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1 Highlands Highlights H I G H L A N D S A R P C H U R C H Volume XIV, Issue III March, 2018 In Loving Memory Wilma Reinsberg and her husband Gordon, joined Highlands shortly after Highlands moved to Grayson. They were faithful members for many years. Wilma and her daughter Kathy Pembroke moved out of state shortly after Gordon passed away. Wilma s favorite song was In the Garden. She had two dogs that she just loved. Wilma went to heaven on December 27, She will be fondly remembered by her many friends at Highlands. Verna Knight and her husband, Hall, joined Highlands shortly after Highlands moved to Grayson. Hall passed away several years ago, and Verna was by his side until his death. She continued to be a faithful member of Highlands until she was moved to Madison Health and Rehabilitation some time after her 90th birthday. Verna enjoyed crossword puzzles and word search puzzles. She enjoyed volunteering her time at the Golden Living Nursing Home. Verna Knight went to heaven on February 5, Verna will be fondly remembered by her many friends at Highlands. Special points of interest: MARCH 2-4 BONCLARKEN HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT MARCH 4 PUPPET SHOW MARCH 10 MOC & WOC MEETING AND WORK DAY MARCH 12 SOUP NITE MARCH 17 HAND & FOOT GAME NIGHT MARCDH 25 PALM SUNDAY MARCH26 SOUP NITE MARCH 29 MAUNDY THURS. SERVICE MARCH 31 BUNNY BRUNCH Inside this issue: FROM THE PASTOR 2 YOUNG FAMILY MINISTRY 3 MMO 4 EVENTS 5-6 VALENTINES DINNER 7-9 YOUTH 10 SOUP NITE 11

2 From the Pastor Highlands Highlights 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:1-3 ESV) We re continuing our overview of the moral law, what we call the Ten Commandments, and we begin where God begins, the first commandment. Theologians have actually divided this first commandment into two distinct yet connected sections. Verses one and two are often called the preamble with verse 3 being the actual commandment. In other words, the preamble is that foundation for all that follows in the moral law of God, the very basis for what He is commanding us to be and to do. He reminds us rather pointedly that He alone is our God and as such has the right to tell us how we are to conduct our lives. In fact, the word translated LORD is in all capitals for a reason. This is the proper name of God, the highest name of God, that He has revealed to us about Himself. But not only are we required to obey God just because He is God, He also reminds us of all He s done on our behalf. He tells His ancient people, Israel, that He alone is the God who brought them out of Egypt and freed them from slavery. As we read through the following chapters and books of the Old Testament we also will notice that this same God not only freed them but then gave them a land flowing with great blessings fulfilling the promise He made to Abraham. Do you realize that the promise God gave and fulfilled to Israel is also for us today? You see, there s a great spiritual truth in this statement from God in that He also has freed every believer from slavery to sin and has given each of us, not only the promise of blessing in this life as we live in love and obedience to Him, but also the great hope of eternal life through the person and work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And because God has freed us from the dominion of sin, we can now approach the moral law with a determination, in accordance with the grace of God at work in us, to express genuine love for Him and others as we strive to live in obedience to God s commandments. Now that we have the foundation for why we should strive to keep the law, we begin with the first and foremost of that law, You shall have no other gods before me. Since God is God as well as being our creator and since we are made in His image as Scripture teaches then it follows that He should be first and foremost in our lives and that our lives should be lived in such a way that He is praised, honored, and glorified. You see, God will not tolerate competition since He alone is God. It s not just that God is to be first in our lives but that He is to be the only God in and of our lives. As it applied to God s ancient people, He was calling them to forsake the gods of the land they were entering and to worship Him alone as their God. Sadly, God was not always worshipped as the true and only God by His ancient people and they endured severe consequences for their disobedience. The same thing is true of us today. We can also fall into this sin as we live our lives in that we can make some of the things or even the people we admire in life as important to us as God. As one commentator stated: The sin against this commandment which we are most in danger of, is giving that glory to any creature which is due to God only. Pride makes a god of ourselves, covetousness makes a god of money, sensuality makes a god of the belly. Whatever is loved, feared, delighted in, or depended on, more than God, that we make a god of. Because this is such an easy trap to fall into we must always be on our guard so that we do not sin against this God who has lavished his love, mercy, and grace upon us. We also need to remember that through the cross of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit within us we can overcome. We also must remember that in those times when we find ourselves in this sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous one. Pastor Mark Page 2

