Volume 60 July 28, 2019 Number 29

Th

e H

igh

lan

d E

va

ngel (U

SP

S 2

4396

0) is p

ub

lished

week

ly e

xce

pt fo

r th

e w

eek

of th

e Fo

urth

of J

uly

, Th

an

ksg

ivin

g

an

d C

hristm

as b

y th

e H

IGH

LA

ND

BA

PT

IST

CH

UR

CH

3400

27

th S

treet,

Merid

ian

MS

3930

5. T

elep

ho

ne—

60

1.4

82

.0191

ww

w.h

igh

lan

db

ap

tist.net

Perio

dica

l po

stage p

aid

at M

erid

ian

, MS

. P

OS

TM

AS

TE

R: se

nd

ad

dress c

han

ges to

Th

e H

igh

lan

d E

va

ngel, 3

400 2

7th

Str

eet, M

erid

ian

, MS

39

305

.

ST

AF

F M

EM

BE

R O

N C

AL

L

Ju

ly 2

6-2

8

Clin

t Jack

son

601.7

65.3

758

STATISTICAL REPORT JULY 21, 2019

Coming up this Sunday july 28, 2019

Prelude

Call to Worship Holy, Holy, Holy with

Savior and King

Welcome

Children’s Message Beth Lang

Worship Song Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross

With Here I Am to Worship

Offertory

Vocal Worship I Got Saved

Soloists—Jimmy Richardson, Claire Threatt, Beth Lang

Message Rev. David Hopkins

“THE POWER OF PRAYER”

Luke 11:1-2, Matthew 6:9-10

Response Time

Benediction Chorus Savior and King

No Evening Activities

STEWARDSHIP REPORT Receipts: Budget 58,598.35 Child Dev Center .00 Designated 799.00 Total 59,397.35 Budget Req. to date 567,758.23 (29@19,577.87) Budget Receipts to date 686,680.49 CDC Req. to date 658,779.66 (29@22,716.54) CDC Receipts to date 607,810.50

BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY Main Connection Group Enrollment 526 Attendance Adult 127 Youth 23 Children 34 Preschool 13 Worship Team 9 Visitors 4 Main School Att. 210 Nursing Home 10 Total SS Attendance 220 Worship Att. AM 247

PRESCHOOL EXTENDED SESSION July 28, 2019 Dave & Heather Carr (Babies)

Heath &Jessica Richardson (Creepers/Toddlers/Preschool 2) IF NEEDED: Claire Threatt

CHILDREN’S CHURCH: Katie Odom, Alisha Singley NURSERY TRANSITION UPDATE:

Our church nursery is now located in the suite behind the Welcome Desk near the Gathering Area.

Bed Babies meet in Room 155 and Toddlers meet in Room 154.

You Are Invited To a

“NEW”

Old Fashioned Pounding for

The Hopkins Family

And

The Calhoun Family

On Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Following Prayer Meeting (Gift Cards are Welcome)

Please call the church office to make

your supper reservations for July 31 - MENU: Cheeseburger Casserole,

Green Beans, Rolls Dessert Children’s Menu: Chicken Nuggets

Ju

ly 2

8

Gen

esis 6:1

-22

Ju

ly 2

9

Gen

esis 7:1

-24

Ju

ly 3

0

Gen

esis 8:1

-22

Ju

ly 3

1

Gen

esis 9:1

-29

Au

gu

st 1

Ex

od

us 3

:1-2

2

A

ug

ust 2

E

xod

us 4

:1-1

7

Au

gu

st 3

Ex

od

us 4

:18-3

1

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, July 28 9:00 A.M. Library Open 9:30 A.M. Sunday School Security-Chad Casey 10:30 A.M. Library Open 10:45 A.M. Morning Worship

Security—Jason Clayton, Tom Clayton 12:00 P.M. Haiti Mission Trip Meeting 5:00 P.M. No Evening Activities Monday, July 29 8:30 A.M. Adult Exercise 6:30 P.M. Prayer Time in the Sanctuary Tuesday, July 30 4:00 P.M. Ladies’ Quilting Wednesday, July 31 8:30 A.M. Adult Exercise 5:00 P.M. Family Night Supper

MENU: Cheeseburger Casserole, Green Beans, Rolls, Dessert CHILDREN’S MENU: Chicken Nuggets

6:00 P.M. Prayer Meeting/Youth/Children/Nursery Pounding to follow Prayer Meeting Thursday, August 1 7:00 A.M. Men’s Prayer Breakfast Friday, August 2 YOUTH BACK 2 SCHOOL RETREAT (2-3)

