Weekly Update

A Theme Song for Our Series.

Our series through matthew

Highland,

We took another lap through the Gospel of Matthew last Sunday, Highland! We completed chapter three together! As we see John the Baptist reverently accept the request of Jesus to baptize Him, we behold a moment to savor! Sheer obedience, forsaking all personal glory, Jesus and John seeking the glory of the Lord, in unity!

The theme of our series through Matthew is: The Beauty of the Heart of Christ! Perhaps, The Beauty of the Heart of Christ should serve as our theme song throughout the series (see post to view video of song if you’re reading our email)? In this moment, the first attribute of the beauty of the heart of Christ is revealed: submission.

Seeing Submission in Matthew Three

Notice that John does not exert himself, nor bear a feigned-humility – he reveres Jesus in yielding to His request. As Jesus yields to His Father’s will, submitting to the waters of baptism, going under reflects submerging himself to the wrath of God. In rising, Jesus foretells the overcoming of sin and death to come!

How submission reveals the beauty of the heart of Christ

understanding submission

We then glanced at how submission reveals the beauty of the heart of Christ in our hearts and in our relationships. Click here to listen to last week’s sermon.

Chloe, Ethan & Hannah — Family Dedication Service, 2024

our SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE

  • 8am: Doors open

  • 8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility

  • 10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).

kingdom sports update

More information is available about Kingdom Sports on our site. Check it out by hovering over the “Kingdom Sports” tab. One key piece of information is how you can volunteer. Click the button below so sign up. This is going to be a lot of fun, Highland! Grateful for you, Wright Family!

Volunteer

Mailing Address Update

Our P.O. Box is now closed. Please send all mail to 3408 5th Ave. Columbus, GA. 31904

I love you,

Rob

Weekly Update

A Theme Song for Our Series?

the beauty of the heart of christ

Highland,

Entering 2025, let’s confidently display the “beauty of the heart of Christ” – as we sang Sunday. With our hearts ever-humbled, let us lift high the holy name of Jesus together - in everything that we do.

As I laid before you Sunday, this passage serves as a navigational tool that directs us toward going deeper. Here’s the passage that we reflected upon Sunday:

“I want their {our} hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they {we} may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. I am saying this so that no one will deceive you {us} with persuasive arguments. For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you {we} are and the strength of your {our} faith in Christ. Therefore, as you {we} have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude” (Colossians 2:2-7).

spent new year’s morning with Spurgeon

Overflowing with gratitude, even through the mess, let our hearts be knit together, Highland, as a banner that boldly displays the beauty (‘all the riches’; ‘treasures of wisdom’) of the heart of Christ. As I welcomed 2025 the morning of January 1st, I grabbed a book off of our bookshelf. I was up before anyone else and, with anticipation in my heart, wanted to start the year with our Lord! I grabbed a book by Charles Spurgeon; an author I read seasonally. It’s a collection of his written prayers. From the first sentence, I was celebrating the beauty of the heart of Christ, while, in my spirit, thanking the Lord for directing my steps to grab this book! Tempted to type the entire first chapter, I will just offer you this line:

“Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer, remove, we pray Thee. Any memory of either sorrow or care that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God, take it away now. What have we to do with idols any more? Thou hast seen us and observed us. Thou knoweest where the difficulty lies. Help us against it, and may we now come boldly, not into the Holy place alone, but into the Holiest of all, where we should not dare to come if our great Lord had not rent the veil, sprinkled the mercy seat with His own blood, and bidden us enter.”

Wow! In our celebration of Jesus, let’s ask that the life of Highland put on display the beauty of the heart of Christ! I love you, Highland. Honored to serve you entering this new year. I continually ask the Lord to help me serve you, for His name, honorably. May this song above capture the essence of 2025 for us, Highland.

Our Current Series

this sunday

This Sunday, we pick up with our series through Matthew. David did such a tremendous job working through the first two chapters of Matthew through December! He put us on the scene of the birth of Christ. We felt what it was like to deal with the mess of human-sin during the dawn of redeeming grace. All of his sermons are now available on our website. Simply check out our audio page. We now pick up the series in chapter three. Join us as we continue to journey through the Gospel of Matthew together. I will also be facilitating corporate worship this Sunday — how I enjoy having the chance to worship with you, Highland.

