member gatheringS LAST thursdays, 6pm

Highland, our Member Gathering is this (Thursday) evening. We will hold Communion. We will also continue to posture ourselves as a people of prayer (Heart, Home, Highland, North Highland). I would like to see all of our members attend these gatherings, in order to fellowship and pray. It’s evenings like these that help us maintain our health, as a local body. Join us, 6pm.

CHICKEN & RICE THIS SATURDAY, 10am

This Saturday, we will have St Andrews’ Youth with us, as they serve Chicken & Rice. Let’s pray for them, as they serve, offering the love of Christ to our streets. Our Chicken and Rice Team remains one of the most precious and vital parts of our church. Grateful for them and all they do to honor our Lord!

Sunday Morning’s plans

We have Coffee & Conversation starting at 9am, at the Firehouse. A great time to get to know each other and enjoy being together. Joellen’s devotion is always an outpouring of God’s love and challenges us to love one another as Christ loves us. Robert continues to facilitate a Men’s Bible Study each Sunday morning, at 9am, in the education-building of our church site. All men are welcome to attend.

We will continue through our 1st John Series this Sunday. David Klaus will be preaching. He will be walking us through 1st John 4:7-12. Here is the text:

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us” (1st John 4:7-12).

Childcare Available, Ages 0-4

Childcare will be offered during our Firehouse Gatherings for children, ages 0-4. Childcare will be held in the Truth Spring Trade School Daycare, located at 3303 5th Ave. It is the white house with white picket fence and 2 blue doors. We have a terrific team of volunteers comprised of people who attend Highland. Thank you, all, for caring for our children. Donna Findley is our Coordinator. She’s doing a great job! Thank you, Donna! Volunteers will be ready to receive 0-4 year-old aged-children by 9:50am.

On a personal note

I look forward to seeing you at the Firehouse Gathering this Sunday. A few matters that we need to rally around in prayer, Highland – the Lake Family. Randall continues to fight to get better after his car accident. The Dubose Family, too – Chris had an accident recently. From what I know, he’s okay, but let us love them well. Praying for Timothy Jones. He was recently in a house fire. Lost everything. Let’s support him and pray for him at this time. Mike Hare’s mother was recently admitted to the hospital. Let’s pray for Mary, his mother, and love him well as she’s in the hospital. If there are other needs, I would love to know in order to pray and invite the church to pray, too!

Let us be willing to go out of our way to check on and love one another, especially in times of difficulty, Highland. I love you, Highland. Grateful the Lord allows me to serve Him, by loving you.

Humbled,

Rob