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4 Highlands Highlights Highlands MMO & Preschool March Theme: Animals This month we will be learning about Animals, and we will be celebrating reading, and Dr. Seuss s birthday. We will also learn about letters S, T, U, & V and the numbers, 7, 8, 9, & 10. We will have fun by bringing our favorite Dr. Seuss book to help celebrate his birthday! Registration for the school year has begun. If you know someone that might enjoy the program, please have them visit: highlandspreschoolandmmo.org and they can register online! Thanks! Page 4

5 Volume XIV, Issue III Congratulations! So proud of Michelle Miles and the awesome performance of the US Army All American Band in their Halftime Show at the US Army All American Bowl in San Antonio. Michelle was a finalist for the Calvin Titus Award, an award given to two Band members who best exemplify the Army s high standard of excellence during their high school career. Recipients stand out in terms of community involvement, academic achievement and musical distinction. She also received the Certificate of Achievement as top Mellophone in her section that exhibited the US Army Corp Values during the week. For her birthday she received her stole to wear for graduation. Great job Michelle as you let your Strong Christian Faith shine through you. Men of the Church and WOC Meeting On March 10, 2018 at 9:00am the Highlands men of the church will have a breakfast and work day to prepare the church for the upcoming meeting of the ARP Presbytery at Highlands later in the month. The plan is to clean and make any necessary repairs to the interior of the church. If anyone is aware of repairs, please let me or John Jones know of things that need to be done. The Women of the Church will be meeting at this time also for breakfast, a meeting and to help with the work day. Thanks, Bob Statham & Carole Sexton MEN OF THE CHURCH AND WOC MEETING FOR BREAKFAST 9AM MEETINGS AND THEN WORK DAY Page 5

6 Highlands Highlights Prayer Corner Please continue to keep Jacob Blandshaw Sr. in your prayers as he continues to heal from injuries from his auto accident. Mary Barham, Linda Whitaker s mother now in rehab. Pray for her complete recovery from her fractured hip and heart attack. Keep Andrew Brunson missionary in his 16th month of imprisonment in Turkey. No evidence against him has been presented. Pastor Mark s father Richard Hornby Page 6 now under hospice care in Michigan. Hudson Hornby 4 month old grandchild of pastor Mark and Bonnie that was hospitalized twice for infections now home doing well. Michelle McCoy in physical therapy healing from injury to her arm. Madeline McNeely 5 year old friend of the Kuykendall s in treatment for cancer with tumor on her spine. Hadley Statham. Bob and Jane s grand daughter for healing of a Fractured elbow. Andrew Willis, Stan Whitaker s nephew with facial Fractures and surgery from a line drive to his face while playing base ball for his college team. And all those who lost love ones this past month. Ozzi and Mary Ashe with the loss of Ozzie s sister in law Catherine and Mary s Aunt Helen. Stan Whitaker s brother in law RC Gilliam, Jan and Marian Wingfiled s Cousin and former member of Highlands Annetta McConnell. And the Family of Verna Knight.

7 Volume XIV, Issue III The Valentines Dinner was enjoyed by folks of all ages. The atmosphere was a fun fiesta. We enjoyed a wonderful Mexican meal prepared by volunteer women of our church. Great entertainment by our own talented members. Sal Macaluso did a fantastic job as our MC. Bob Statham put together some exciting music to dance by. Sharon Edmondson, Jane Statham, and Azaleae Akins, led us in some fun line dances. The children enjoyed making fun crafts, eating pizza and breaking yummy treats from the piñata. Page 7

8 Highlands Highlights A big thank you to all that helped put the Valentines Dinner together. Bonnie Hornby was the master mind behind the whole thing. She also helped create the fun heart flags that were strung across the room. Michelle McCoy also was a big help. She designed the flyers, web page sign up, and our prizes. Lee Hunt was in charge of organizing the entertainment. Sal was a great MC, Bill Wright wowed us with his trumpet playing, Sharon Edmondson, Karen Akins, and Pastor Mark sang solos. Matt Hunt sang while Joey Hunt played the electric guitar. Lee and Jerita Hunt sang a duet. Cindy Bennett, Betsy Whitson, and Carol Streng, sang in a trio. Bonnie Hornby played the piano while Pastor Mark sang our closing song. Carole Sexton organized decorating with help from Andrea Eklund, Jane Statham, Frank Sexton, and Libby White. Our amazing Chefs were Betsy Whitson, Cindy Bennett, Carol Streng and Faith Wallace. Bre Jones created the wonderful dessert. Gene Streng and Jim Whitson helped plate the food. Chris McCoy organized and helped the youth to serve. Page 8

9 Volume XIV, Issue III Azeleae, Edward and Francina Akins, Marissa Spiller, Robert and Caralee Whittle and Trinity did an awesome job serving. Leah Avitabile, and Megan Sinclair helped run the activities for the young children. Bonnie Hornby also took our pictures as we entered the fellowship hall. Thank you for all that helped clean up after and for all the hard work everyone did to work together to make this such an enjoyable evening. Page 9

10 February was such a fun month of service and fellowship. I m so thankful for all of the students who were willing and able to serve at the Valentine s dinner. They did a great job making sure everyone was taken care of! In Sunday School we have been continuing our study of Colossians and focusing on how we are supposed to live as Christians. On Wednesday nights we have had a lot of fun learning about the need for forgiveness. We took an awesome trip out to Stone Summit Rock Climbing Gym and had a ton of fun climbing on the T-rex, bouldering in the boulder room, and topping out on some tall walls! Sunday School at 9am! Youth: Wednesdays at 6:30! No Youth March 28 Bunny Brunch Mar. 31 Easter Breakfast April 1 No Youth April 4 Nerfs & Waffles April 18 Grayson Day April 28 Page 10

11 Volume XIV, Issue III Soup Nite Wow, is February over already? We just finished our 4th Monday Soup Nite. We served Brunswick Stew, corn bread, applesauce and cookies. We also gave out milk, potatoes and eggs on our "give away" table. It was such a pleasure to have so much help this Monday. The kitchen was buzzing with conversation. Two ladies from St. Matthew's Episcopal church came to see "how we do this". They are thinking of starting up serving hot meals to the guests of Seven Springs in Snellville. They also helped us serve tonight. We had a new server tonite, Gertha. She is a friend of Anna Wimer's and asked me yesterday how she could help at church yesterday. I hope she is able to come often. Faith members were there to help and we missed Linda but hopefully will see her again. We ran out of food at 6:15. Bob and Charles had been in the kitchen making Highlands famous Brunswick Stew and made sooooo much, but alas, all gone too soon. We gave out some frozen fajitas and wraps for the extra people that came after the stew was gone. Libby, Liezl and Marissa cleaned the ENTIRE kitchen, not just the pots and pans! Bob and Charles delivered to our shut ins and Lee Ragas delivered meals to the CoOp for the senior delivery tomorrow. Mr. Winfrey prayed us through the night and it was good! Our first serving in February, was Lasagna in a Pot and it was wonderful! We served warm garlic bread and pineapples as well. Our congregation members made the crock pots and what a delight to smell that sauce bubbling in the kitchen. We were in need of help to serve but somehow, the Lord always brings us just what we need. Libby and Liezl and Marissa did clean up and boy did they clean up! Again. Our servings in March are on the 12th and 26th. We are serving Breakfast for Supper on the 12th and Chinese Chicken Dinner on the 26th. I will keep you posted. Thank you for all you do to serve our community and spreading Love because of our love for Christ. Just a note on Mr. Dix...he is good with meals for now. Taking it easy and he will be in touch with me at the end of Next Week. In Christ, Carrie MARCH SOUP NIITES ARE MARCH 12TH AND MARCH 26TH Page 11

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13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 MMO 7am Men's Prayer Breakfast 2 3 Lynne Miles High School Retreat Bonclarken 4 9:00 SS 10:00 Worship 11:00 puppet show 5 MMO 6 MMO Chris McCoy 7pm Ladies Bible Study 7 MMO 6:15 Choir Practice 6:30 Youth 7:00 Dinner 8 MMO 7am Men's Prayer Breakfast 9 Justin Jacques 10 9am Men of the Church and WOC Meeting and Church Work DAY 11 Glenn Martin 9:00 SS 10:00 Worship 12 MMO Soup Nite 4-7pm 13 MMO Presbytery Meeting 7pm Ladies Bible Study 14 MMO 6:15 Choir Practice 6:30 Youth 7:00 Dinner 15 MMO 7am Men's Prayer Breakfast 16 John Mark Avitabile 17 Hand & Foot Game at the Sextons 18 9:00 SS 10:00 Worship 19 MMO Kenneth Fordham 20 MMO 7pm Ladies Bible Study 21 MMO Caridad Blandshaw 6:15 Choir Practice 6:30 Youth 7:00 Dinner 22 MMO 7am Men's Prayer Breakfast Bill Alimena 9:00 SS 10:00 Worship 26 MMO 27 MMO 7pm Ladies Bible Study 28 MMO Jon Jones 29 MMO 7am Men's Prayer Breakfast Bunny- Brunch 10:30-Noon Soup Nite 4-7pm Service 7pm Page 13

14 Worship Times And Activities Sunday: Tuesday: Wednesday: 9:00 AM Sunday School for all Ages 10:00 AM Worship 11:00 AM Bell Practice 7:00 PM Ladies Weekly Bible Study 6:15PM Choir practice 6:30 PM Youth & Children fun and games 7:00 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Bible Study Important Phone Numbers (770) Phone (770) Fax Pastor: Associate Pastor: Music Director: Secretary : Mark Hornby Chris McCoy Bonnie Hornby Alexia Cundey Thursday: 7AM Men's Prayer Breakfast at Main Street Restaurant on Hwy 78 in Snellville 11:00AM Ladies Bible Study, 2nd Thurs of the month Saturday: 9:00 AM Fellowship Breakfast (Periodically) 9:45 AM Highlands Men of the church & WOC meeting Highlands Highlights March, 2018 Newsletter CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Candle Lighters: March 4 John Mark Avitabile March 11 Thomas Kuykendall March 18 Nate Edmondson March 25 John Mark Avitabile Warmly Welcoming our Members & Visitors each week: March 4 Jim Whitson, Stan Whitaker, Sal Macaluso March 11 Phillip Wallace, John Avitabile, Earl Thomas March 18 Robert Whittle, Lee Hunt, George O Farrell March 25 Paul McInnish, Glenn Martin, Charles Roberts, John West Nursery & Children's Church Nursery Schedule for Worship March 4 Kathy Summers (1st Sunday of the Month) March 11 - Lea Whittle (2nd Sunday of the Month) March 18- Carole Sexton (3rd Sunday of the Month) March 25- Sonja Woodham (4th Sunday of the Month) Preschool Children's Church - March 4 - Lynn Avitabile March 11 - Cydney Moore March 18 - Brianne Jones March 25- Cydney Moore Elementary Children's Church is Gail O'Farrell