Highlands Presbyterian Church

The Gospel of the American church is a god without wrath that brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment to the administrations of a Christ without a cross.

Author Unknown

Dennis and Judy Blankenbeckler of Mission to the World [PCA] will be with us on Sunday morning, May 5.  They are ministering to the Muslim community in Philadelphia in various ways.  They will be sharing their ministry in a combined high school/adult Sunday School class at 9:00 AM, and Dennis will be preaching in the worship service at 10:00AM.  They are supported financially by Highlands, and we would like to expand that support to be aware of specific ministry needs and embrace them through prayer and encouragement.

­ Ladies –  mark your calendars for the Daughters of the King Tea, May 11th, 10:30 am. See Sadie McElrath or Hannah Elwell for details.

­ Our next New Members class is RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, April 30 and the following week,  May 7, each night from 6-9 pm. Please call the church office if you are interested, and plan to attend both nights.

­ Please plan to attend our next congregational meeting, Sunday evening, May 5th. We will review 2012 financials, 2013 budget, and will receive nominations and recommendations for elders, deacons, and deaconesses.

We need not wonder that so much importance is attached to our Lord’s resurrection. It is the seal and headstone of the great work of redemption, which He came to do. It is the crowning proof that He has paid the debt which He undertook to pay on our behalf, won the battle which He fought to deliver us from hell, and is accepted as our Surety and our Substitute by our Father in heaven. Had He never come forth from the prison of the grave, how could we ever have been sure that our ransom had been fully paid? (1 Cor. 15:17.) Had He never risen from His conflict with the last enemy, how could we have felt confident, that He has overcome death, and him that had the power of death, that is the devil? (Heb. 2:14.) But thanks be unto God, we are not left in doubt. The Lord Jesus really “rose again for our justification.” True Christians are “begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” They may boldly say with Paul, “Who is he that condemns – it is Christ that died, yes rather that is risen again” (Rom. 8:34. Rom. 4:25. 1 Pet. 1:3).

J.C. Ryle

Ladies –  mark your calendars for the Daughters of the King Tea, May 11th, 10:30 am. See Sadie McElrath or Hannah Elwell for details.

­ Our next New Members class is RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, April 30 and the following week,  May 7, each night from 6-9 pm. Please call the church office if you are interested, and plan to attend both nights.

­ Please plan to attend our next congregational meeting, Sunday evening, May 5th. We will review 2012 financials, 2013 budget, and will receive nominations and recommendations for elders, deacons, and deaconesses.