HBC Blog

Christmas Mysteries

With Christmastime comes the familiar traditions of good friends, food, gifts, and sometimes surprises. It’s a challenge sometimes to keep the surprises a mystery. I’m usually guilty of trying to figure out what presents I got and my wife likes to respond – “Don’t ask so many questions before Christmas.”

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

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,

One Anothers – Part 2

Last time we looked at 5 “One Anothers” – Love one another, show honor to one another, live in harmony with one another, judge not one another (improperly), welcome one another. This week, we will look at five more, so let’s jump right in! Instruct One Another.  “I myself am

Prayer and the Church At-Large

It always amazes me when I meet someone that encourages and blesses me in the craziest, most unexpected places.  Last week, 24 of us from @GPBCNJ were in Haiti.  In Haiti, I met a man there from Minnesota.  Minnesota.  I met him in Haiti.  See where I’m going with this?

Location, Location, Location…and God’s Providence

It’s probably, in all likelihood, the most often asked question of a church planter is “Where will the new church be?” It’s an honest question…and a very important one. Location is super important, and so are lots of other logistical questions, but the danger is that we can get lost