January 2017January 2017January 2017

HIGHLANDER

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

6:30 AM - 5:30 PM Monday - Friday

PRESCHOOL AGES 3-5

LINDA CONNER, Director 455-8642

Celebrating

47 YEARS

Each new year brings with it an evaluation of the prior year’s commitments and

fresh commitments to new goals. I want to encourage you to begin this new year

with a fresh commitment to studying the Word of God and to prayer for revival and

lost souls to be saved. I am excited about what God has in store for this coming

year. Be sure to look around and consider inviting someone to join you for coffee,

a meal, or even to a party. If your small group is not having a meal or party, this

month then maybe you should take the initiative to have one. Ask yourself who and

how have I reached out to this past week. Make it you New Year’s Goal to make

Christ known in your life and to invite others to every fellowship every month. We

are anticipating God doing marvelous things among His people – you don’t want to

miss a single service!

January 1st we will kick the new year off with the Lord’s Supper! The Lord’s

Supper is an act of worship as we remember and proclaim the Lord’s death until he

comes! The observance of the Lord’s Supper causes us to examine why such a

sacrifice was necessary and to confess the sin of our hearts, lest we eat of the

supper unworthily. Even though it may bring us to a place of humility and

unworthiness its observance is to be a celebration of what Jesus Christ has done for

us in giving His body and His blood for our sins! He paid a debt He did not owe,

because we owed a debt we could not pay!

January 8th we will be celebrating the ordination of several new deacons. God has

called us all, but especially deacons, to serve others. Serving can mean so many

things – making a phone call to check up on a church member, writing an

encouraging card to uplift someone’s heart by letting them know you care,

reaching out to help the church meet a need that a family has, or even just visiting

a sick friend in the hospital. Serving doesn’t have to be hard – if we do all things

with love, then serving others will be a joyful experience. Remember this, “The

measure of a man’s greatness is not the number of servants he has, but the number

of people he serves.”

January 15th we will be celebrating the paying off of the debt of the church by

having a note-burning service. Please invite others to come and celebrate this

momentous occasion in the life of the church! (continued on page 2)

Highland’s Child Development Center

We look forward to a time of new beginnings

and anticipate the blessings of God throughout

the New Year!

May God richly bless us in 2017

HIGHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH WEBSITE: HighlandBaptistChurch.com 808 W. HICKORY STREET EMAIL: highlandbaptist@cafes.net

TULLAHOMA, TN 37388 Church Phone (931) 455-0645 FAX: 393-0440

BRO. JIM NORMAN– Senior Pastor

JOHN TANT– Music Leader/ TODD NICHOLS– Choir Director

KATHY HASTY– Nursery Director

LINDA CONNER, CDC Director 455-8642 Linda@HighlandBaptistChurch.com

AMY JACKSON, Office Manager 455-0645 Amy@HighlandBaptistChurch.com

CHARLES CANNON, Custodian

JIMMY GADDIS & ROGER WILLIAMS , Facilities Managers

Finally, on January 29th we will be having a One Day Harvest Service at 10:30 am

with other churches across the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Evangelist Keith

Cook will be bringing the message that Sunday so begin praying for and inviting

your friends to join us for the service and to stay with us for our 5th Sunday Dinner

and Sing. Be sure to check the church calendar as there are many other activities

that will be going on in addition to these Sunday’s of Celebration! All of these

events will be great opportunities to invite your friends, family, and neighbors to

so that we can build relationships and share the Gospel!

We’re excited about what God is going to do at Highland Baptist during 2017! We

want to wish every one of you a very Happy New Year!

Blessings, Bro. Jim & Family

January Birthdays A very happy Birthday to all of our members with January Birthdays!

If you have a January Birthday but do not see your name, please call the

church office to update our records.

