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Praying for Missionaries
This past Sunday we looked at Isaiah 5:1-7 in the morning and then gathered for prayer Sunday evening. We were encouraged to reflect upon and confess any sour grapes in our own lives and turn afresh to Christ in repentance and dedication to walking in the good works appropriate to those who have received such wonderful and gracious blessings in Jesus Christ.
In our biweekly evening service we pray for one another, for High Pointe, and for the world. Members also share at an open mic about evangelistic opportunities they have with family, colleagues, and neighbors. Then, we pray for the LORD to open eyes and soften hearts and bring people to faith in Jesus Christ. We also had a brief (10 minute) teaching on how to pray for missions and our supported missionaries. Then, we prayed for those missionaries.
Here is a link to some simple instructions on how to pray for missions and missionaries.
We also introduced the 6 components of the missionary task: Entry, Evangelism, Discipleship, Healthy Church Formation, Leadership Development and Exit to Partnership. See the link below for a short explanation.
Resources of the Week
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child by John Piper
Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables by Sinclair Ferguson
Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health by Donald Whitney
Book Review by Tim Challies (contains the ten questions to ask yourself)
Song of the Month: Come Christians, Join to Sing
Contribution Update
We’ve Got a New Mailing Address!
High Pointe now has a brand new PO Box! This change will help us process your offerings more securely and efficiently.
For Donation checks sent by mail, please use this new address:
High Pointe Baptist Church
PO Box 80043 Austin, TX 78708
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Thank you -- Vacation Bible School, 2025
Many thanks to each one of you who led, planned, prepared, served, donated, invited, and participated in Vacation Bible School. VBS is a church wide outreach event that requires "all hands on deck" and you answered the call and served! From the adorable wild west decor and our talented High Pointe skit team, to the western-themed snacks and "Wonderful" teaching, VBS pointed all who attended to the wonders of Jesus in fun and creative ways! We enjoyed a great turnout as many of you brought your friends and neighbors and seeds of the gospel were planted. Please continue praying with us for much fruit!
Men’s Walking Together Group | TODAY Wednesday, June 11 (ongoing meetings until August 13)
Men, please join us on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM from June 11-August 13 as we meet to study God’s Word and read through “The Blessings of Humility” by Jerry Bridges. For more information and to register, click here.
Women’s Neighborhood Dinner Fellowship | June 14 at 5:30 PM (various locations)
Ladies, please join your High Pointe neighbors for dinner Saturday, June 14! The deadline to register for this event was last Sunday, June 8. There will be several locations across the Austin area, so you can choose your own neighborhood and enjoy extended conversation and fellowship with other High Pointe women in your area!
Ice Cream Social and Painter Family Send-Off |Sunday, June 29
Join us at High Pointe on Sunday, June 29 at 5:00 PM for an ice cream social. The church will provide the ice cream. Please bring your favorite toppings! This will also be a send-off for the Painter Family as they prepare to leave.
Summer Life Class | Sundays at 9AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. This session, we are offering the following Summer Life Class:
Church History | Christianity Through the Ages
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian Today?
The way Christians live out their faith has always been affected by the culture and context around them. That’s as true for us today as it was for believers centuries ago. So how have Christians remained faithful in the face of changing times, challenges, and cultures? This summer, join us as we explore the lives of key figures from Church History and discover how they sought to follow Christ in their own era. Each week we’ll zoom in on a different individual (or group), considering their faithfulness, flaws, and what we can take away from their example.
Please note: There is no children’s ministry or nursery provided during the summer months.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
July 6 | Mark Cambranis
July 13 | Kenneth Mbugua, pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Nairobi, Kenya
July 20 | Guyton Garland
July 27 | Blake White, pastor, Southside Baptist Church, Abilene, TX
Begin praying as you prepare to join us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Immanuel Church, Fujairah, UAE
We have the privilege of partnering with pastor Jesse Brannen and Immanuel Church of Fujairah. Jesse and his wife, Delaine, are from the United States and came to Immanuel Church in 2021 along with their four children. Prior to coming to Immanuel, Jesse served as an Assistant Pastor at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he previously completed a pastoral internship. He holds an MA in Biblical & Theological Studies from Gulf Theological Seminary.
