Over the doors of our sanctuary is the scripture from James 1:22
These words serve as a visual reminder to us as we depart that from our place of worship we go to resume the worship that is our very lives.
A large number of Highland members are actively involved in ministries in their vocations, serving as chaplains, social workers, ministers, and other employees of helping agencies. Many others express their faith through their jobs, homes, families, and communities. In addition, Highland engages in ministry through:
- Sponsorship of a Karen refugee family, Hei Blut and Po Dai Tar and children, in cooperation with Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Two HBC members serve on the KRM Board of Directors.
- Forming relationships with Albanian people -- in Macedonia, in Kosova, and in Louisville.
- Opportunities for women to study missions and to participate in local service projects through WOMEN ON MISSION. Three groups meet monthly, each named for a missionary. The Martha Shaw group meets at the church on the first Tuesday of the month in the afternoon. Child care provided. Second Monday evenings, Jean Janes group meets in homes of the members. Three of these meetings are built around potluck meals. Joan Sutton group meets Fourth Mondays, usually in homes. For more information, contact or call at 451-3735.
- Assisting a weekly Bible study class for adults with special needs.
- Participating in Highlands Community Ministries, meeting physical, financial, emotional, and spiritual needs in the Highlands neighborhoods of Louisville.
- Partnering with Wayside Christian Mission to provide volunteer mentors who walk alongside men and women in their addiction recovery program.
- Participating in 2008 Extreme Build as a part of the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
- Holding weekly Narcotics Anonymous meetings, as well as other civic meetings in our facilities.
- Building a home for a desperate family in McCreary County, Kentucky in conjunction with the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
- Connecting our faith in Christ to our care for the Earth through our Creation Care Team.
- “Selling” alternative Christmas gifts (making a donation in someone’s honor in lieu of a traditional gift) will support the Browns work in Morocco, Africa.
- Supporting the education of young men from Sudan who were “adopted” by HBC in 2001.