Pastor’s Pen

New Children’s Ministry Director

Dear HLPC family, The Lord has blessed our church with a great group of children!  As a church, we are committed to covenant theology which sees the children of believing parents as a part of the church family or covenant…

Supplement Your Daily Devotions

Dear HLPC family, There is a wonderful abundance of daily devotional books.  They are a great supplement to your own daily Bible reading.  Connie enjoys reading Alistair Begg’s Truth for Life daily devotionals while I have benefited daily from Richard Sibbes’…

HLPC’s Children’s Ministry

Dear HLPC family, I’m sure you’ve noticed that God is blessing HLPC with an ever-increasing number of children!  We are thankful for this opportunity to minister to them and to their families!   Right now, we have several needs for help…

More, Not Less, of God’s Word

Dear HLPC family, I hope you will be able to join us this Sunday as we bookend the Lord’s Day with worship.  We will have our regular worship service at 10:30AM and we will have Sunday evening worship at 6PM,…

Psalm 138:3

Dear HLPC family, This passage has been heavy on my mind and heart the past couple of days:  On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased (Psalm 138:3, ESV).  It’s the words of David…

Ligonier Conference

Dear HLPC family, Connie and I attended our first Ligonier National Conference in Orlando back in the early 90’s.  We have been to many of them over the years.  I have always left them greatly encouraged in my faith and…

Here comes the “Millennium!”

Dear HLPC family, Lord willing, we only have three more weeks in our sermon series on the book of  Revelation.  This Sunday, we expect to be in chapter 20.  This is, without doubt, the most debated and controversial chapter of…

Budget Decisions

Dear HLPC family, Last night the Elders and Deacons met for their monthly meeting.  A major business item was the approval of the 2023 budget.  In November of last year, the decision was made to move from a calendar year…

Missions Week Continues: Join Us!

Dear HLPC family, Our Missions Week is off to a great start!  If you were in our School of Discipleship this past Sunday, you heard two very encouraging missions reports.  Shaun Hurrie shared from Capetown, South Africa, via Zoom, of…

Join Us for Missions Week!

Dear HLPC family, I’m excited that HLPC Missions Week is upon us!  COVID threw us all off of our routine as a church and we need this to return as an annual event for us.  Missions Week will take place…

Psalm 1:1-3

Dear HLPC family, This morning I was reading and praying through Psalm 1 in my daily time of Bible reading and prayer.  There I read: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands…

Christianity & Liberalism

Dear HLPC family, This year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the book Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen.  Dr. Machen was the founder of Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia and one of the early leaders in the…