Immanuel Fujairah is A Church Proclaiming and Displaying the Gospel of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ - Immanuel - God with Us. To learn more, visit Immanuel Fujairah online.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Walking in the Light of the LORD
The Call and the Promise
Isaiah 2:5 urges us to walk in the light of the LORD—an invitation pointing toward Revelation 21:23, where Jesus will illuminate the New Jerusalem and we'll walk in His radiance everywhere. Until that day, what does walking in the light look like for us at High Pointe today?
Wholehearted Following is Walking in the Light
John provides the clearest explanation in 1 John 1:5-7: "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."
Walking in light means following Jesus Christ, who declared, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12). This involves surrendering our old ways and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us as we apply Scripture to every area of life.
Living the Great Requirement
Walking in light includes following Micah 6:8's Great Requirement: "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Genuine Fellowship
Walking in light produces genuine fellowship with God and fellow believers, creating authentic community rooted in truth. Jesus' blood continuously cleanses us from sin—not making us perfect, but sustaining us in ongoing confession, repentance and grace.
Our transformed lives testify to those in darkness. As Matthew 5:14-16 teaches, we shine as lights pointing others to God's glory.
The Heart of the Journey
Walking in the light centers on intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, allowing His Word to transform our lives while reflecting His character to a world needing hope. This remains our calling and joy as we await perfect light in His eternal presence.
To listen to Sunday’s message, click HERE.
DocuSign Phishing Email Update
Last week, an unauthorized user sent a phishing email disguised as a DocuSign envelope from brenda@highpointeaustin.org. If you clicked on any links within the email, please reach out to Matthew Rolfe (matthew@highpointeaustin.org). If you clicked on any links, your email could be at risk for being hacked.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Resources of the Week
Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health by Donald Whitney
Book Review by Tim Challies (contains the ten questions to ask yourself)
Song of the Month: Come Christians, Join to Sing
Contribution Update
We’ve Got a New Mailing Address!
High Pointe now has a brand new PO Box! This change will help us process your offerings more securely and efficiently.
For Donation checks sent by mail, please use this new address:
High Pointe Baptist Church
PO Box 80043
Austin, TX 78708
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Men’s Walking Together Group | Wednesday, June 11 (ongoing meetings until August 13)
Men, please join us on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM from June 11-August 13 as we meet to study God’s Word and read through “The Blessings of Humility” by Jerry Bridges. For more information and to register, click here.
Women’s Neighborhood Dinner Fellowship | June 14 at 5:30 PM (various locations)
Ladies, please join your High Pointe neighbors for dinner Saturday, June 14! You can register online here or in the Church Center App. The deadline to register for this event is THIS Sunday, June 8. There will be several locations across the Austin area, so you can choose your own neighborhood and enjoy extended conversation and fellowship with other High Pointe women in your area!
Summer Life Classes Start THIS Sunday June 8
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. This session, we are offering the following Summer Life Class:
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian Today?
The way Christians live out their faith has always been affected by the culture and context around them. That’s as true for us today as it was for believers centuries ago. So how have Christians remained faithful in the face of changing times, challenges, and cultures? This summer, join us as we explore the lives of key figures from Church History and discover how they sought to follow Christ in their own era. Each week we’ll zoom in on a different individual (or group), considering their faithfulness, flaws, and what we can take away from their example.
