Join us for familiar songs of the season, delicious hot cocoa and snacks, and warm fellowship with the Highlands family.
6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Save the date! On Sunday, November 26, we will begin preparations for the Advent season. Join us during the Sunday School hour to create a beautiful Advent wreath for your home, featuring hand-rolled beeswax candles, seasonal greenery, and hand-crafted prayer cards. Space and materials are limited! RSVP to save your spot!
Contact: Mary Elizabeth Neal – maryelizabeth@highlandsumc.net.
Christmas breakfast will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 9 to 10 am. We need breakfast casseroles, fresh whole fruit, juice, and milk. Drop off items during the Christmas Eve services or bring them on Christmas morning. If you can’t serve but want to help, please consider making a donation to the Community Ministries fund to assist with the purchase of blankets, gloves, hats, and socks.
Contact Deb Welsh at deb@highlandsumc.net to sign up to serve and get additional information, including volunteer arrival time.
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Morning Worship featuring the Children's Christmas Pageant
Mandatory dress rehearsal for all children participating in this year’s Christmas Pageant on Sunday, December 22.
Rehearsal for children playing main roles in this year’s children’s Christmas pageant on Sunday, December 22.
Rehearsal for children playing main roles in this year’s children’s Christmas pageant on Sunday, December 22.
Join us on Sunday, December 1, 2019 following 10:30 a.m. worship for lunch and a few Advent craft projects! Each family will create an Advent wreath made with hand-rolled beeswax candles, weekly prayers written by and for your family, and seasonal greenery, as well as ornaments for your Christmas tree. Cost per family is $45, which includes lunch for everyone and craft supplies. Lunch will be tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and dessert. Contact Mary Elizabeth Neal at maryelizabeth@highlandsumc.net for more information. Sign up today!
Choreography workshop for Advent Sacred Dance. Sacred Dance is open to boys and girls in 1st grade or older.
Sign up for this year’s Christmas Pageant at www.highlandsumc.net/christmas-pageant.
Christmas breakfast will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 9 to 10 am. We need breakfast casseroles, fresh whole fruit, juice, and milk. Drop off items during the Christmas Eve services or bring them on Christmas morning. If you can’t serve but want to help, please consider making a donation to the Community Ministries fund to assist with the purchase of blankets, gloves, hats, and socks.
Contact Deb Welsh at deb@highlandsumc.net to sign up to serve and get additional information, including volunteer arrival time.
Are you hungry to rediscover the child-like wonder of this holy season, to prepare for the incarnation, the coming of “God with us” in Jesus in simpler ways? Do you long for genuine peace and calm in your Christmas?
Travel with other seekers of joy & truth, revisiting passages from C.S. Lewis’ beloved classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. An Advent small group will explore the powerful themes of light & darkness, temptation & sin, forgiveness & hope, through the lens of Lewis’ rich tale, coupled with familiar & not so familiar scripture passages.
Author of ADVENT IN NARNIA, Heidi Haverkamp, provides daily meditations for participants. Kathleen Lalor will offer 4 weekly, Sunday morning sessions of guided conversations and prayerful reflection. Fittingly, we will gather in the 1st floor library opposite the chapel on Sundays December 2, 9,16, and 23 at 9:25a.m. Please let Kathleen know if you will plan to be a part of all or some of the sessions. Participants ideally would begin the first week’s readings prior to the first session. Contact Kathleen at kblalor@gmail.com to register & receive your copy of ADVENT IN NARNIA ($10). All are welcome!
Prep for Session 4—December 23
1. Read daily readings for Week 4, pages 50-63.
2. As time permits, focus some prayerful, creative energy on the questions listed on page 61 for our closing session.
a. Optional: Follow along in the novel, reading Chapters 10 & 11.
*Consider sharing THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE with a child you love during Advent!
Are you hungry to rediscover the child-like wonder of this holy season, to prepare for the incarnation, the coming of “God with us” in Jesus in simpler ways? Do you long for genuine peace and calm in your Christmas?
Travel with other seekers of joy & truth, revisiting passages from C.S. Lewis’ beloved classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. An Advent small group will explore the powerful themes of light & darkness, temptation & sin, forgiveness & hope, through the lens of Lewis’ rich tale, coupled with familiar & not so familiar scripture passages.
Author of ADVENT IN NARNIA, Heidi Haverkamp, provides daily meditations for participants. Kathleen Lalor will offer 4 weekly, Sunday morning sessions of guided conversations and prayerful reflection. Fittingly, we will gather in the 1st floor library opposite the chapel on Sundays December 2, 9,16, and 23 at 9:25a.m. Please let Kathleen know if you will plan to be a part of all or some of the sessions. Participants ideally would begin the first week’s readings prior to the first session. Contact Kathleen at kblalor@gmail.com to register & receive your copy of ADVENT IN NARNIA ($10). All are welcome!
