"The people at Highlands Presbyterian Church are committed to the ministry of Jesus Christ and possess vitality and energy beyond their numbers..." It's true! We also value Christian Education, Mission/Outreach, Music, Worship, and Fellowship with one another. JOIN US! If you are looking for a Church Home, we invite you -- and encourage you -- to visit. Our Sunday Worship is at 10:00am followed by coffee and fellowship. Join us for one of our upcoming activities or events. Visit the What's Happening page for details. You will be warmly welcomed and we believe you will be blessed by our worship, our music and our fellowship. Drop in...we'd love to meet you!

Our Community Harvest Project grew from a small group of folks at HPC who wanted to share their love of gardening and their concern about a sustainable environment. With the support of HPC’s Reach/Grow/Send Team Ministry, the gardeners began to collect containers for planting vegetables -- holding the line against passionate desires to include flowers – and a survey of the church yard and surrounding properties was made.

We thank the many people who have made this first year so successful - John Schroeder, along with Lou Ann and Larry Grabowski, planned the planting areas; Tom Kohrs arranged for new water sources; Janice and Mike Dunne and Dan Gianesin provided equipment for containers and edging; initial planting was handled by students from Highlands Middle School and adults from HPC; Mary Lee Cowley served on the planning committee; and the project was conceived, planted, maintained and harvested by Bette and Bruce Tompkin along with Larry Grabowski. We thank Bette and Bruce for their vision of this wonderful community project, for involving and encouraging so many people and resources, and for their commitment to seeing the project through. We look forward to future growth of the Community Harvest Project.

Community groups or individuals are being invited to help us grow our garden. Call the Church Office (708) 246-1911 or email Betty Tompkin (ruet2@juno.com) for more information.

Erna Reihsmann was recently recognized by Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital for contributing 19 years and over 4,000 hours of service in the Rehabilitation Center. What an accomplishment! Thank you, Erna, for your many years of dedication to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital.

Michelle (Phillip) Junkin recently accepted a position as Associate Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City, OK. Her responsibilities will include occasional sermons, and a focus on women's issues in the church as well as their individual lives. Michelle's parents are long-time HPC members George and Judy Phillip, and she was "brought up" at HPC along with her sister and two brothers. Michelle graduated from Richmond Theological Seminary (Virginia) and lives in Edmund, OK with her husband, Peter, and their two children, Amira and Sam. Some of you may not know that Michelle is also a very accomplished and active fine artist. She works in a number of media, and you can view her beautiful work on her website at www.junkinart.com. We wish Michelle much love and success as she begins this new journey with Westminster Pres!

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