Updated on November 15, 2024
November 17, Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
With much anticipation, we gather this Sunday to celebrate Highland’s 75th anniversary. Worship will be a feast for eyes and ears, with new contributions from Highland’s Arts and Worship Team, special music, and much more. Our Luncheon will be festive as well. Please see below for additional details.
Sunday is also our Stewardship Dedication Day, and we look forward to presenting our Pledge Cards and Time & Talent forms as an act of worship on this joyful day. We hope you have received Stewardship information in the mail. Please see below for online links to that same information.
This is a full time in the life of the church, and in the life of the world. Please read below, and in our November issue of Highlights, for more about ways that we are being the church through this season.
Scripture Readings: Exodus 19:1-6; 1 Peter 2:4-10
Sermon: We Are the Church Together, Randy Harris
Click here for the bulletin and video link for the livestream service, which will be available Sunday beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Sunday Schedule:
- 9:30 a.m. Christian Education for All Ages
- 11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary and Livestream
- 12:30 p.m. 75th Anniversary Meal, Fellowship Hall
- See the News & Events page for the current week’s schedule
đHighland’s 75th Celebration, November 17
We look forward to a joyful celebration in worship this Sunday, followed by an equally joyful luncheon in the Fellowship Hall. In addition to the new visual elements provided this Sunday by our Arts and Worship Team, worship will feature special music (brass, timpani, handbells, and organ, including a new anthem composed by Dan Locklair for the occasion). A bagpiper will also accompany us as we journey to the Fellowship Hall. During worship, we will also look to the future as we share in our Stewardship Dedication for 2025.
Our Luncheon, catered by Milner’s, will feature special recognitions of charter members and families, a fantastic documentary video produced by Cameron Kent that celebrates Highland’s 75 years, and more. (If you made a lunch reservation and can no longer attend, please email Debbbie Layman to let us know!)
We are placing one last order for 75th anniversary vests. If you would like to place an order (Friday, November 15 is the deadline), please email Skip Pickett.
đStewardship
Stewardship Dedication Sunday is November 17. From Generation to Generation is our theme, and we look forward to making our commitments as we anticipate another year in ministry together. Stewardship information has been mailed, and forms are also available online. Clink the links below to access them.
Stewardship Brochure
Pledge Card
Time & Talent Form
âȘ Churchwide
Advent Event: November 24, 9:30 a.m.: This year’s Advent Event, a wonderful time to get ready for the Advent season, is going to have a frosty flair! Instead of gathering in the Fellowship Hall, weâll be bundling up and enjoying the outdoors in Highlandâs new âGathering Garden,â a fantastic space for children, youth, and adults to play and connect. To keep warm, there will be outdoor heaters and a cozy firepit. Weâve planned fun activities for the kids and teens, while the new picnic area will be perfect for adults to mingle and soak in the festive spirit. Under the Pergola, right outside the Preschool Nursery, weâll be crafting Christmas wreaths. Plus, weâll have light breakfast snacks, along with coffee and hot chocolate to keep everyone energized!
Please note: we will have no regular Sunday school on November 24.
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service: November 24, 7:00 p.m., Temple Emmanuel: Members and friends of Highland, leaders and friends from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim congregations around Winston-Salem will gather at Temple Emanuel to express our thankfulness together, to celebrate the goodness of what we have in common in this time of deepening division and mistrust, and to reaffirm our commitment to share and serve for sake of the poor and suffering in our midst. Highland members and friends are encouraged to bring canned yams as an offering for our neighbors who live with hunger or food insecurity. A monetary offering will also be received.
Pre-Worship Leadership Volunteers: We hope Highland members of ALL ages will sign up to help prepare the Sanctuary on Sunday mornings for Worship. We have space and opportunities for four volunteers each Sunday morning. We would love to see Highlanders fill these positions of lighting the candle, placing the Bible on the lectern, filling the Baptismal Font, and/or placing the Communion Chalice and Plate on the Communion Table. Volunteer Here!
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Gingerbread House Collection for Ashley Elementary We are collecting 50 E-Z Build (2.2 pound) gingerbread houses for an event at Ashley Elementary. Please sign up and let us know how many you will donate and plan to bring them in before December 1.
Alternative Giving: Beginning December 1, The focus for our Alternative Giving this year is on caring for Godâs earth and for those impacted by the devastating effects of climate change. Our Global Service Committee and Earth Care Team are providing gifts of mangrove trees in Madagascar, as well as support for Black Mountain Counseling, and Beloved Asheville in Western North Carolina.
Shepherd Center Gifts: We will be collecting items once again for Christmas gifts bags that The Shepherd’s Center will put together for low income seniors. Highland has signed up to provide toothpaste, body lotion, laundry detergent and canned protein. If you would like to provide any of these items, please click the link below to sign up; items need to be to Highland by December 1. The gift bags will be shared at a special meal, which Highland is hosting, on Saturday, December 7. We are looking for volunteers to help staff this joyful event, so please check your calendars and sign up if you would like to help host that night!
Volunteer to Help Host Here
Sign Up to Provide Items for Giftbags
đ Children
Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Children ages 2 through 4th grade are invited to Godâs Good Neighborhood, the third floor of our Education Building, for exciting new faith formation experiences and choir. The children in grades Kindergarten through 4th will be in the Godly Play Room this Sunday.
đ Youth
Sundays, 9:30 a.m., Youth Church School, choir, and breakfast each week alongside a New Testament story- see you there!
Youth Retreat for our Senior High youth depart this Friday for a weekend on Lake Norman.
đ Adults
Coffee and Conversation takes place Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at Camel City Coffee (110 Oakwood Drive, Suite F). This is a time for informal, unscripted conversation with church members, friends, and staff. Coffee not required!
Music Ministry Opportunities are available, and are open to members and friends of the congregation with some experience making music in these ways. Email Chris Gilliam, Director of Music, to express interest in the Chancel Choir, or Haley Chapman, to express interest in the handbell choir.
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Mail a Check: Address to Highland Presbyterian Church, Attn. Joy Hohmann, 2380 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston Salem, NC 27103.
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