believers maintain a Biblical Framework housing Biblical Truths within our hearts so we can enter the voting booth with a clear conscience and vote? Peter tells us how to do so: “Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.”
Thanks, everyone, who made this happen.
To all who played a role in our Fall Sunday School Sessions, thank you! I very much appreciate your willingness to serve one another! As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym). We hold Communion this Sunday during our service. Following our sermon, we will hold our Agape Feast. All are welcome to attend.
Highland Cafe's Door's Open Wide — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am. If you want to help collect socks for those who need them, please let us know. We need some for those who are cold, thanks!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Highland, this Sunday I intend to hold a Shepherding Session. In a Shepherding Session, I tend to matters of the church and offer updates, too. So much has taken place in the life of our church this year! So thrilled to reflect and rejoice with you over all the Lord has done for us. I also look forward to celebrating all that the Lord is affording us the opportunity to do for His great name! See our agenda below:
Moving in – Housekeeping Update
Communion & Agape Feast
Sunday School
Highland Cafe’
Kingdom Sports Basketball League
Next Series – The Book of Jude
David Klaus Preaches Through Advent Season
Christmas Events & Outreach Ministries
Understanding our Roles as Voters in the Election
This Sunday’s our final class this semester.
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: * Final Class — Sunday School Semester runs through October 27th
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Thanks to those in the cafe who purchased my cup!
Highland Cafe's Door's Open Wide — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
Truth Spring Academy and Brookstone Students partnered to make Care Kits for those in need. We offered some through Highland’s Cafe’ – such a blessing! Shoutout to those who made this happen! Cafe’ team, good job serving them to those in need this week!
If you want to help collect socks for those who need them, please let us know. We need some for those who are cold, thanks!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Jude playing this week.
Highland,
This week has been so gorgeous, I have been outside soaking up this refreshing fall weather. Therefore, I have been away from the computer and I am late getting out our Weekly Update.
I hope you have had a great week, as I have! We have been at the ballpark a lot. Jude’s finishing up Fall Ball. Such a nice time of year to enjoy little league baseball and to be with the family.
See Actual Blog Post to Access Handout.
Also, I have the opportunity to ride a good bit! Such a great time for me to be with the Lord, seeking Him personally! Oh, how I rejoice in His greatness! How I celebrate His faithfulness to us, Highland!
As we gather for service tomorrow, know that I look forward to seeing you! During our service, Billy will lead us in corporate worship and I will conclude our Spiritual Warfare Series. I look forward to handing everyone a summation of our series, while I attempt to put a bow on this series for us.
Click the button below to access the handout.
Next Sunday, October 27th, I intend to hold Shepherding Session. In this session, I intend to offer everyone the current status of the church. I also hope to allow you to hear from some of the ministries of the church, too. During this time, we will revisit our Transition Plan. We will refresh our understanding of how to “live” in our new home and how to afford one another social-courtesies we all appreciate.
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School Semester runs through October 27th
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland Cafe's Door's Open Wide — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
Truth Spring Academy and Brookstone Students partnered to make Care Kits for those in need. We offered some through Highland’s Cafe’ – such a blessing! Shoutout to those who made this happen! Cafe’ team, good job serving them to those in need this week!
If you want to help collect socks for those who need them, please let us know. We need some for those who are cold, thanks!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
We celebrated our 20th Anniversary Wednesday.
Highland,
We celebrated 20 years of marriage this week! Our journey has been such an adventure! How the Lord continues to prove faithful! Twenty years ago, I had no idea that Highland would still be around! Wow, how the Lord orchestrates His plans and how His plans have prevailed! Carrie and I rejoice over you, Highland. As He has been so good to me and to Carrie, He continues to be good to us, Highland. Let’s celebrate His faithfulness all of our days! Through it all, He has fashioned His purposes into the life of our marriage and into the life of Highland. So happy to share this journey with you, Highland!
As we are bringing in this Spiritual Warfare Series for a landing, I hope to answer one question this Sunday – As the Church, how do we deal with and respond to spiritual warfare? In addressing this question, I hope to highlight how Scripture directs our hearts in strategically (Biblically) responding to the devil and the demonic forces that often torment us. Join us, as we take a closer look.
3rd-5th Sunday School Class - they asked to a silly pic after our review.
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School Semester runs through October 27th
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland Cafe's Door's Open Wide — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
We appreciate those who’ve helped to stock the cafe’ with bottled water, K-cups & coffee supplies! This is an ongoing way in which you can support Highland in such a small but impactful way! Please consider helping, thanks!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Hope amid hopelessness is found only in Jesus. The church exists to celebrate our eternal hope in Christ, while declaring His Lordship to a hopeless world. Highland, though the hopelessness often seems vast, our hope found in Christ will endure through every hurt and every disappointment. You may notice this sign along 2nd Avenue capturing who we are; declaring hope in Christ to a hopeless world. Highland, I love you. I am grateful to share in what the Lord has done for us – what He continues to do for us! May we continue to be a people marked by an abounding gratitude because we have tasted of the eternal hope found in Christ Jesus! May Highland (may the world) experience this hope!
