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First Service in New Building – June 11th!

Launch – 2.0! Yes, we have an official date.  After lots of really hard work by very faithful servants, we are having our first public worship service on Sunday, June 11th at 9:30am.  Words can barely contain the excitement, nervousness, joy, and anticipation of this event! I wanted to share

What is a Pre-Launch?

Starting Sunday, January 3, 2016, the Highlands Campus Team will start meeting in the Cedar Mountain School. We will continue to meet until our “official” public launch on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2016. We will be singing together, spending time in God’s word together, praying together, and preparing for our

Pre-Holiday Pep Talk

November is the top of the hill for the holidays.  Soon Thanksgiving will be come and gone, and the world will be in full Christmas mode…with or without additional decorations on our red coffee cups…and headed briskly for 2016. 2016 will bring lots of change.  I’m fully expecting to have moments

Ministry Teams – Part 1

Now that we’ve completed our study of the “One Anothers” we are ready to turn the corner into some hard core logistics! (Yes, I’m partly a geek.) We will spend a few weeks mapping out these teams on paper, then in our pre-launch meetings in Jan and Feb we will

Questions…and Answers?

Starting a church generates a lot of questions.  #LOTS.  That’s good.  The two most frequently asked questions are (1) Where are you meeting?  and (2) When will you start.  [Just for the record: 1) Cedar Mountain School and (2) Easter 2016 – March 27th] Lots of questions mean that people are

One Anothers – Part 4

Boldly…boldly I say, we press on further into what the Bible has to say about the “One Anothers.” The way we treat each other is critical for any believer, but even more so for a new church. Which is kinda why we are spending so much time going over them

Highlands Bible Church – at Cedar Mountain School

As we have previously announced …we have a LOCATION! Praise God! We will be meeting at the Cedar Mountain School, located at 17 Sammis Rd, Vernon, NJ 07462. It is just about as ideal of a location as one could find. Why is it ideal? Well, I’m glad you asked!

One Anothers – Part 3

Hopefully, you have been enjoying our little study of the “One Anothers” – our team has certainly been challenged and encouraged by looking at what Scripture says.  We even had the opportunity to put these concepts into action right at our last meeting!  (But more on that later, I don’t

Location = Check!

This past week while Pastor Mike, Mel, and Carinne were at Sovereign Grace’s WorshipGod conference, (which was awesome, as expected) we received a very important letter in the mail. This letter said that we have official approval for the Highlands Bible Church to meet at Cedar Mountain School, in Vernon,