Third Sunday of Easter

Highland Presbyterian Church seeks to be a diverse and inclusive Christian Community as we embody the love and forgiveness of Jesus by serving the Community and the World, drawing people to Christ.

Highland Happening

April 19th, 2024

Worship this Sunday

Join us for worship this Sunday, April 21^st as our Sustainability Committee invites us to participate in a Creation Care service in honor of Earth Day and our designation as an Earth Care Congregation. Our worship will focus on the creation story from Genesis 1 and following worship, you are invited to join the Sustainability Committee to go bless the garden ahead of summer planting.

The Sustainability Committee invites you to bring your fruit and vegetable scraps to our Earth Care-themed worship service on Sunday. We will collect the scraps for our compost bin outside of the fellowship hall door. Look for a marked container to put your scraps. (No cooked food, please.)

Pastor Matthew will be on vacation from Wednesday, April 24- Tuesday, April 30. Rev. Susan Reisinger will be the guest preacher on Sunday, April 28^th. If there are any pastoral concerns, please reach out to William in the office at 865-982-9272.

Watch the service live on our Facebook page at 10:30 a.m.

Bulletin (PDF)

Bulletin (Word)

Free Little Neighborhood Item of the Week

Our Free Little Neighborhood Item of the week is boxed meals. Next time you’re at the grocery store, please pick up any boxed meals that would be easy for a person to cook at home.

Gate Party at Highland

Sunday, April 21^st

Highland is excited to host a pizza and dance party for the Gateway to Independence in Highland’s Fellowship Hall on Sunday, April 21^st from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. We expect this to be a wonderful night of dancing and fun. If you would like to help, there are several ways: Donate a dessert or veggie tray, contribute fund

UKirk Spring Fundraiser

$10 in honor of Graduating Seniors

Pastor Matthew is on the board of the Presbyterian Campus Ministry, UKirk, at UT and invites you to join them in their spring fundraiser as they are seeking 2,024 people to donate $10 in honor of the graduating seniors. It was great having student Audrey Blackburn this past Sunday in worship to give a minute for mission. T hank you to everyone who gave this past Sunday and you are still invited to donate on UKirk’s website here.

Taguasco’s New Pastors

Dear Partners and Friends of Taguasco,

With our partners, we are excited to announce that new pastors have received and accepted a call to serve the congregation in Taguasco!

Rev. Yailén Regueiro Gutierrez and her husband, Rev. Dargel Leyva arrived in Taguasco on the evening of April 3 and will be installed soon.

Members of the Taguasco Session report that Yailén (ya-eye-LEN) and Dargel (DAR-hell) and their family are now getting settled in and are moving into the manse above the Session room and kitchen.

Monthly Arts and Crafts Night

First Thursday of each month at Broadway United Methodist Church (4:30 - 7:00 p.m.)

Please drop by any time; we gather in a relaxed setting where you bring your own projects to work on at your own pace. There is ample seating and work space. All are welcome. Please contact Kim Chaney-Bay for details. The next meeting will be on May 2nd.

Prayers, Concerns and Joys

Please pray for our members, families, and friends.

We lift-up prayers for those among our community who are shut in. Be with them as they are separated in body from their loved ones.

Fred Erickson - Fred passed away on Sunday, April 14. Please keep his family in your prayers. The Erickson family invites you to a lunch at Highland after worship on Sunday, May 5^th to celebrate Fred’s life. You can view his obituary at this link .

Pat and David Woody - Pat and David lost a close friend, Amanda, who was like a daughter to them. Please pray for them and Amanda's family during this time of loss.

Sarah Dennis - Sarah has been dealing with health issues recently and working with doctors for tests to get it all figured out. Hold Sarah in your prayers for answers and feeling better soon.

Homeless - Let us pray for those who do not have a safe space to stay on any given night. As warm weather approaches, let us pray for those who are forced by life’s circumstances to sleep outside or wherever they can find.

Ukraine - Let us continue to keep the people of Ukraine in our prayers as the war there continues on well past two years.

Palestine and Israel - Prayers for peace and reconciliation as the war between Palestine and Israel continues.

April Birthdays

Stacey Nodquist - April 4

Adrian Pierce - April 4

Charlotte Tymon - April 16

Russell Liles - April 20

Shane Tymon - April 20

Tracey Farr - April 22

Joann Booker - April 28

Whitney Erickson - April 28

If there are any announcements that you would like to include in the Highland Happening, please email office@highlandpresby.org by noon the Wednesday prior to the Highland Happening going out.

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