Taken while I parked my chair in the shoreline.
Our family got the chance to unwind a bit last weekend. We enjoyed some time at the beach together, with Carrie’s family. The storm really moved out of our region on Thursday, revealing sunny conditions in Panama City. To those who led us last Sunday, thank you! I appreciate the opportunity to catch my breath and to make some memories with my family. It would not be possible without you – thank you all for ALL you do!
Every good trip, though, ends with getting home. I am so thrilled to be back with you this Sunday. I look forward to seeing you, as we gather to celebrate the only good news we will ever hear – the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Join us.
As I return this Sunday, we pick back up with our Spiritual Warfare Series. We will now begin to bring this series in for a landing. As I continue to seek the Lord's face for direction as to how to lead us through the landing, I invite you to pray along with me. As plans are being made, we will start with a quick-stop in James this Sunday, then travel to Hebrews together. In so doing, we will address how Satan’s attack always wants to warp our communion with the Lord, our unity with one another in an effort to isolate us. Looking forward to continuing this journey through Scripture with you!
Coffee & Convo Devo!
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School Semester runs through October 27th
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland Cafe — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
We appreciate those who’ve helped to stock the cafe’ with bottled water, K-cups & coffee supplies! This is an ongoing way in which you can support Highland in such a small but impactful way! Please consider helping, thanks!
Abel!
Sundays, after service, our responsibilities will include:
Classroom Responsibilities
Wiping down desks
Cleaning up art-related stains
Placing chairs on top of the desks
Sweeping the floors
Sanctuary
Pick up all trash
Clean up all spills
Stack and store chairs
Dining Facility
Stack chairs
Fold tables
Sweep floors
Thank you!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Jack & Fletcher
Highland,
I hope that everyone has been able to hunker down and stay safe through the storm! Our family has made the best of it. As schools, including Truth Spring , were closed due to inclement weather, our family loaded up on snacks, watched movies and slept in!
It also happens that our family was headed down to the beach. We did not invite Helene! Our plans have certainly been altered by her unexpected visit. As I write to you (it’s Thursday), we have delayed our departure date. Weather allowing, we will still try to sneak away a bit – even if it’s just for a couple of days. The beach is worth it!
Being that is the case, the noble Justin Jordan has so kindly agreed to teach my Sunday School class. The humble and talented Hank Shelbly will lead us in corporate worship. Finally, Robert Singleton, who embodies the very meaning of hopefulness, will take the pulpit. He will be preaching on faithfulness.
With me being away, we will hit the pause button on our Spiritual Warfare Series. As a brief recap to last Sunday’s sermon. James instructs believers to never speak evil to one another – asking believers: “who are we to judge our neighbor” (James 4:11-12)?
In the close of his letter, James directs us on how to conduct ourselves with an enduring patience, while facing various seasons we encounter throughout our days. He then ends his letter with a charge – we are to snatch back those who wander from the truth from the fires of hell, thereby covering a multitude of sin. Instead of grumbling and quarreling over each other’s sin, we are instructed to pursue those deceived by Satan in order to cover their shame with truth and mercy (James 5:7-19).
Now, we do not participate with those wandering in their sinfulness (Galatians 6; Psalm 32:1), yet, intercede for them; treating them as we would want to be treated. Highland, in closing, may our conduct be found to be aligned with James’s instruction. Last Sunday’s sermon can be found on our audio page.
Issac professed Christ as Lord Sunday! He was then baptized! We celebrate newness of life with you, Issac!
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School Semester runs through October 27th
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland Cafe — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
We appreciate those who’ve helped to stock the cafe’ with bottled water, K-cups & coffee supplies! This is an ongoing way in which you can support Highland in such a small but impactful way! Please consider helping, thanks!
Max!
Sundays, after service, our responsibilities will include:
Classroom Responsibilities
Wiping down desks
Cleaning up art-related stains
Placing chairs on top of the desks
Sweeping the floors
Sanctuary
Pick up all trash
Clean up all spills
Stack and store chairs
Dining Facility
Stack chairs
Fold tables
Sweep floors
Thank you!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Billy & Tyrone Tucker - Back in the day, at Banquet on the Bridge.
Highland,
As we continue to work through our Spiritual Warfare Series, we will transition into Hebrews 12 this Sunday – our final passage for this series. I am aiming to be done with this series this Sunday. Let’s see what the Lord has planned for us. I remain open to His plans unfolding.
In a brief recap, James tells us that, if we’re quarreling about who’s right with others, trying to make our Christianity more “shiny”, we could not be more wrong! Satan seizes this kind of discord as an opportunity to misguide believers, destroying our unity.