Prep for Session 3—December 16
1. Read daily readings for Week 3, pages 34-47.
2. As time permits, take any of the questions that are compelling to you and spend some time wrestling with them. Consider especially the questions on page 47 for our Sunday conversation.
a. Optional: Follow along in the original novel, reading Chapters 6 (if you didn’t for session 2), and Chapters 7-9.
Are you hungry to rediscover the child-like wonder of this holy season, to prepare for the incarnation, the coming of “God with us” in Jesus in simpler ways? Do you long for genuine peace and calm in your Christmas?
Travel with other seekers of joy & truth, revisiting passages from C.S. Lewis’ beloved classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. An Advent small group will explore the powerful themes of light & darkness, temptation & sin, forgiveness & hope, through the lens of Lewis’ rich tale, coupled with familiar & not so familiar scripture passages.
Author of ADVENT IN NARNIA, Heidi Haverkamp, provides daily meditations for participants. Kathleen Lalor will offer 4 weekly, Sunday morning sessions of guided conversations and prayerful reflection. Fittingly, we will gather in the 1st floor library opposite the chapel on Sundays December 2, 9,16, and 23 at 9:25a.m. Please let Kathleen know if you will plan to be a part of all or some of the sessions. Participants ideally would begin the first week’s readings prior to the first session. Contact Kathleen at kblalor@gmail.com to register & receive your copy of ADVENT IN NARNIA ($10). All are welcome!
Prep for Session 2—December 9
1. Read daily readings for Week 2, pages 18-31.
2. If time permits, focus some prayerful meditation time on question 3, page 23 and questions 1, 2 & 3 on page 29.
a. Optional: Follow along in the original novel, reading Chapters 5 & 6 in THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE.
Now going strong for over 15 years, the Festival of Three Kings is an event run by local United Methodist Churches that gives over 750 children associated with either Urban Ministries or the Department of Human Resources an opportunity to have a memorable Christmas. Highlands UMC is responsible for 100 children this year. You are invited to purchase gifts from a wish list ($100 limit) and these gifts will be distributed to the children’s families.
Children's Christmas Festival and Gift Distribution will be held in the Highlands Fellowship Hall on Saturday, December 8. Volunteers to help at the event are needed! Contact Deb Welsh to sign up!
Youth Group Meeting at Highlands UMC
Shopping for Festival of the Three Kings
Dinner provided
Parents may drop off and pick up at Walmart on Montclair Road. We will gather at the Home & Pharmacy entrance. Drivers and chaperones needed!
Are you hungry to rediscover the child-like wonder of this holy season, to prepare for the incarnation, the coming of “God with us” in Jesus in simpler ways? Do you long for genuine peace and calm in your Christmas?
Travel with other seekers of joy & truth, revisiting passages from C.S. Lewis’ beloved classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. An Advent small group will explore the powerful themes of light & darkness, temptation & sin, forgiveness & hope, through the lens of Lewis’ rich tale, coupled with familiar & not so familiar scripture passages.
Author of ADVENT IN NARNIA, Heidi Haverkamp, provides daily meditations for participants. Kathleen Lalor will offer 4 weekly, Sunday morning sessions of guided conversations and prayerful reflection. Fittingly, we will gather in the 1st floor library opposite the chapel on Sundays December 2, 9,16, and 23 at 9:25a.m. Please let Kathleen know if you will plan to be a part of all or some of the sessions. Participants ideally would begin the first week’s readings prior to the first session. Contact Kathleen at kblalor@gmail.com to register & receive your copy of ADVENT IN NARNIA ($10). All are welcome!
Prep for Session 1—December 2
1. Read Introduction, plus Week 1 daily readings through page 15.
2. If time permits, choose a question from 1 or 2 of the daily readings to spend time with in prayerful meditation through journaling or quiet contemplation.
a. Optional: Follow along in the original novel, reading Chapters 1-4 in THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE.
Christmas breakfast will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 9 to 10 am. We need breakfast casseroles, fruit, juice, and milk. Drop off items during the Christmas Eve services or bring them on Christmas morning. If you can’t serve but want to help, please consider making a donation to the Community Ministries fund to assist with the purchase of blankets, gloves, hats, and socks. To sign up to serve, contact Deb Welsh at deb@highlandsumc.net.
Each year, Highlands' Open Table assembles gift bags for worshipers to take with them following Christmas Eve services. These bags are a small way of showing our appreciation for those who must work the holiday - first responders, doctors and nurses, convenience store attendants, etc. Join us in the Fellowship Hall to assemble the bags and fellowship together.
