by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Nov 20, 2024 | Advent 2024
How is it that the Christmas Season is sneaking up on us once again? Yes, Hobby Lobby started putting up their Christmas decorations in July, and my three-year-old daughter may have asked me to play Jingle Bells in September, but somehow, I still find myself caught...
by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Nov 13, 2024 | General
Every year, the women of Highland Park go to “Womanfest”. It’s a time where we come together to have a time of worship, fellowship, and a whole lot of fun. Though we have changed the setting and the speakers throughout the years, the camaraderie remains. This year, we...
by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Oct 3, 2024 | General
Why Community? Being in authentic, long-lasting community is one of the most important and humanizing things we can do. In isolation, we can never live up to our full potential. We need each other! As Christians, building and sustaining this kind of community is not...
by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Oct 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
On this day, twenty-four years ago, Rev. Cheryl Kimble commenced her tenure as a pastor at The Church at Highland Park under the leadership of Steve Lucas. She joined the staff as Associate Pastor with a focus on Children and Family Life. Over the years, her position...
by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
It’s amazing to me that we’re here again. Another Advent season gone by and we’re celebrating the gift of Christ in our lives. When did the world speed up? It seems like just yesterday our family was celebrating the first Christmas with our first grandchild and now we...
by Mary Kathryn Paynter | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
As a child, Christmas Eve was most definitely one of my favorite days of the year. I always found actual Christmas day quite boring. There is so much anticipation, and you wake up on Christmas morning and open your presents…and then what? Nap? My favorite day was...