Coffee & Conversation

our SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE

  • 8am: Doors open

  • 8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility

  • 10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).

kingdom sports update

More information is available about Kingdom Sports on our site. Check it out by hovering over the “Kingdom Sports” tab. One key piece of information is how you can volunteer. Click the button below so sign up. This is going to be a lot of fun, Highland! Grateful for you, Wright Family!

Volunteer

Mailing Address Update

Our P.O. Box is now closed. Please send all mail to 3408 5th Ave. Columbus, GA. 31904

I love you,

Rob

Weekly Update

Our Beloved Ms. Patti

Highland,

Here are ways to honor the life of our cherished Patti Clark. Let’s rally around her family and celebrate her life, which was hidden in Christ.

Caught a selfie with a few shoppers. :)

North Highland Christmas Store

To those who supported the North Highland Christmas Store, thank you! So many families came through to shop, resulting in the support of Truth Spring Trade School! Literally, this store is neighbors loving neighbors, in honor of our Lord!

christmas & the mess

David continues with our series: Christmas & The Mess this Sunday. As I mentioned Sunday, David is literally weaving the entire Bible together alongside the account of the birth of Christ. I was able to capture last Sunday’s message; it is available online on audio page. Nourish your heart by listening to last week’s sermon.

our SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE

  • 8am: Doors open

  • 8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility

  • 10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).

kingdom sports update

More information is available about Kingdom Sports on our site. Check it out by hovering over the “Kingdom Sports” tab. One key piece of information is how you can volunteer. Click the button below so sign up. This is going to be a lot of fun, Highland! Grateful for you, Wright Family!

Volunteer

the Behold the Lamb of God musical was outstanding!

The Behold The Lamb of God Christmas Musical was absolutely captivating! I sat and savored ALL Christ Jesus has done to make us right with our Lord. To those who toiled to put on this tremendous performance, thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed the Musical! Those who attended I know did as well!

Boxes of Love this saturday

Saving the best for last — this Saturday, we hold Boxes of Love. Calling all the Highland Tribe to join the force for good, all for the name of Christ Jesus! Come, let’s carry out the resounding truth Scripture holds – it’s more blessed to give than to receive!

Volunteers are essential! Please see the Sign Up Genius below and jump in. Also, please note:

***Boxes-of-Love Needs: Dish Soap & Dollies to load boxes the day of BOL.

Sign ups begin after Thanksgiving.

Such a joyous event!

Volunteer

Mailing Address Update

Our P.O. Box is now closed. Please send all mail to 3408 5th Ave. Columbus, GA. 31904

I love you,

Rob

Happy Thanksgiving!

Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1863. Here is his proclamation:

“No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”

Highland,

As Lincoln has charged us, I take delight in heeding his directive to pause, offering my gratitude for the Lord’s unwavering faithfulness, and for you!

Know that you are deeply valued in the hearts of my family and such a blessing to us, Highland. As the Lord continues to prove loving in our midst, let us continue to build one another up in His love, as Jude instructs us to do so.

As you enjoy this day around the table with your loved ones, know that I count myself blessed to share in your life. I pray that the Lord’s blessing rests upon you and your family.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Rob

Our Weekly Update

Our Joy Abounds!

May we continue to love one another, celebrating how the Lord’s love brings us together.

Have a joyous Thanksgiving

“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him.”

— 1st John 3:16-19

As we move toward Thanksgiving, Highland, know that I thank the Lord for you! I am overwhelmed with joy because I have the opportunity to share in life with you.

This morning (Friday) a person who’s a part of our community stopped by our cafe’. Now, as of this Monday, he has suffered tremendous loss and is grieving. In the wake of losing his wife of 49 years, he has stopped by our Highland Cafe’ each morning. After he got his morning cup of coffee, we bumped into one another on the sidewalk. He then said to me: “If you want to find out what true love is, all you have to do is just come by here (Highland).”

Highland, this is precisely how I feel! Our love for one another is an overflow of our love of the Lord. This grieving man’s observation of us, as a people, reveals the Lord’s love at work in us, as His people!

So, when I say that I am grateful for you; to belong to the Highland family, it’s because the Lord’s love at work in us lifts me up, causing me to rejoice for what He is doing in our midst! May we continue to be known by our love for Him and for another.

Saturday, from 11am-1pm, at M2540.

Thanksgiving Meals @ M2540 saturday

As we enter the Holiday Season, I know that M2540 is holding their annual Thanksgiving Feast. It’s being held this Saturday, from 11am-1pm. Drop by their facility to grab a plate-of-goodness for Thanksgiving; let M2540 know how much you appreciate them! M2540, thank you for being so very hospitable!

