Your purchase of a share or shares of stock is an investment in the Highlands United Methodist Youth Mission Trip.  It is an investment in the lives of our young people. It is an investment that allows our young people to experience an intentional, guided opportunity to be the loving presence of God. It is an investment that allows the heartbeat of Highlands UMC to be heard and felt in rural Tennessee by low-income residents who are happy to have a helping hand.

Purchasing shares in this trip represents an investment in transformation – in our young people, in a low-income Tennessee county, in the future of Highlands UMC. It will allow our young people to have a never-to-be forgotten experience in serving God by serving others.

As a shareholder, you will receive updates from the trip, photos, and correspondence updating you on what your investment has allowed to happen. The biggest payoff, what your investment does for the spiritual development of our church’s young people, may take years to be fully realized.

Thank you for considering this investment worthwhile.

Special Offering: Medical Debt Forgiveness

This Lent and Eastertide, Highlands is partnering with RIP Medical Debt, a non-profit organization dedicated to removing the burden of medical debt, using sophisticated data analytics to pinpoint the debt portfolios of those most in need of relief. RIP purchases unpaid and unpayable debt at significantly reduced rates; this debt is forgiven, no strings attached. For every $1 donated, an average of $100 in debilitating debt is forgiven. We have set a goal to relieve ONE MILLION DOLLARS of medical debt in the greater Birmingham area by raising $10,000 through a special Lenten and Easter Offering. We hope you will join us in this worthy cause this season.

Mother’s Day is May 14. As is our Mother’s Day tradition, Highlands will decorate our chancel with beautiful hydrangeas in recognition of our congregation’s mothers. Hydrangeas may be purchased for $45 in memory or honor of a loved one. Following worship, the plants may be taken to be given to your special someone. The last day to order hydrangeas is Sunday, April 23.

Mother’s Day is May 8. As is our Mother’s Day tradition, Highlands will decorate our chancel with beautiful hydrangeas in recognition of our congregation’s mothers. Hydrangeas may be purchased for $40 in memory or honor of a loved one. Following worship, the plants may be taken to be given to your special someone. The last day to order hydrangeas is Sunday, April 24.

Pop-Up Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Education at Community Ministries
Highlands United Methodist Church

9:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m. Tuesday and Friday Mornings
September 1 – October 16
Magnolia Avenue Patio

Volunteers are sought to help Community Ministries guests and Five Points South neighbors register to vote and complete applications for absentee ballots for the upcoming general election in November.

To sign up to staff the registration table, please visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E4DABAA2FAAFC1-voter

Training will be provided.

Volunteers and guests must properly wear masks at all times.  The table and all interactions will take place, safely distanced and outdoors.