This is My Story
Our Wednesday evening adult series is August 25 – September 22 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. While we reopened the church a few months ago, the true process of regathering is not just about coming together in person; … Continue reading
Advent 2017 Devotionals
Advent Devotional: Monday, December 25 – Christmas Day
She didn’t have children of her own, so his grandchildren became hers. She loved them fiercely. She nurtured and encouraged and advocated and pampered those kids. She brought them to church and took them to lessons. She dressed them to … Continue reading
Austin Echols
American Folk-Hymn Concert, Sunday, October 22
Highland’s Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra will present My Song in the Night, a Concert of American Folk-Hymns, on Sunday, October 22, 6:00 p.m. Concert settings of beloved hymns such as Amazing Grace and Softly and Tenderly will be featured alongside … Continue reading
Baptism and Membership
Highland to Vote on Membership and Baptism Policies on July 28
On July 28 at noon, Highland will gather in Fellowship Hall for a meal together and our Quarterly Church Conference. In addition to receiving our regular financial and membership reports, we will be considering important by-law amendments. Childcare for infants, toddlers, … Continue reading
Baptist Connections
August is Global Missions Month
The Global Partnerships Mission Team welcomes you to our special emphasis on global mission work for the month of August. We partner with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) to highlight the work of field personnel around the globe, collect a … Continue reading
Capital Campaign and Renovation
Building Love Renovation Update – Week of October 12
Sunday was a lovely morning, complete with the first baptism in our newly renovated and refurbished baptistry! It was good to hear the sound of the water and be reminded of this important symbol of our faith journeys once again. … Continue reading
Carol Harston
July 11 “Is There Good News for Herod?” by Carol Harston
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Children & Families
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
Churchwide Gathering
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
Club
New Young Adult Book Club, September 26
All young adults are invited to participate in our kick-off reading event. The first book selection is The Refugee by Viet Thanh Nguyen, and we will gather on Tuesday, September 26, 7:00 p.m., at Ashley Wells Cissell’s home. Here is … Continue reading
Community Outreach
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
Congregational Life
This is My Story
Our Wednesday evening adult series is August 25 – September 22 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. While we reopened the church a few months ago, the true process of regathering is not just about coming together in person; … Continue reading
Deacons
My Faith Story: Deacon Testimony by Sally Evans
A…All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God – Romans 3:23 B…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved – Acts 16:31 This was the start of the alphabet we recited every day when … Continue reading
Emily Hull McGee
November 14 “In Bold Community” by Emily Hull McGee
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Friday Church
Church Welcomes Rev. Mary Alice Birdwhistell As Pastor
Personnel Ministry Group, Pastor Search Committee, and Staff have begun our work to welcome Rev. Mary Alice Birdwhistell as Highland’s next Pastor! Mary Alice’s first Sunday is scheduled for August 16. On Sunday, June 14, the Pastor Search Committee announced … Continue reading
General Highland
This is My Story
Our Wednesday evening adult series is August 25 – September 22 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. While we reopened the church a few months ago, the true process of regathering is not just about coming together in person; … Continue reading
Give
Annual Christmas Store Gift Donations
Highland is excited to once again serve our community through The Christmas Store at Highland! For the past seven years, this store has served as a wonderful way to build relationships through shopping for Christmas presents with families we have … Continue reading
Jim England
October 3 “Seeing Beautiful Possibilities” by Jim England
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Justice
December 8: Crosses on the Lawn Remind Us of World God So Loves
One expression of Highland’s commitment to God’s justice in the world happens on Peace Sunday, the second Sunday of Advent, where we mark the pain and hope of God by placing white crosses on Highland’s front lawn in memory of … Continue reading
Lauren Jones Mayfield
November 21 “What Is Truth?” by Lauren Jones Mayfield
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Leadership
For the Living of These Days—A Word from Mary Alice Birdwhistell
The “living of these days” for me as your pastor has been quite different than any of us probably imagined it would be at the beginning of this year. Never would I have imagined that we wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading
LGBTQ
Highland Celebrates Pride in Worship This Sunday
This Sunday, June 21, we celebrate LGBTQ Pride and God’s inclusive love in worship! Covid-19 and the current historical movement for black lives have radically altered what Pride month looks like this June in our city and country. As trans … Continue reading
Mary Alice Birdwhistell
November 28 “Look Up for Joy: Redemption is Drawing Near” by Mary Alice Birdwhistell
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Member Reflections
For the Living of These Days—A Word from Mary Alice Birdwhistell
The “living of these days” for me as your pastor has been quite different than any of us probably imagined it would be at the beginning of this year. Never would I have imagined that we wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading
Morocco
Reflection on Trip to Morocco by Joey Eubank
Greetings from the Protestant churches in Morocco to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Kentucky Baptists! I traveled to Morocco with 13 other Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) of Kentucky Baptists from Owensboro, Georgetown, and Danville. The first Sunday, our whole group … Continue reading
Music
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
News
This is My Story
Our Wednesday evening adult series is August 25 – September 22 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. While we reopened the church a few months ago, the true process of regathering is not just about coming together in person; … Continue reading
Partnerships
August is Global Missions Month
The Global Partnerships Mission Team welcomes you to our special emphasis on global mission work for the month of August. We partner with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) to highlight the work of field personnel around the globe, collect a … Continue reading
Perry Dixon
September 5 “Grant us Wisdom, Grant us Courage: Our Daily Bread” by Perry Dixon
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Recovery Ministries
Church Welcomes Rev. Mary Alice Birdwhistell As Pastor
Personnel Ministry Group, Pastor Search Committee, and Staff have begun our work to welcome Rev. Mary Alice Birdwhistell as Highland’s next Pastor! Mary Alice’s first Sunday is scheduled for August 16. On Sunday, June 14, the Pastor Search Committee announced … Continue reading
Renee Kenley Purtlebaugh
For the Living of These Days—A Word from Renee Purtlebaugh
Renee originally shared this story with our families with children a little over a week ago in our weekly family e-newsletter, but it seems that in this week of treading new paths, it still very much applies. It is updated … Continue reading
Ridgewood
An Interim Word from Fred Bogert
It has been my privilege (and challenge) to serve two churches who are both between pastors. They have both felt to me like sailing vessels at sea, kept on course by crews waiting for skippers. Neither has been adrift, thank … Continue reading
Seasons of the Liturgical Year
Ash Wednesday
The service that begins our Lenten journey, known as Ash Wednesday, is February 26, 2020. This is a service of penitence and humbleness, giving us time to reflect on our own mortality and sinfulness and allowing us time to turn … Continue reading
Senior Adults
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
Sermons
November 28 “Look Up for Joy: Redemption is Drawing Near” by Mary Alice Birdwhistell
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Staff
For the Living of These Days—A Word from Mary Alice Birdwhistell
The “living of these days” for me as your pastor has been quite different than any of us probably imagined it would be at the beginning of this year. Never would I have imagined that we wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading
Stories of God's Transforming Love
For the Living of These Days—A Word from Mary Alice Birdwhistell
The “living of these days” for me as your pastor has been quite different than any of us probably imagined it would be at the beginning of this year. Never would I have imagined that we wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading
Trips
Children Discover God’s Call to Go Beyond at VBS Camp
On July 19-21, 30 children and twenty-three adults traveled to Camp Kavanaugh for our annual Vacation Bible School Camp. On this seventeenth year of VBS taking place in a retreat format for three days and two nights, we were reminded … Continue reading
True Colors
Highland Celebrates Pride in Worship This Sunday
This Sunday, June 21, we celebrate LGBTQ Pride and God’s inclusive love in worship! Covid-19 and the current historical movement for black lives have radically altered what Pride month looks like this June in our city and country. As trans … Continue reading
Uncategorized
Party with Your Pastors
Join Highland’s pastoral staff for dessert and coffee this summer as we seek to get to know you better! You are invited to “party with your pastors” at one of our three gatherings: August 22, September 26, November 14, from … Continue reading
Urban Ministry
Mission Opportunities During the Pandemic
As these days of social distancing amidst the pandemic persist, we seek ways to be present and accountable to the organizations that we serve beyond the walls of Highland Baptist. The Mission and Justice Ministry Group, along with several mission … Continue reading
Worship
November 28 “Look Up for Joy: Redemption is Drawing Near” by Mary Alice Birdwhistell
This is a podcast of this sermon. Download it to listen on your favorite media player. For more sermons please visit: http://www.buzzsprout.com/6362. Click here to view Sunday’s bulletin. Click here to view the video of Sunday’s service.
Young Adults
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading
Youth
Christmas Eve Virtual Service
As our staff have planned and re-planned for the Advent and Christmas season at Highland, it has always been challenging to imagine Christmas Eve during COVID-19. We all ache to be back in our sanctuary as a community of faith … Continue reading