It's Shepherd Sunday at Highland! 
Together, we will read and pray the 23rd Psalm.  Rev. Billy Newton will reflect on the role of Jesus as shepherd and his call for followers to live like good shepherds in a wild world. This Sunday's invitation is for all of us to serve as shepherds of peace and mercy, especially to our young ones, as they try to make sense of life and faith in a confusing and sometimes frightening world.

July 22, 2018, Scripture and Message:

Psalm 23 and Mark 6: 30-34
"Wanted:  Shepherds and More Shepherds"
Rev. Billy Newton, Highland Pastor

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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, reach out to people in need, and to care for God's good earth.  A nursery is available for our youngest ones. 

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

What's been happening at Highland in 2018?
  • 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 neighbors in that part of the world.
  • We believe in breaking down walls of hostility!   (Ephesians 4: 
  • In the fall 2018, we begin an academic study & discussions on World Religions. 
  • We celebrated the Blessing of the Quilts with a colorful procession and display of quilts, representing the patch-work love that we share.  
  • We are thankful for our high school youth who lead worship, share music, go on mission trips and to youth conferences, and support each other in life and faith. 
  • Jr. Youth meet for all kinds of creative activities, Bible study, and service projects.
  • Kids stay for the first half of worship, which is interactive and includes a children's message, and then they go to enjoy a child-centered Sunday School.  
  • Highland goes outdoors, hiking in the Smokies with all ages!  The beauty of the earth and environmental care are important to our life and faith.  
  • ​Our children made Bluebird houses this spring!
  • Quilters meet Tuesday mornings, making quilts to share as gifts of love.   
  • We have a great playground and an organic garden!  
  • Highland co-sponsors refugees with Bridge Refugee Services. 
  • We host 2 Girl Scout Troops, youth art classes, and a basket-making group.
  • In recent years, we built a new accessibility entrance and a new wheelchair ramp. We welcome people with all kinds of abilities, and we will assist you if needed.
  • We support The Gate - Gateway to Independence, a wonderful daytime program for young adults with disabilities.​
  • Easter was an amazing day of celebration!  There were lots of garden tools on hand to help us understand ways that God gardens us and grows us into new life! 
  • On Palm Sunday, we went outdoors to walk with llamas, wave palms, and ring the bells to welcome the Prince of Peace into our lives and communities. 
  • Many of our members are active in multiple forms of civic engagement, including the Women's March, local peace walks, activities for racial unity, letter writing, voter registration, protecting and preserving our environment, welcoming immigrants, and volunteering with many agencies that serve neighbors in need.
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So glad to have our friends from Cuba visiting this summer!
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Highland loves Gateway to Independence!
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All God's children are invited to the table.
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Highland welcomes refugees to East TN as a cosponsor with Bridge Refugee Services

​Highland in CUBA since 2008:  ​For nine years, Highland members have traveled to Cuba for peacemaking and relational ministries in partnership with with Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada en Taguasco.  We go again in 2017!   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