Immediate Church Family*: 

Rev. Jeff Day; Bill and Billy Lewis; Dudley Payton; Skippy Thompson.

Extended Church Family*:

Shelli Carpenter (friend of the Leonards);

Austin Casey (Jack and Betty Bagent’s grandson); Ellie and Gigi Casey (Jack and Betty Bagent's granddaughters); Mary Lane Day (Jeff Day’s sister); Patty Farlow (friend of the Dyes); Rachel Eastman (Jack and Betty Bagent's grand-daughter); Tim Hampton; Carol Harrison (Rob Stewart’s Mother); Marilyn Lewis (Bill and Billy Lewis’ daughter-in-law); Dee Merchant; Don Morgan (friend of the Bagents); Aleta Pickholtz; Malcolm and Donna Richard (friends of the Leonards) Ted and Judy Roeling; Richard Waldrop (friend of Jay Nesom); and Larry Wilcoxson (friend of the Leonards). 

*New names added to the prayer list this week are in italics.

Birthdays:

October 2 - 8 - Preston Lancaster (5), Bill Lewis (7)

Anniversaries:

October 7 - Chacko and Rosemary John

Peace and Global Witness Offering

Sunday, October 2, 2022

World Communion Sunday

The words of Isaiah 55 convey a profound message to us during A Season of Peace: 

For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace.

Go out in joy. When we look around our world these days, it is sometimes hard to feel joyful. Yet joy inherently embraces optimism. Joy is the companion of faith and hope.  Be led forth in peace. Through the Peace & Global Witness Offering, we connect with each other, as the Church, together, to confront systems of injustice and promote reconciliation in places around the world and right here at home. 

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Christmas is coming!

At Christmas each year Highland donates books to the first-grade students at Magnolia Woods Elementary. What you might not know is the teachers are also gifted with Walmart gift cards to help offset some of their classroom expenses. If you would like to donate to this project, please contact Connie Buck.

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In the Pulpit this Sunday

Rev. Jeff Day is in the pulpit this Sunday. His sermon is titled "Fearful Mercy" based on Mark 5:1-20 and Psalm 40:1-10.