About
Our Mission as a Church
A church’s mission statement says a lot. It is our statement about what we believe God wants us to do and be as a church as we fulfill the Biblical role of a church in a modern world.
For us our mission is very long but it can be summarized by the following statement …
Worship God,
grow more like him,
and serve one another and our world.
Directions to High Peak
The easiest way to find High Peak is use Google Maps.
But if you want old fashioned directions, then follow these:
From either Morganton or Valdese take US 70 to Messer Road. Look for our black and white church sign on the corner.
Going south on Messer Rd look for High Peak Rd which is the last right turn before you go over I-40. If you pass over the interstate you’ve gone too far.
From I-40 take the Drexel exit, number 107, and go north. From both ramps it will be a right turn. Then take the second road to the right which is Cook Rd. Again look for our small black and white church signs.
We are at the top of the hill on the corner of Cook Rd and High Peak Rd.
Schedule of Worship and Activities
Sundays
Sunday School at 9:45
Worship at 11:00 am and 7:00 pm
Adult Choir Practice at 6:00 pm
Discipleship Classes for All Youth and Children at 6:00 pm
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
Pastor’s Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall
Ladies Bible Study in the Basement
Youth Grades 7-9 in the Basement
Youth Grades 10-12 in the Basement
Royal Ambassadors for Boys in the Basement
Girls in Action in the Basement
Preschool in the Nursery in the Basement
Contact Us for Information
Email: office@highpeakchurch.com
Phone: 828-874-0164
Office hours Tuesday through Friday - 9-Noon
Fax: 828-221-2220
Staff and Key Volunteers
Pastor: Dr. Kevin Purcell
Music: Dennis Hambrick
Youth: Kathy Harmon
Children: Mandy Hice and Marie Pendly
Sexton: Joe Danner
History
High Peak was formed in 1935 by members of the High Peak community. The church building was erected soon after that. However, it was soo too small sot he present facility was built and eventually the older one was burned to the ground by the local fire department so that our new fellowship space, offices and classrooms could be built.
The church had its highest attendance in the 1950s under the leadership of influential pastor Rev. Bill Cline. Unfortunately the church saw some conflict many years later that split the church. But what we meant for harm God used for his glory as our sister church United Baptist Church was formed. Now, both churches are serving and coexisting and their pastors are coming together for prayer and fellowship as we seek to reach our community for Christ.
In January 2007 Dr. Kevin Purcell was called as our pastor. And presently we are seeing a reorientation as God leads us to a new found vision and excitment for missions, outreach and ministry to the community.
How to Read a Blog
First, what is a blog? It is short for weblog. Since people like to abbreviate things and since saying two syllables is a real hardship for most of us, someone abbreviated weblog to blog. It is like getting a newspaper or a magazine delivered to your mailbox each day. In order to do this, you must have an address registered with the post office and then you will need to put up a mailbox. To read a blog you have to do something similar. I will explain how to register and set up your “mailbox” using Google’s wonderful blog reader. If after using it you don’t like it then go find another source. Other options include a web site called Bloglines, Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook, and Thunderbird. All of these offer ways to read blogs, or more accurately RSS feeds. An RSS feed is the technical guts of a blog. It stands for Really Simple Syndication and it feeds the animal called your blog reader.
Here are the steps to get setup with Google. Go on over to Google and look for the “sign in” link up in the top right corner. If you already have a gmail account, then you are already registered. Sign in and click on the “more” link on the top left. A drop down list will appear with an option that says, “Reader”. If don’t already have an account with Google, then click the box that says “Create an Account” and it will take you to a page to enter your information. Fill it out and click “I accept. Create my account.” You now have a Google account.
Now go to the Google Reader home page. There is a little video that you can watch to learn more about using Google Reader. Or you can just start adding feeds. To add our feed you will have to get the address. Go to our web site and look for the Admin Links section on the lower left. You will see two links; one says Entries RSS and the other says Comments RSS. To get the main entries that we will be writing regularly, the click the Entries RSS. It will take you to a page to subscribe. Copy the address in the address bar above. It will be http://highpeakchurch.com/feed. Go back to Google Reader and click Add Subscription. Past the feed address there and click add. Now, whenever you go to the Google Reader home page, every time a new post is published, Google Reader will display it there. If you want to also add a subscription to the comments, then go back to our site and find the address for comments. It is http://highpeakchurch.com/comments/feed.
This is even easier if you use Internet Explorer 7. Go to our site and click on the Entries Feed link and a page will pop up. Click on Subscribe to This Feed and it will add it to the IE7 feed reader. I just don’t like IE7’s feed reader. Nor do I care for Outlook or Mozilla’s software. Google is the easiest to use and it allows you to hide previously read feeds. Another good site for this is Bloglines.