North Highland Christmas Store

We also will hold the North Highland Christmas Store in December. Click here for information. Lots of ways to jump in and serve! More info to come on shopping.

December 15th, 6pm, Edgewood Baptist Church

Behold the Lamb of God — at Edgewood Baptist

Joining together with Edgewood, we will conduct the Behold the Lamb of God Musical. It will be held December 15th, at Edgewood, 6pm.

Boxes of Love

Boxes of Love will also be taking place here, December 21st. Volunteers are essential! Please see the Sign Up Genius below and jump in. Also, please note: ***Boxes-of-Love Needs: Dish Soap & Dollies to load boxes the day of BOL. Sign ups begin after Thanksgiving.

sign up to serve

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • 8am: Doors open

  • 8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility

  • 10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).

  • Click here to hear last week’s sermon.

kingdom sports

Registration is open. But it’s filling up quickly!

Register

If you joined us last Sunday, you heard Stephen and Carol present to you Kingdom Sports! Kingdom Sports is an outreach ministry of ours that the Lord has birthed within the life of our church.

Kingdom Sports will offer a basketball league to children in our church and our community, while also learning about Jesus.

Boys and girls who are 8 or 9 years old may register for our basketball league. To learn the details and also to register, please visit our website by clicking the link below.

Visit our website to sign up.

We will hold Child Dedication this Sunday, during our 10am Service. If you would like to dedicate your child to the Lord, please complete the form below so that we can include you and your child in our service.

All mail should now be sent to our physical address.

Our P.O. Box is now closed. Please send all mail to 3408 5th Ave. Columbus, GA. 31904

I love you, Highland.

Rob

Our Weekly Update

Our Series through jude

Highland,

How I love you. Being able to spend my days journeying alongside you in pursuit of the good of our neighbor in honor of our Lord is such a joy! Know that I rejoice over you! Know that you matter to me!

We opened our series through Jude last Sunday. In Jude’s opening remarks (1:1-4), he makes his relationship with Jesus known through conveying his heart-posture as a servant of Jesus. His purpose for breathing in serving the name of Jesus! Oh, how I long for us to know belonging to Jesus is our purpose – that we may truly live!

This week, we will hover over verses 5-16 of Jude. We know that Jude learns that false teachers have infiltrated the church. Jude then uses much of the history of God’s people to highlight the evidence of false teachings. He then charges the church to be unified, maintaining a strong grip on God’s truth, thereby finding a gear to persevere in the Spirit, resulting in His presence becoming the stronghold of the church – come what may!

Here’s our memory-passage for this series

“But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life” (Jude 1:20-21).

Song for our Series

Furthermore, we have a song that we are using as an anchor-song for our series. Great job learning and singing last week. Thought I’d share it with you so that you could continue to practice.

Sunday Morning Schedule

  • *Boxes-of-Love Needs: Dish Soap & Dollies to load boxes the day of BOL.

  • 8am: Doors open

  • 8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility

  • 10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).

  • Click here to hear last week’s sermon.

kingdom sports

Registration is open. But it’s filling up quickly!

Register

If you joined us last Sunday, you heard Stephen and Carol present to you Kingdom Sports! Kingdom Sports is an outreach ministry of ours that the Lord has birthed within the life of our church.

Kingdom Sports will offer a basketball league to children in our church and our community, while also learning about Jesus.

Boys and girls who are 8 or 9 years old may register for our basketball league. To learn the details and also to register, please visit our website by clicking the link below.

Visit our website to sign up.

We will hold Child Dedication Sunday, November 24th, during our 10am Service. If you would like to dedicate your child to the Lord, please complete the form below so that we can include you and your child in our service.

Subscribe to receive updates.

I love you, Highland.

Rob

Toland Michael's Funeral Arrangements

Highland, to those who would be interested in expressing condolences or sending flowers, here’s details. An offering of our love and support would mean a great deal to his family at this time.

Adams Funeral Home on Stephenson Ave

This Coming Saturday Nov.9th at 2pm (tomorrow)

Location: Overcoming By Faith Church , 9700 Middleground Rd, Savannah, Ga.

Visitation: Friday, Adams Funeral Services GA. 510 Stephenson, from 4 until 6.🙏

Location & Mailing address

3408 5th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31904

phone Number — (706)249-9424