Carrie Newton– January 5

Elliott Berry– January 8

Bradley Rogers– January 8

Becky Moffat– January 9

Jimmy Gaddis– January 14

Gayle McBride– January 14

Diane Tatum– January 15

Reed Gilbert– January 16

Alicia Inocencio– January 16

Jennifer Patterson– January 16

Elizabeth Whittemore– January 16

George Duncan– January 17

Doug Ridings– January 17

Steve Hice-January 19

Susie Barton– January 21

Chesleigh Lee– January 21

Julie Tucker– January 22

Patrick Williams– January 22

Faye Warren– January 23

Katelyn Rogers– January 24

Nancy Gilbert– January 27

Linda Smith– January 28

Diane Inocencio– January 28

HBC Deacon Family Assignments 2016-2017

Group Deacon

A– BRE Bradley Rogers

BRI-DA Marlon Bates

DE-G Mike Stringfield

H-HIC Roger Williams

HIL-LED Tim Sanders

LEE-MON Barry Sanders

MOO-PH Ben Murray

Pi-SE Rick Miller

SH-STO Marc Lee

STR-WEB Stan Smith

WEC-Z Jordan Monroe

In Reserve Steve Stone

Deacons Johnny McBride

Deacon of the Week

Stan Smith Dec. 31– Jan. 6

Roger Williams January 7-13

Marlon Bates January 14-20

Johnny McBride January 21-27

Barry Sanders Jan. 28– Feb. 3

January Nursery Volunteers

Sunday January 1

Sunday School: Donna Sanders

Morning Worship: Jim Hicks, Kim Dodson, Kathy Hasty

Evening Worship: Todd Nichols, Kim Whittemore

Wednesday January 4: Kristy Gaddis, Rema Bell

Sunday January 8

Sunday School: Melissa Martin

Morning Worship: Marc Lee, Mark and Linda Smith

Evening Worship: Terri Stone, Elizabeth Whittemore

Wednesday January 11: Erin Murray, Marlene Parker

Sunday January 15

Sunday School: Julie Tucker

Morning Worship: Laura Miller, Jordan Monroe, Chesleigh Lee

Evening Worship: Kristy Gaddis, Steve Stone

Wednesday January 18: Jim Hicks, Becky Moffat

Sunday January 22

Sunday School: Lauren Hasty

Morning Worship: Julie Tucker, Melissa Martin, Bradley Rogers

Evening Worship: Rema Bell, Kathy Hasty

Wednesday January 25: Carrie Newton, Reba Stringfield

Sunday January 29

Sunday School: Linda Smith

Morning Worship: Jim Hicks, Lauren Hasty, Karen Purdom

Evening Worship: Brenda Griffin, Todd Nichols

WMU NEWS Happy New Year!! January brings a time to start fresh and new

perspectives and practices. Here's one: instead of making a "New

Year's Resolution" that may not make it past the end of the month,

this year make a REAL commitment to have a greater vision for

missions! May we at

Highland see that take place on both a personal and congregational level!

January Ministry Project (Jan.1-31) : Collecting Gift Cards to Wal-Mart, Lowe's, or

Home Depot to be sent to the Sevier County Baptist Association to help those in need

following the Tennessee Wildfires. Any card amount would be appreciated! Please

give cards to me or to church office.

With gratitude for your support, Rema Bell

Nursery Director–

Kathy Hasty

If you are not able to serve on

your assigned date, please call

Kathy Hasty at 931-455-0977.

HBC Nursery Ministry

“ As you do not know

the path of the wind,

or how the body is

formed in a mother’s

womb, so you cannot

understand the work

of God, the Maker of

all things”

Ecclesiastes 11:5

Thank You!

I sincerely appreciate the nice

Christmas gifts from our church and

our adult choir. I also appreciate your

words of encouragement during this

interim period. It’s a blessing serving

the Lord and you as Worship Leader.

May the Lord continue to bless our

church in the New Year.

John Tant

Prime Timers Trip

The Prime Timers will be having lunch at

Miss Bobo’s on January 26th.

Please be at the restaurant by 12:45 PM

for a 1:00 PM seating.

The cost for the trip is $25 per person,

the deadline to sign-up and pay for the

trip is Wednesday, January 11.

For more information or questions,

please see Pat Gaddis

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Our church goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is $7,100.

To Date, we have collected $3,894.00

Thank you for your generous gifts for International Missions.

If you would still like to give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering,

it’s not too late.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Lord’s Supper

2

Grief Share Ministry

6:30 PM

3 4 5 6 7 Deacon Ordination Council 5:00 PM

8 Deacon’s Meeting 4 PM B&G Meeting 5 PM Deacon Ordination Service 6:00 PM

9 10

Prime Timers

12:30 PM

11 12 13

14

Church workday

8:30– 10:30 AM

15 Note Burning Service

Transcripts due for scholar-ship recipients

Business Meeting

16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26

Prime Timers Trip

to Miss Bobo’s

27

28

29 5th Sunday Dinner & Sing

30 31

Highlands Highlights

5th Sunday Dinner and Sing Sunday, January 29– following Morning

Worship

Greeters

Jan. 1 Roger and Kay Williams

Jan. 8 Julie Tucker/ Kristy Gaddis

Jan. 15 Brian Tate/James Moyers

Jan. 22 Steve and Terri Stone

Jan. 29 Jimmy and Pat Gaddis

Counters For January

Kathy Hasty

Donna Jackson

Scholarship Reminder All current HBC scholarship recipients

are required to submit college transcripts

to reflect Fall 2016 grades to the church

office no later than January 15.

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Church Work Day Saturday, January 14

8:30—10:30 AM

We will be doing some maintenance

around the church and grounds. For more

information, please see Ella Thames.

Be on the lookout for changes to the Highlander next month.

Exciting things are happening at Highland Baptist Church!

Sunday Schedule

Doc’s Men’s Group-8:00 AM

*Coffee before Sunday School, everyone welcome *

Bible Study – 9:15 AM

Morning Worship – 10:30 AM

*Children’s Church is available during the Service for children

3 years old– 1st Grade*

Discipleship Classes – 5:00 PM

Youth Discipleship Youth Department

Verse-by-Verse co-ed Bible Study Room 202

Adult Discipleship Training Conference Room

Children’s Activities– 5:30– 7:00PM

Children’s Choir—5:30 PM Room 207

Discipleship Training—6:00 PM Room 207

Evening Worship – 6:00 PM

Wednesday Night Schedule

Wednesday Night Supper 5:15 PM*

All Classes Meet at 6:15 PM

Mission Friends Room 107

Children In Action Children's Dept.

Youth Group Youth Dept.

Women's Bible Study Room 200

Sunday School on Wednesday Room 104

Prayer Meeting/ Bible Study Fellowship Hall

Adult Choir Practice 7:05 PM

* Wednesday Night Supper is by Reservation, Please call

the church office (931-455-0645) to make a reservation.