Our Weekly Update

Shepherding session this sunday

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:

Shepherding Session Agenda

  • 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.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

Fall classes

  • 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 update

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

Our Weekly Update

Jude playing this week.

concluding our series

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.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

Fall classes

  • 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 update

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

Our Weekly Update

We celebrated our 20th Anniversary Wednesday.

twenty years of life together

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!

bringing our series in for a landing

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.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

Fall classes

  • 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 update

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

Our Weekly Update

hope for highland

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.

waves of restfulness

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!

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

Fall classes

  • 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 update

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!

thanks for keeping our home clean

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

Our Weekly Update

Jack & Fletcher

hoping you’re dry!

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!

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • 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 update

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!

thanks for keeping our home clean

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

Our Weekly Update

Billy & Tyrone Tucker - Back in the day, at Banquet on the Bridge.

wrapping up our spiritual warfare series

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

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • 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 update

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!

Let’s keep our home clean

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

Our Weekly Update

Girl’s Sunday School Class

A New Soil-Bed For Our Souls

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.’

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • 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.

update from david klaus this thursday

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 update

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!

Let’s keep our home clean

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

Our Weekly Update

Arrice & Derrick

Highland,

As we continue through our text in James, take the time to read the passage, please. Let your hearts marinate in the living Word of God, as you ask Him for wisdom. No matter how condemnable you may feel, the Lord, as James promises, the Lord will give you wisdom, without criticizing you. Our text is James 3:13-4:8. Let’s allow the Spirit of the Lord to convict and counsel our hearts, Highland - thereby ever changing our heart’s attitude! The result in our yielding to the Holy Spirit’s convictions and counsel is that we become ‘holy as He is holy.’ Our life’s conduct (our attitude and our actions) is therefore being renewed by His holy nature, leading to works of wisdom, which is coated in meekness.

“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (James 3:13-4:8).

Understanding meekness with more and more clarity is where we will focus this Sunday. I look forward to seeing you. In closing, on a practical note, sermons for the last two weeks have now been posted. You can find them on our audio-page.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • 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.

update from david klaus

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.

‘This Church Opens Wide Her Doors with a Welcome from Jesus Christ.’

highland cafe update

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!

Let’s keep our home clean

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

Our Weekly Update

Highland,

As the years pass by, they speed up, don’t they? Is August already ending? It seems that it was just March and we were moving into our new home. Nonetheless, it’s been a life-changing season for us, Highland.

How I relish in seeing us grow together, even while traversing trials, the Lord’s strength meets us in our weakness. Let us maintain our grateful posture, Highland, spending our lives on the good of each other and the glory of our Lord.

This Sunday, we continue through our Spiritual Warfare Series. We have two texts left to cover, Highland. As we near the end of our series, we will be tackling a book of the Bible. As I pray and prep, I am between a few books, asking the Lord’s plans to prevail. Join me in asking the Lord for His direction for us.

Back to this Sunday, though, we will be tackling James 3:13–4:8. We will hit this passage with a wide glance, drawing from James how to handle relationships with others. The spiritual-realm around our relationships certainly bears influence. James notates this clear evidence and highlights them for us. He then offers us a Biblical tactic so as to know how to recognize and avoid the snare of the enemy.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds in the Church Nursery

  • Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds in the First Green Room

  • Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class in the Second Green Room

  • Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class in the 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 all who’ve made this semester possible.

update from david klaus

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.

‘This Church Opens Wide Her Doors with a Welcome from Jesus Christ.’

highland cafe update

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!

Let’s keep our home clean

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!

Thank you, Hank!

Hank led us in corporate worship last Sunday and did a terrific job! Hank, thank you for using your God-given gifts to serve the Lord and to care for the Highland-Tribe!

I love you, Highland.

Rob

Our Weekly Update

Mary, Sherry & Ruby

Highland,

I want to thank all who made last week’s Agape Feast such a festive affair! So much took place behind the scenes beforehand, throughout and afterward – I am grateful to each and every one of you. Serving in this manner is such a clear expression of how the Lord’s directing us to go deeper – through staying together, serving together and studying together.

On that note, I continue to see such a strong response to Sunday School! To those who are leading, keep going! To those of you who are attending, I am grateful for your commitment to growing! If you’ve not had the opportunity to attend yet, please know that the door remains open to you.

To all who are facilitating Sunday mornings, I so appreciate you. From driving the van, to grabbing biscuits, leading worship, making coffee – Sunday mornings is an “us-thing.” Let’s continue to serve together, Highland, in one accord, being of one mind – the glory of our Lord and the good of one another.

Tim, Cathy & Patti

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 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)

This Fall classes

  • Classroom 1: 0-2 year olds in the Church Nursery

  • Classroom 2: 3 and 4 year olds in the First Green Room

  • Classroom 3: Kindergarten-Second Grade Class in the Second Green Room

  • Classroom 4: Third-Fifth Grade Class in the 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 all who’ve made this semester possible.

highland-style yard sale was a success!

To those who took time to come out and share with our streets last Sunday, thank you! So many felt cared for and appreciated the helping hand. I celebrate your generosity, in honor of the Lord.

‘This Church Opens Wide Her Doors with a Welcome from Jesus Christ.’

highland cafe update

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!

Let’s keep our home clean

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!

Madison & Hank

hank shelby to lead us in worship this sunday

Hank Shelby leads us in worship Sunday. His heart is to honor the Lord, using his God-given gifts to make an offering of praise to the name of the Lord. Side note – the last two weeks’ sermons have now been posted. I have been running a little behind in light of gearing up for the new school year over the last couple of weeks. The dust is now settling and I am catching up. Sorry for any inconvenience. Also, we held Communion last Sunday (18th). Therefore, there will be no sermon posted.

I love you, Highland.

Rob

Location & Mailing address

3408 5th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31904

phone Number — (706)249-9424