Individually wrapped snack crackers, nuts, cookies, or candy are needed to fill the bags! Contact Michele Nailen to help out!
Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles provides an inspirational guide through the Advent season. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection, helping readers understand Advent in the wider context of Gods love. Wright’s engaging and accessible writing and imagery help us see Advent both in relation to the Bibles message and in our own lives today. Each week we will discuss key themes for the season: thanksgiving, patience, humility, and joy.
Class meets on Thursdays, November 30, December 7, 14, and 21 at 10 am in Room E209. Led by Beth Douthit. Books are available in the Greeting Space.
Join the Highlanders (formerly known as the “young adults”) for an Advent study of Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity by Adam Hamilton. Discussions will be facilitated by Warren Nash, Executive Minister at Canterbury UMC. Class meets on Wednesdays at 6 pm. Books may be purchased here. For more information, contact Callie Nash.
Join the men of Highlands to ring the bell for Salvation Army in front of Belk at the Summit. We have lots of time slots available! Contact Mark Chambers for more information or to sign up.
Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles provides an inspirational guide through the Advent season. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection, helping readers understand Advent in the wider context of Gods love. Wright’s engaging and accessible writing and imagery help us see Advent both in relation to the Bibles message and in our own lives today. Each week we will discuss key themes for the season: thanksgiving, patience, humility, and joy.
Class meets on Thursdays, November 30, December 7, 14, and 21 at 10 am in Room E209. Led by Beth Douthit. Books are available in the Greeting Space.
Join the Highlanders (formerly known as the “young adults”) for an Advent study of Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity by Adam Hamilton. Discussions will be facilitated by Warren Nash, Executive Minister at Canterbury UMC. Class meets on Wednesdays at 6 pm. Books may be purchased here. For more information, contact Callie Nash.
Upcoming Class Dates:
December 20 at Evalouise and Allen Arnold’s home
*Nursery provided
Now going strong for over 15 years, the Festival of Three Kings is an event run by local United Methodist Churches that gives over 750 children associated with either Urban Ministries or the Department of Human Resources an opportunity to have a memorable Christmas. Highlands UMC is responsible for 100 children this year. You are invited to purchase gifts from a wish list ($100 limit) and these gifts will be distributed to the children’s families.
Children's Christmas Festival and Gift Distribution will be held at Birmingham Southern College on Saturday, December 9. Volunteers to help at the event are needed! Contact Deb Welsh to sign up!
Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles provides an inspirational guide through the Advent season. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection, helping readers understand Advent in the wider context of Gods love. Wright’s engaging and accessible writing and imagery help us see Advent both in relation to the Bibles message and in our own lives today. Each week we will discuss key themes for the season: thanksgiving, patience, humility, and joy.
Class meets on Thursdays, November 30, December 7, 14, and 21 at 10 am in Room E209. Led by Beth Douthit. Books are available in the Greeting Space.
Join the Highlanders (formerly known as the “young adults”) for an Advent study of Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity by Adam Hamilton. Discussions will be facilitated by Warren Nash, Executive Minister at Canterbury UMC. Class meets on Wednesdays at 6 pm. Books may be purchased here. For more information, contact Callie Nash.
Upcoming Class Dates:
December 13 at Alison and Dan Starnes’ home
December 20 at Evalouise and Allen Arnold’s home
*Nursery provided
Youth Group Meeting at Highlands UMC
Sunday, December 3 | 4-6 p.m.
Shopping for Festival of the Three Kings
Dinner provided
Carpool leaves Highlands UMC parking lot at 3:45 p.m. and returns by 6:15 p.m.
Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles provides an inspirational guide through the Advent season. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection, helping readers understand Advent in the wider context of Gods love. Wright’s engaging and accessible writing and imagery help us see Advent both in relation to the Bibles message and in our own lives today. Each week we will discuss key themes for the season: thanksgiving, patience, humility, and joy.
Class meets on Thursdays, November 30, December 7, 14, and 21 at 10 am in Room E209. Led by Beth Douthit. Books are available in the Greeting Space.
Join the Highlanders (formerly known as the “young adults”) for an Advent study of Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity by Adam Hamilton. Discussions will be facilitated by Warren Nash, Executive Minister at Canterbury UMC. Class meets on Wednesdays at 6 pm. Books may be purchased here. For more information, contact Callie U
Upcoming Class Dates:
December 6 at Highlands in the Griffin-Williams Room*
December 13 at Alison and Dan Starnes’ home
December 20 at Evalouise and Allen Arnold’s home
*Nursery provided
