Dear HLPC family, Some thoughts on youth and youth ministry this Wednesday: Please keep praying for our youth and youth leaders who are at the Reformed Youth Movement (RYM) Conference in Panama City Beach, FL. HLPC is well represented not…
Dear HLPC Family, As I mentioned on Sunday, Pastor Paul and I returned after attending the forty-eighth meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. It was the largest gathering of commissioners in our church’s history—partly attributed…
Dear HLPC family, Next week, June 28 through July 2, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) General Assembly will meet in St. Louis, Missouri. The General Assembly is our annual denominational gathering. Last year due to COVID the General Assembly…
Dear HLPC family, I want to offer one last word of thanks to all who worked at our Vacation Bible School last week. I believe God answered our prayers for a great week. We saw great participation from every age…
Dear HLPC family, The past year was hard on so many–especially our children–as they faced isolation and confusion in the light of COVID. I’m so glad we were able to put together VBS for 2021. No, it’s not quite the…
Dear HLPC family, One of my favorite verses to encourage my own prayer life is Psalm 62:8, “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us” (ESV). We are…
Dear HLPC family, This past Sunday, during our Adult School of Discipleship, many of us watched and discussed a video produced by the ministry, Christianity Explored. If you were unable to join us, I highly encourage you to watch the…
Dear HLPC family, Yesterday I attended a meeting of Central Georgia Presbytery at Northgate Presbyterian Church in Albany. What’s a Presbytery? Presbyterians believe in being connectional. We believe that as a church we are connected to other churches and even…
Dear HLPC family, This Lord’s Day we will continue our sermon series in the book of Hebrews and will be considering chapter 13, verse 4 which reads: Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be…
Dear HLPC family, I have really enjoyed my daily readings in Jewels from John Newton: Daily Readings from the Works of John Newton. Connie gave it to me for Christmas. Newton, as you know, is the author of the hymn…
Dear HLPC family, Last Sunday we heard from missionaries Russell & Amanda Jeffares who were here along with their two boys sharing about their call to assist in church planting in Ireland. Along with many of you, I was struck…
Dear HLPC family, For weeks we have been asking the church family to pray for our Easter worship and weather, and God abundantly supplied! We had a great day with near perfect weather and joyful worship. I want to thank…