Happy Springtime Friday to you all!
We had a wonderful Easter time together in 2021, and although I really, really hoped we would be on the otherside of this pandemic we still have a tiny lingering shadow of it here. I trust by this time next month, things will be approaching normal -- or maybe a NEW normal for High Places Community Church. So many exciting things happening, I am looking with a deep, spiritual optimism toward the remainder of this year.
This Sunday, we sure hope you'll come! We are going to take a deep look at Peter's transformational VISION -- and the slow end to his spiritual blindness -- that happened between his time with Jesus (in the body) and his time with the Holy Spirit (after the resurrection). What changed? How did the change happen? Can it happen to me?
Those are the questions that seem to me to be pressing against the church in our modern world. Very excited to share, and even more excited to see your smiling face! We love and miss you all terribly and long for the day that we are back together again.
Thank you so much to the many who showed up during the week preceding Easter to clean and work. Perhaps most impressive were the numbers of new families that plugged in and made a difference... (You know who you are!). And special thanks to Kathy Monger, Tim Fischer, Jason Herrera, Carmen Fischer, and Don Fleischer who all work around the clock week after week to make our shared spaces just a little more pleasant. From our new faces to our "old hats," High Places really does offer "a view on life at its best."
FYI -- I still need a volunteer or two at the end of the month to help me pick up and deliver food to needy Oak Ridge families via the "Society at St. Andrew's" gleaning program, which will have us at the farmer's market here on the last Saturday of the month for the Spring / Summer season, picking up leftovers and getting food to households in need.
Love to you all. I am beyond happy and excited for all this post-pandemic season is going to bring to our church!
David