Please note: There is no children’s ministry or nursery provided during the summer months.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
June 8 | Isaiah 5:1-7 | Love Song to Lament | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
July 6 | Mark Cambranis
July 13 | Kenneth Mbugua, pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Nairobi, Kenya
July 20 | Guyton Garland
July 27 | Blake White, pastor, Southside Baptist Church, Abilene, TX
Begin praying as you prepare to join us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Immanuel Church, Fujairah, UAE
We have the privilege of partnering with pastor Jesse Brannen and Immanuel Church of Fujairah. Jesse and his wife, Delaine, are from the United States and came to Immanuel Church in 2021 along with their four children. Prior to coming to Immanuel, Jesse served as an Assistant Pastor at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he previously completed a pastoral internship. He holds an MA in Biblical & Theological Studies from Gulf Theological Seminary.
Immanuel Fujairah is A Church Proclaiming and Displaying the Gospel of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ - Immanuel - God with Us. To learn more, visit Immanuel Fujairah online.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Faith That Bears Fruit
Have you ever wondered why some people receive the gospel gladly and others do not? Do you ever wonder why some people seem to respond to Christ with joy, but later fall away from the faith? These are some of the questions Jesus answers in the Parable of the Soils in Luke 8:1-21. In this parable, Jesus teaches that only those who hear and obey the gospel with persevering, fruit-bearing faith are true members of God’s kingdom family.
The parable reminds us that, like Jesus, we are responsible for proclaiming the good news of the kingdom to all peoples (8:1-3). It also reminds us that, like Jesus, we will get mixed responses to the gospel (8:4-15). Only the whole-hearted have faith that endures and produces fruit (8:15). The question Jesus wants us to ask ourselves is, “Which soil [heart] am I?”
Here are “Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health” from a book by the same title by Donald Whitney. Read through the questions and answer them honestly. Then ask for the Spirit to help you and strengthen your faith. If you’re not a Christian, then ask yourself, “Why not?”
Do you thirst for God?
Are you governed increasingly by God’s word?
Are you [growing in being] more loving?
Are you [growing in being] more sensitive to God’s presence?
Do you have a growing concern for the spiritual and temporal needs of others?
Do you delight in the bride of Christ [the church]?
Are the spiritual disciplines increasingly important to you?
Do you still grieve over your sin?
Are you a quick forgiver?
Do you yearn for heaven to be with Jesus?
To listen to Sunday’s message, click HERE.
Resources of the Week
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child by John Piper
Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables by Sinclair Ferguson
Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health by Donald Whitney
Book Review by Tim Challies (contains the ten questions to ask yourself)
Song of the Month: Come Christians, Join to Sing
Contribution Update
We’ve Got a New Mailing Address!
High Pointe now has a brand new PO Box! This change will help us process your offerings more securely and efficiently.
For Donation checks sent by mail, please use this new address:
High Pointe Baptist Church
PO Box 80043
Austin, TX 78708
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | STARTS THIS SUNDAY | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm
Vacation Bible School starts this Sunday, June 1, at 6:00 PM! It’s not too late to register to attend (kids, teens, adult classes in English & Spanish) or to volunteer for Family night. Invite your friends, coworkers, and neighbors! Click here to register. Pray that the Lord will, in His kindness, allow us to see people from our community come to faith in Jesus through our efforts.
Men’s Walking Together Group | Wednesday, June 11 (ongoing meetings until August 13)
Men, please join us on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM from June 11-August 13 as we meet to study God’s Word and read through “The Blessings of Humility” by Jerry Bridges. For more information and to register, click here.
Women’s Neighborhood Dinner Fellowship | June 14 at 5:30 PM (various locations)
Ladies, please join your High Pointe neighbors for dinner Saturday, June 14! You can register online here or in the Church Center App. The deadline to register for this event is Sunday, June 8. There will be several locations across the Austin area, so you can choose your own neighborhood and enjoy extended conversation and fellowship with other High Pointe women in your area!
No Life Classes THIS Sunday, Summer Life Classes Begin June 8
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. This session, we are offering the following Summer Life Class:
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian Today?
The way Christians live out their faith has always been affected by the culture and context around them. That’s as true for us today as it was for believers centuries ago. So how have Christians remained faithful in the face of changing times, challenges, and cultures? This summer, join us as we explore the lives of key figures from Church History and discover how they sought to follow Christ in their own era. Each week we’ll zoom in on a different individual (or group), considering their faithfulness, flaws, and what we can take away from their example.
Please note: There is no children’s ministry or nursery provided during the summer months.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to join us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Immanuel Church, Fujairah, UAE
We have the privilege of partnering with pastor Jesse Brannen and Immanuel Church of Fujairah. Jesse and his wife, Delaine, are from the United States and came to Immanuel Church in 2021 along with their four children. Prior to coming to Immanuel, Jesse served as an Assistant Pastor at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he previously completed a pastoral internship. He holds an MA in Biblical & Theological Studies from Gulf Theological Seminary.
Immanuel Fujairah is A Church Proclaiming and Displaying the Gospel of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ - Immanuel - God with Us. To learn more, visit Immanuel Fujairah online.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
What Wondrous Love Is This?
On Sunday, I mentioned how pastor Ken Smith and his wife, Floy, invited a university professor and LGBTQ+ advocate to their home for dinner after she published a critique of Christianity in a local newspaper. That professor was Rosaria Butterfield. And that one meal turned into two years of weekly meals and deep conversations about God, the Bible, and life.
The Lord used that hospitable display of the love of Christ and the truth of the gospel to slowly expose Rosaria’s hear until she saw her sin for what it was. And when her sin collided with the reality of Jesus’s forgiveness, she responded in faith: walking away from her past life and pursuing Christ wholeheartedly.
This is what we see in Luke 7:36-50. A sinful woman came to terms with her sin, cast herself at Jesus’s feet, and found forgiveness. The merciful forgiveness of Jesus transformed her, and she responded with extravagant love. We, too, need to come to terms with our sin. How?
Contemplate God’s holiness.
Consider God’s justice.
Consider what every sin deserves.
And ask yourself, “Is my sin any different?”
When we recognize the depth of our sin and that we deserve God’s justice, but the come to understand Jesus’s wondrous love and forgiveness, we too will explode in extravagant love. Jesus is a merciful Savior. He welcomes us as sinners, but he doesn’t leave us in our sin. He transforms us. So, cast yourself at Jesus’s feet. In the words of John Newton on his deathbed, “I am a great sinner, but Christ is a great Savior.” What wondrous love is this?!
Resources of the Week
Book Recommendation: The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Butterfield
Book Recommendation: How Can I Grow in Hospitality by Keri Folmar
Win them with Dinner: Practicing Hospitality in Post-Christian Places by Rosaria Butterfield
Song of the Month: No Not One
Contribution Update
We’ve Got a New Mailing Address!
High Pointe now has a brand new PO Box! This change will help us process your offerings more securely and efficiently.
For Donation checks sent by mail, please use this new address:
High Pointe Baptist Church
PO Box 80043, Austin, TX 78708
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Annual Memorial Day Picnic | Sunday, May 25
It’s time for our annual Memorial Day Picnic. Join us on Sunday evening, May 25, at 5:00 PM as we gather as a church for fellowship, fun, and BBQ. The church will provide the BBQ, but members are being asked to bring the sides and desserts based on the first letter of your last name. If you are bringing a side dish, please bring large, shareable dishes.
A-G bring a hot side dish
H-L bring a cold side dish
M-Z bring a dessert
Teens and college students bring beverages
Please bring your own folding chairs and blankets if you are planning to eat outside and bring outside yard games for a fun family church activity! If anyone would like to volunteer for helping to set-up/clean-up, please reach out to Beth Hyman for more details
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm, Family Night Festival, June 4
At this year's VBS, take a ride out west with us to Wonder Junction to focus on the greatest wonder of all, Jesus! High Pointe's VBS is for everyone! Click here to register and volunteer. Praise God that almost all of the volunteer needs have been filled, but we still need help manning inflatable floats during the Family Night Festival. Pray that the Lord will, in His kindness, allow us to see people from our community come to faith in Jesus through our efforts.
