The Nelons are coming to High Peak in just 2 weeks. Thursday, March 18th at 7 PM they will be with us in concert. Help us get the word out by downloading their promotional poster and put our church’s name, the date and time above and our web site on it. Then put in anywhere you can think of to get the word out. If you want to hear some of their music you can go here and click on the small play buttons next to each track title. There latest album is only $9.99 for download or $.99 for each track. Until then just enjoy this video from one of the group members while on their West Coast tour.
If you want to help in Haiti, here is a good, tangible way to do so. Of course you can pray. Giving helps too. We have already received a lot of offering money via our regular offerings in addition to our church giving $5,000. But now the Baptist Men of North Carolina have started a new initiative called “Buckets of Hope”. To learn more about it, download the PDF file which gives the list of contents and instructions for packing it.
The essentials are that you buy a 5 gallon bucket with a lid. These can be purchased locally at ACE Hardware or Lowe’s. Then fill it with the items listed in the PDF document. It includes things like rice, sugar, oil, flour, etc.. Then put them in the bucket and take it to a drop off point. In our area, the Catawba River Baptist Association is such a drop off point. You can find it on US HWY 70 between Morganton and Drexel on the south side of the road.
You need to follow the instructions in the PDF file so don’t just get the items and throw them together.
This is a great way to share the love of Christ in a tangible way. For more information you can go to the Baptists on Mission site.
The North Carolina Baptist Men are actively involved in the Haiti recovery effort. I received an email directed to all churches from our state Baptist Men leader, Richard Brunson. Here is the content of that email:
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NCBM Medical teams are serving in Haiti, assisting a local burn clinic, children’s hospital and community hospital. A team of 7 (Team 1) arrived on January 15 by flying first to Santo Domingo, then taking a bus into Haiti. They began their work on Jan. 15 by assisting the burn clinic. On Jan. 17 they were able to support the hospital staff of Petionville Community Hospital, a 50 bed hospital seeing approximately 250 patients each day.
Medical Team 2 arrived on Jan. 20, a team of 13 – some from US, some from Hungary. They continued the work started by Team 1 by supporting the work of the hospital and staff.
Medical Team 3 had 14 people on it, including surgeons and additional medical professionals to assist with the many medical needs.
Medical Team 4 has 17 people on it and continues to assist at the clinic and hospitals. They are seeing hundreds of people every day.
Medical Teams 5 has 24 team members and leaves on Thursday, February 4 for Haiti. Teams 6, 7 and 8 are all medical teams and are currently being recruited. If you are interested click on the “volunteer now” tab and let us know of your skills. Please pray for the teams as they provide assistance for the medical needs.
NCBM sees this as a long-term ministry. We will be sending many volunteers (especially construction), however, we do not have a timetable established at this time. If you are interested in going please click on the “volunteer now” tab below.
We are collecting items for distribution at this time. Click on the “What can your church do” tab below for more information. The biggest need is for money for building materials. For $2,300 you can provide funds to build a house for a family. For approximately $12,000 you can provide funds to build a small church. We are also collecting “Buckets of Hope“.
Scott and Janet Daughtry arrived in Haiti on February 2 and are serving as our long term coordinators in Haiti.
We will continue to gather information from the team and clinic. Please check back for updates or follow us on:
Announcing the Nelons in Concert at High Peak Baptist Church on March 18 at 7 pm.. The concert is free but a love offering will be taken up that night.
Just a quick note to all of our members. We are starting off our special study called For Parents Only (see the web site) this week. The purpose of this study is to help the parents of our church understand their kids and become better parents in accordance with Ephesians 6:4. I hope all of our parents will come and be at this study on Wednesday Nights in January and February. The book that this is based on is one of the most important books I’ve read as a parent. That is not hyperbole. I really mean that. It has helped me greatly and I wanted to share it with you. We will get an overview of the study this week and give out the book and the study guide.
We start at 6:30 this week. The reason is that we know many families have a hard time getting home in time to eat and then get to church. So at 6:30 we will have a meal. This won’t be a big church potluck. This week we are have soup and sandwiches. So come get a healthy, hot supper and learn how to relate to your kids.
The youth are also taking part in a similar study. The guys are studying For Guys Only which will help them better understand themselves, their parents, and girls. The girls are study For Girls Only which will do the same for them – help them understand themselves, their parents and guys.
We will also have regular Children In Action and a nursery.
If you have friends with kids, let them know about this great study!!
Here is the streaming video of the Children’s Christmas Program. They did some music at the very beginning and then after congregational carols were sung they did their play – a very cute story about the animal’s view of the birth of Jesus. After the video are some announcements about upcoming Christmas celebrations at High Peak.
This Sunday
This Sunday morning will be the next message in our 12 Ways of Christmas, based on David Jeremiah’s book. Then in the evening, the adult choir will present the Christmas Cantata – a moving message of hope for hurting people at Christmas time with some beautiful music including solos by Harrison Abernathy, Cierra Stamey and Jimmy Stamey. Drama videos are from MERGE – our drama Team. We hope you can come. There will be a preview of the Cantata in the morning service.
Christmas Eve
At 6:00 pm there will be a candlelight communion worship service. Come and bring your family for a meaningful time of worship and renewal.
Our Football parties are back this Thursday at 8:00 in the Fellowship Hall. Come watch the game with us. We will have it on the big screen with satellite feed from the NFL Network.
Bring yourself, friends and any snacks you want to eat/drink.
Our worship services will now be streamed live over the Internet for people who cannot be here or for people who are unable to attend church anywhere. Also we hope to begin posting links to the recorded video stream of the worship services. Click on Streaming above to view the stream.
Last night at High Peak Church we hosted what I believe will be the final Candidates forum in a closely watched race for the Burke County School Board. We advertised that all eight candidates would be attending. Unfortunately, Tracy Norman was unable to attend due to injuries from a car accident on Saturday. She did contact us before the forum but, unfortunately, we were so busy setting up that we answer the telephone. My apologies to Ms. Norman for not getting that word out last night. Our prayers go out to her for a speedy recovery.
The other seven candidates answered a series of questions from our church, members of the public, and me. I think all of the candidates presented themselves well. My wife and I agreed that all of them seemed to be decent, honest people who care a lot about the schools in Burke County. While we may have our preferences, I do not think, after last night, that we have anything to worry about going forward.
The Morganton News Herald was on hand to cover the event. You can read about it this morning in the paper or online. We also streamed it live over this site. We hoped to record it so people could see it after the fact. Unfortunately, that was not possible.
A big thanks go to the News Herald for helping us get the word out, to the 7 candidates who were able to attend, the people of Burke County who were there or watched live on the Internet, and mostly to the members of High Peak Baptist Church. Especially I want to thank the tech crew and our people who were on hand to keep people safe and informed about things like restrooms, etc. I am blessed to serve the greatest people who like to do great things for a Greater God!
Already, people are talking about “next time.” I don’t know if that will happen, but we will see.
We are working on being able to stream the High Peak Candidates Forum live on our web site Thursday Night at 6:30 PM. We will start streaming, if we can make it work, at about 6:15 and go until the forum is concluded.
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Sunday and Wednesday Nights
Two things every believer needs is to grow in their faith and prayer support. Sunday Night Prayer and Praise is here to help. Come praise God for His blessings and then offer your prayer needs.
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
On Wednesdays we are trying to help you grow. We have an in depth Bible study in our fellowship hall or a ladies group meeting down stairs.
WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM
