Sometimes church members ask me what is the best translation to use.  For a short answer I like the Holman Christian Standard Bible for readability and understanding and the English Standard Version for study and accuracy.  The King James is good if you like to read your favorite passages inContinue Reading

A new movie called Fireproof is coming out on Sept. 26.  Right now it is only scheduled to be shown in Hickory, but I’d like to see it in Morganton as well.  It is a movie by the creators of Facing the Giants.  You can watch the trailer for theContinue Reading

This Friday at 8:30 will be our final Outdoor Movie Night.  We will be watching the movie below.  Bring your own snacks, drinks, friends and seats.  If it rains we will move inside the fellowship and still watch the movie. it is a fun film that is enjoyable for theContinue Reading

Don’t forget that Saturday, starting at 10:00 am, we will be prayer walking our schools.  Prayer walking is a ministry where Christians gather and pray for things as they see them.  As they walk around it inspires them to pray together for different things that are noticed as they seeContinue Reading

mission08-65 Originally uploaded by highpeakchurch Our church takes a yearly mission trip to West Virginia. A small community called Fireco is where we go. We hand out school supplies to the kids and do a backyard Bible club. This year we had 10 go. It was rained out a littleContinue Reading

One of our members sent an email to me that touched me.  I thought I’d share it here. I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around.  We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of theContinue Reading

Just as Jesus used parables, preachers use stories.  Starting on Sunday Nights next week (July 13th) we will be enjoying the series "Messages from Mayberry", a four part series on lessons learned from Andy, Barney, Aunt Bea and Opey. At the start of each message we will watch a favoriteContinue Reading

This week we celebrate our independence and the birth of our nation.  One of the key leaders in this country is of course the President of the United States.  There is a web site devoted to inspiring people to pray for him.  It is called The Presidential Prayer Team. YouContinue Reading