Women’s Neighborhood Dinner Fellowship | June 14 at 5:30 PM (various locations)
Ladies, please join your High Pointe neighbors for dinner Saturday, June 14! You can register online here or in the Church Center App. The deadline to register for this event is Sunday, June 8. There will be several locations across the Austin area, so you can choose your own neighborhood and enjoy extended conversation and fellowship with other High Pointe women in your area!
Life Classes THIS Sunday
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Work & Rest (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | First Baptist Church & Seminary, Santa Clara, Cuba
High Pointe established a partnership with FBC Santa Clara in the 1990s. In fact, the Lord allowed High Pointe to have a significant role in helping the church start a seminary to raise up pastors and seminaries. In 2007, pastors Daniel Franz and Juan Sanchez traveled to Cuba to reestablish this partnership. Since that time, High Pointe continues to visit the brothers in Santa Clara to deliver our financial support and encourage the church and seminary.
High Pointe, through your regular giving, you have a part in equipping pastors and missionaries in Cuba. By God’s grace, the gospel continues to spread throughout the island nation, but they are in dire need for more faithful pastors. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to continue to be generous and encourage FBC Santa Clara. Pray that the Lord would provide all the seminary needs to train pastors and missionaries. Pray that the Lord would provide the basic needs the Cuban people have. Pray that the Lord would bring about a good government that will care more for the people than power.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
ACME: Association of Churches for Missions and Evangelism
High Pointe Baptist Church has the privilege of being one of the founding churches of ACME. ACME exists to unite and mobilize like-minded churches to fund pastors, church planters, missionaries, and other projects around the world. And this past week, a few of us had the opportunity to represent High Pointe at ACME’s National Strategy Conference in Atlanta.
The most encouraging part of the ACME conference was celebrating the grants we were able to give away because like-minded churches like High Pointe pooled our money together to fund good gospel work in the U.S. and around the world. In just two years of our existence, we are approaching 80 churches and have given away $900,000.00 to 64 grant recipients. These grants represent like-minded work. And they are the result of careful, strategic discernment.
ACME promotes biblical principles that link churches across geographic, ethnic, and denominational lines. ACME churches adhere to the following Member Church Affirmations:
Expositional Preaching
Historic Baptist Ecclesiology
Elder-Led Congregationalism
One, Unified Assembly
Reformed Soteriology
Meaningful Membership & Discipline
Biblically Oriented Public Worship
Church-Centered Missions
To learn more about ACME, visit acmefellowship.org.
Would you consider joining with us to represent High Pointe at the next ACME strategy conference, May 7-9, 2026?
Resources of the Week
“What if we actually believed that humanity’s greatest tragedy was not a natural disaster or even mass casualties? But an entire city of lost sinners dying without a Savior?”
Song of the Month: No Not One
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Annual Memorial Day Picnic | Sunday, May 25
It’s time for our annual Memorial Day Picnic. Join us on Sunday evening, May 25, at 5:00 PM as we gather as a church for fellowship, fun, and BBQ. The church will provide the BBQ, but members are being asked to bring the sides and desserts based on the first letter of your last name.
A-G bring a hot side dish
H-L bring a cold side dish
M-Z bring a dessert
Teens and college students bring beverages.
Please bring your own folding chairs and blankets if you are planning to eat outside and bring outside yard games for a fun family church activity! If anyone would like to volunteer for helping to set-up/clean-up, please reach out to Beth Hyman for more details
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm, Family Night Festival, June 4
At this year's VBS, take a ride out west with us to Wonder Junction to focus on the greatest wonder of all, Jesus! There are many ways you can participate the week of and even before VBS begins! Online registration opens today. Click here to register. Please register NOW to volunteer, to attend (kids, teens, adult classes in English & Spanish), to provide snack items, and to help with decorating supply needs and/or preparation. There will be a information table in the foyer this Sunday where you can see where help is still needed, and there will also be yard signs available to help promote VBS!
Women’s Neighborhood Dinner Fellowship | June 14 at 5:30 PM (various locations)
Ladies, please join your High Pointe neighbors for dinner Saturday, June 14! You can register online here or in the Church Center App. The deadline to register for this event is Sunday, June 8. There will be several locations across the Austin area, so you can choose your own neighborhood and enjoy extended conversation and fellowship with other High Pointe women in your area!
Life Classes THIS Sunday
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Work & Rest (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | What Wondrous Love Is This? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | First Baptist Church & Seminary, Santa Clara, Cuba
High Pointe established a partnership with FBC Santa Clara in the 1990s. In fact, the Lord allowed High Pointe to have a significant role in helping the church start a seminary to raise up pastors and seminaries. In 2007, pastors Daniel Franz and Juan Sanchez traveled to Cuba to reestablish this partnership. Since that time, High Pointe continues to visit the brothers in Santa Clara to deliver our financial support and encourage the church and seminary.
High Pointe, through your regular giving, you have a part in equipping pastors and missionaries in Cuba. By God’s grace, the gospel continues to spread throughout the island nation, but they are in dire need for more faithful pastors. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to continue to be generous and encourage FBC Santa Clara. Pray that the Lord would provide all the seminary needs to train pastors and missionaries. Pray that the Lord would provide the basic needs the Cuban people have. Pray that the Lord would bring about a good government that will care more for the people than power.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Blessed Are Those Who Are Not Offended By Jesus
We all long for heroes: personal, vocational, intellectual, political, even theological heroes. Sadly, human heroes will eventually disappoint us. Jesus was Israel’s hero. As he healed the sick, delivered those oppressed by demons, and raised the dead, he gained quite a following. And yet, Jesus, his words and works, scandalized (offended) many. In Luke 7:1-35, we observe Jesus’s scandalous ministry and salvation and four different responses:
1. Faith (7:1-10) – Jesus is Lord, and he has authority over disease and death. To prove that, he heals the slave of a Roman Centurion. Then, Jesus offends the Jewish leaders by holding him up as a model of faith. By doing so, Jesus hints at the inclusion of Gentiles into the people of God.
2. Awe (7:11-17) – When Jesus raised the widow’s son from the dead, many marveled at his power and glorified God. They called him a prophet because they sensed God had visited his people. And yet, Jesus is more than a prophet. He is THE promised prophet. Beware of being impressed with Jesus but not honoring Jesus as THE LORD.
3. Doubt (7:18-23) – While Jesus was performing powerful works, John the Baptist was languishing in prison. Naturally, he began to wonder, “Is Jesus the one or was he to wait and announce another?” Jesus sends word that his works prove that he is the one and that the kingdom had arrived in him. But notice carefully how Jesus lovingly and patiently responded to John’s doubts, and remember that Jesus responds to your doubts in the same way.
4. Rejection (7:23-35) – Sadly, Jesus’s offensive words and works scandalized the Jewish leaders and led them to reject Jesus. Jesus likens them to spoiled children who are never happy to play with the others in the marketplace. But the wisdom of God’s salvation in Christ will be justified or declared right by her children – all who believe in Jesus. So, receive Jesus by faith and continue walking in faith.
Jesus is the long-expected Savior, but he works in unexpected ways.
What about you? Do Jesus’s unexpected ways offend you?
How can you be more loving and accepting of people who are different than you?
Now, think about Jesus’s authority. What would have to change in your life if Jesus had authority over every area of your life: time, finances, relationships, recreation?
How has your wrong expectations of who Jesus is and how he works led you to doubt him?
Resources of the Week
Re-Thinking Homogeneity: The Biblical Case for Multi-Ethnic Churches
A Symposium: How Can We Work Toward Greater Ethnic Unity in Our Churches?
Jesus is LORD over ALL of Life:
Song of the Month: No Not One
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Annual Memorial Day Picnic | Sunday, May 25
It’s time for our annual Memorial Day Picnic. