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
Join us on Saturday evening, August 3, at 6:30, for a night at Slugger Field to see the Louisville Bats take on the Toledo Mud Hens. That evening’s game will be a special MARVEL Super Hero Night with an opportunity … Continue reading
Kindness. It’s a virtue that can be both innate and accidental at times. It can also become a practiced and learned skill. I find that when we travel away to camp each year, these older elementary age students who have … Continue reading
I should have known. The preparations leading up to Vacation Bible School Camp this past weekend were intense. Family illness and a car accident dramatically altered the master plans of the dynamic duo trying to wrangle camp supplies into their … Continue reading
Praise, Reverence, Admiration. Amidst the most beautiful fall day, far away from home, we practiced each. We vowed to take a break from measuring ourselves by our strengths or weaknesses. We allowed ourselves to stop measuring God and wondering, “Is … Continue reading
Highland’s Youth Ministry hosts its annual Fall Youth Retreat at Aldersgate Retreat Center in eastern Kentucky this weekend. Forty-four youth and adults will spend time exploring our 2015 Theme, “Beyond Measure.” The clock ticks while the runner races for the finish … Continue reading
Robert Davis visited our Moroccan partners in October as a representative of Highland’s Global Missions Ministry Group. Robert and Cheryl Davis have been involved with this ministry partnership since its beginning. Read below Robert’s reflection on this fifth visit to Morocco. After 18 hours of … Continue reading
Reflections from Highland’s week with PASSPORTkids! Camp from Renee Purtlebaugh, Associate Pastor to Children and their Families “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” reads the last line of Mary Oliver’s well-known … Continue reading
Reflections of Highland’s fifth annual High School Mission Trip. This was Highland’s third summer at Touching Miami with Love. The bass booms and all your senses attune to the feel of the room. You may not know the group dance … Continue reading
Give a person a fish, he or she eats for a day. Teach a person to fish, he or she eats for a lifetime. Teach a youth how to love, he or she can guess the answer the right question … Continue reading