James goes on to tell us that we are to resist the devil, which means to not afford him an opportunity to devour us. Rather, submitting to God results in us finding our refuge, even our strength, in Him! Let us be a people, Highland, that release our hearts into His holiness! In so doing, we find our delight, no longer striving, but resting, rather, in Him, come what may!
Willie & Rob
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland Cafe — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
We appreciate those who’ve helped to stock the cafe’ with bottled water, K-cups & coffee supplies! This is an ongoing way in which you can support Highland in such a small but impactful way! Please consider helping, thanks!
Since we have Terry Young cleaning, at this point on Sundays after service, our responsibilities will include:
Classroom Responsibilities
Wiping down desks
Cleaning up art-related stains
Placing chairs on top of the desks
Sweeping the floors
Sanctuary
Pick up all trash
Clean up all spills
Stack and store chairs
Dining Facility
Stack chairs
Fold tables
Sweep floors
This will allow him to come in and mop Sunday afternoons. If you have questions, please connect with me or Megan directly. Thank you!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
Girl’s Sunday School Class
Highland,
As we work through this series together, I continue to hear testimonies from many of you, about how the Lord is at work in your lives! I celebrate His Name as our strong tower with you, Highland. Let us all continue to run to our Lord, who loves us and shields us from our enemies. How I rejoice over you, Highland. To be able to grow in our relationship with Christ together!
In a brief recap of last week’s sermon, as James writes about ‘works of meekness’, we must think about our hearts as a soil-bed. Perhaps, we tend to think of the “fruits of the spirit” as a checklist to regulate our “Christianity” through self-effort. Instead, as the holiness of God’s Spirit is breathed into our hardened hearts, our heart’s disposition is renewed by the Spirit of the Living God.
Since our disposition is renewed by the Holy Spirit of God, then our new nature is going to shape how we live. In James’s statement, our obedience (or our good conduct) allows the works of His spirit to be revealed in us and through us.
As our heart’s condition becomes meek by the renewing waters of the Holy Spirit, a harvest of Gospel-flavored fruits are then yielded. These fruits result in the glory of God being revealed in our lives and the goodness of the Lord being imparted to those around us. Even more specifically, being in right-relationship with our Lord produces the right relationships with those around us, which makes our heart whole. The peacefulness found in His spirit calms the troubled waters of our hearts, leading us to a place of being peaceful with others, even with our enemies. As James says at the closing of his statement, we find our hearts yielding ‘a harvest of righteousness which is sown in peace by those who make peace.’
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
9am-10am: Sunday School
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym)
Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds: Church Nursery
Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds: First Green Room
Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class: Second Green Room
Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class: Yellow Room
Classroom 5: Tweens & Teen Boys: Red Room
Classroom 6: Women’s Bible Study: Second Orange Room
Classroom 7: Men’s Bible Study (Ongoing throughout the year): First Orange Room
Classroom 8: Tweens & Teen Girls: Blue Room
Red-brick Sanctuary: The Truth Project (begins at 8:45)
Dining Facility: Life Class Devotion (Ongoing throughout the year)
As we look forward to the upcoming Spring Session, if you are interested in leading a class, please let me know. We will discuss. Again, thank you to all who’ve made this semester possible.
Highland, so many of you have come around the Klauses and their ministry in Myanmar, and several of you are now in regular contact with Myanmar kingdom pioneers yourselves! For anyone interested in hearing more inspiring stories from the emerging underground church in Myanmar, David Klaus will be hosting a "Myanmar: State Of The Kingdom" interactive Zoom call on Thursday, Sept. 19th from 8:30-9:30pm. You'll learn some context for what's happening in Myanmar, how the body of Christ is adapting, and how you can meet and pray for Myanmar pioneers personally without ever needing to buy a plane ticket. Register for the Zoom call here.
Highland Cafe — 8:30—11:30, Monday Through Friday mornings.
Highland Cafe’ continues to offer the love of Christ to our sidewalks Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-11:30am. To those who serve, thank you for opening your hearts in such a committed fashion! Prayer meeting is held in cafe’ Wednesdays, at 9am.
We appreciate those who’ve helped to stock the cafe’ with bottled water, K-cups & coffee supplies! This is an ongoing way in which you can support Highland in such a small but impactful way! Please consider helping, thanks!
Since we have Terry Young cleaning, at this point on Sundays after service, our responsibilities will include:
Classroom Responsibilities
Wiping down desks
Cleaning up art-related stains
Placing chairs on top of the desks
Sweeping the floors
Sanctuary
Pick up all trash
Clean up all spills
Stack and store chairs
Dining Facility
Stack chairs
Fold tables
Sweep floors
This will allow him to come in and mop Sunday afternoons. If you have questions, please connect with me or Megan directly. Thank you!
I love you, Highland.
Rob
