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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

It’s Official…Highlands Has a New Home!

Yup. It’s Official. After 11 months of negotiations and a year and a half after we first started pre-launch, Highlands Bible Church has a new home.  We are blown away by God’s massive, undeserved grace.  So many things have fallen into place, it’s impossible not to see His leading in

Reading 101

“I’m Not a Reader…” I’ve heard it a lot – “I’m not a reader.”  I get that.  For many “reading” is a sentence worse than death.  But…our Christian faith is one where God has revealed himself to us in His Word, the Bible.  There are the common means of growth

“Cross-Centered” Ministry

A popular “Christian” musician caused some circles of Twitter to melt down this week with his posts that questioned the centrality of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.  Claiming it was a “very limited metaphor” and inferring there is much more important things we can express gratitude to God for.  Rightfully so,

Ruling Your Spirit – Highlights from Highlands Men’s Bible Study

At our weekly Men’s Bible Study, we have been diligently plowing through the book of Proverbs. I have come to really love this time. We eat, laugh, and catch up. Recently, one man shared a really hard relational struggle that he is involved in and another one lead in prayer

Call to Prayer

2017 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for Highlands Bible Church.  Why do I say that?  I’ll give you three reasons. First, we continue to grow, and by grow I don’t mean people just stopping by – I mean families who are making Highlands their church home.

What a Difference a Year Makes!

I just took a few moments to check Facebook and I see a post by a new family at Highlands, with their picture and under it says “Jesus is the greatest gift.”  1 year ago, I didn’t know this family.  They were in Vernon, right under our noses and now

Walking in Thankfulness

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6–7 ESV) Paul is writing to the church, Christians, reminding them of the gospel and encouraging them.  As

New Series in John Starting Sunday Dec 4th!

At Highlands, we love the Bible.  In fact, we teach thru the Bible.  As much as we can, verse by verse – chapter by chapter – book by book.  We’ll be finishing up a little miniseries in Psalms in two weeks and after that we will jump into John!  We

Community

A few weeks ago, both campuses and all services gathered at the Green Pond Campus for our Fall Kick-off Sunday and BBQ.  It was great – over 600 people in attendance and we all felt part of something bigger – God’s gospel work in Northern NJ.  It was our church