ADVENT, the beginning of a new adventure!
Join us at 10:30 on Sundays in December as we begin a new adventure, moving toward the birth of Christ and toward a future of hope! 

On December 9, we light the Candle of Peace, and we celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism. Billy's sermon is an invitation to:  "Turn, Turn, Turn to Peace".
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Worship themes for Advent and Christmas Eve: 
December 2:  There is a Future of Hope
December 9:  Turn, Turn, Turn to Peace 
December 16:  Hidden Joy
December 23:  Shepherds, Angels, and the Rest of Us
Monday, December 24:  New Birth, New Life, New Light
Christmas Eve candlelight and communion is at 7:00 p.m. 
​All are welcome, as always!
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​         Rev. Billy Newton, Highland Pastor   
Christmas Market ~ THANK YOU!
Thank you to our 20 vendors, soup cookers, bread bakers, basket weavers, our youth, and many volunteers in support of local nonprofits and global programs for peace and justice.  We raised over $5,000.
 ​​HIGHLAND IN THE NEWS - click and read
Alternative Christmas Market 
Storytellers at Highland 
Faith Without Borders 
Quilting ministry pieces lives together.
"Easter invites us into the garden," by Rev. Newton


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Care Quilters offer this beautiful quilt to be raffled and given in support of Highland's Accessibility Fund.
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Thank you Rev. Gloria Mencer for a message of peace!
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It's a happy day when Carrie Niceley visits Highland.
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Studies of world religions, Wednesdays at 5:30 .
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Our friends from Cuba visiting this summer!
Every Sunday morning, we worship at 10:30.
On Sunday mornings, worship is about God's good news of love and mercy, and our calling to serve God, to love our neighbors and ourselves.  We have Sunday School for children and a a nursery for our little ones. 

​Not just on Sundays, but everyday... we seek to:
Do justice.  Share kindness.  Walk humbly together with God!

What's been happening at Highland in 2018?
  • We have a Wednesday night study on world religions, exploring similarities, differences, and common ground.
  • This summer, we hosted friends from our partner church in Taguasco, Cuba. Over 20 Highland  members have visited Cuba to share life, faith and fellowship with our friends.
  • High school youth meet weekly, lead worship, explore faith, do mission trips and attend the Montreat Youth Conference.  
  • Jr. Youth meet for all kinds of creative activities, outdoor events, Bible study, and community service projects.
  • Kids stay for the first half of worship, which is interactive and includes a children's message from the pastor, and then they go enjoy a child-centered Sunday School.  
  • Quilters meet Tuesday mornings, making gifts of love.   
  • We celebrate the Blessing of the Quilts with a colorful procession and display of the patch-work love that we share.  
  • Highland goes outdoors, hiking in the Smokies with all ages!  
  • Highland co-sponsors a refugee family with Bridge Refugee Services. 
  • We host Girl Scouts, youth art classes, a basket-making group, OA, and a late-night college group.
  • In recent years, we built a new accessibility entrance and a new wheelchair ramp. We welcome people with all kinds of abilities. 
  • We support The Gate - Gateway to Independence, a wonderful daytime program for young adults with disabilities.​
  • Easter 2018 was an amazing day of celebration!  There were lots of garden tools on hand to help us understand how God gardens us and grows us into new life! 
  • On Palm Sunday, we walk with llamas, wave palms, and ring bells to welcome the Prince of Peace into our life and faith. 
  • Highland members are active in multiple forms of civic engagement, community service, and environmental care.  Many participate in the Women's March, local peace walks, activities for racial unity, voter registration, protecting and preserving our environment, welcoming immigrants, supporting refugees, and volunteering with programs that serve neighbors in need.
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All God's children are invited to the table.

​Highland Presbyterian Church ~ Sunday worship at 10:30
​Doing justice, loving kindness, walking humbly together with God!
721 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway (Hwy. 321)
Maryville, Tennessee  37804

​Highland in CUBA, every year since 2008:  ​For nine years, Highland members have traveled to Cuba for peacemaking and relational ministries in partnership with friends at Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada en Taguasco.   Read more.  
BLESSING OF THE QUILTS
Highland's Care Quilters meet every Tuesday morning to make quilts for members of our community during a time of special need or as thanksgiving for their life and service. Once in a while, we gather the quilts and invite others to brings quilts for a special blessing and celebration.
Highland Presbyterian Church
721 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway (Hwy. 321)
Maryville, Tennessee 37804

Highland is located at the intersection of Hwy. 321 and Washington Street,
​between Maryville College and Blount Memorial Hospital,
on the road to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Office phone M-W-F mornings: (865)  982-9272 
Email: office@highlandpresby.org
Church Secretary:  Ethel White
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Billy Newton
Webmaster:   revbilly@highlandpresby.org