8:30 A.M. Adult Exercise

AUGUST 2019 1 2 Youth Back to 3 School Retreat (Orange Beach)

4 5:00 p.m. GOSPEL CENTERED SMALL GROUP STUDY 5 9:30-11:00 a.m. CDC Music with Abby

6 7 WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPERS RESUME 6:00 p.m. WOW Parent/Teacher Meeting 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir Resumes

8 9 10

11 8:00 a.m. Deacon’s Meeting CHURCHWIDE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROMOTION DAY 4:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting 5:00 p.m. GOSPEL CENTERED SMALL GROUP STUDY

12 9:30-11:00 a.m. CDC Music with Abby 5:30 p.m. CDC Committee Meeting

13 5:30 p.m. Peas & Cornbread at the Highland House $3.00 per person

14 WOW KICKOFF 6:00 p.m. WOW Worship Rally

15 7:00 p.m. David Phelps and Family Band Concert at the Temple Theater

16 17

18 5:00 p.m. GOSPEL CENTERED SMALL GROUP STUDY 19 9:30-11:00 a.m. CDC Music with Abby

20 21 9:00 a.m. PRECEPT RESUMES

22 23 24

25 5:00 p.m. GOSPEL CENTERED SMALL GROUP STUDY 26 9:30-11:00 a.m. CDC Music with Abby

27 28 29 5:30 p.m. Sr. Adults meet at Long’s Fish Camp

30 31 6:00 p.m. Marriage Night in the Fellowship Hall

IF YOUR CHILD IS INTERESTED IN HAVING

BIBLE DRILL THIS COMING YEAR, PLEASE

CONTACT DANA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEACH OR

HELP WITH BIBLE DRILL?

From our minister to students... Summer blockbusters is a phrase many of us have heard

throughout the years but probably never really put much thought into. Every year, movies are released by major studios with the hopes that they will be the next big hit. It always amuses me that around late win-ter/early spring every year, you will hear the same phrase worded slightly different in several different movie trailers. You will hear something along the lines of, “(Movie Title) is going to be the biggest movie of the year” or “(Movie Title) promises to be the one movie you cannot afford to miss this summer.” The projected expectations of these movies by these studios are typically much grander than they actually turn out to be. Very rarely is a movie the “must see” that they promise us. Movie studios have lofty expectations of movies breaking all kinds of records and receiving all kinds of awards and very rarely are these expectations met. However, on occasion, they are.

I read an article just yesterday (7/22/19) stating that a record that had been held for 10 years had been broken. In December of 2009, the movie Avatar was released, and it broke the record for the most money ever made in theaters. Not only did it break it, it crushed it. It beat the previous record holder by over $600 million by taking in 2.788 billion dollars. If you’re anything like me, you cannot even begin to fathom how much money that is. I feel it is safe to say that the studio’s financial expectations were met. That record lasted for 10 years before being broken just within the last couple of weeks. Avengers: Endgame was released back in April and it just surpassed 2.79 billion dollars from theater revenue. Again, more money than I can even begin to think through…

All throughout life, we have to deal with expectations. Some of these expectations are placed on us by others and some of these ex-pectations are placed by us. No matter where it originated, oftentimes these expectations go unmet. With Christ, however, He never disap-points. He always exceeds. When our desires match up with His, He will always deliver. He will never abandon us. He is always right there with us. In fact, Deuteronomy 31:6 says, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear of be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” The Lord our God will never forsake us. He always fulfills His promises. He always exceeds expectations. Everything else in the world is capable of letting us down. Jesus, however, never will.

Highland Baptist church memorials IN MEMORY OF MRS. SHIRLEY SOLLIE: Designated to the Children’s Choir by: Kenny and Gail Harris Designated to the Music Ministry by: Patricia Long IN MEMORY OF MRS. CAROLE GREER BY: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mayer

ON to college 2019 Please notify the church office by August 5

if you have a college student.

Can you help?????? Please contact Sarah Kitchens if you would be able to help

serve our Wednesday Family Night Suppers.

DAVID PHELPS AND FAMILY Concert Thursday, August 15, at 7:00 p.m. Temple Theater Discounted Tickets Are Available. Please see Abby.

Haiti mission trip meeting There will be a brief meeting concerning the Haiti Mission

Trip this Sunday, July 28, following morning worship, in the Gathering Area.

The trip is to Thoman, Haiti October 12-18. If anyone is interested, please come!

The very newest Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gough (Renee) on the birth of their grandson, Henry Sawyer Gough.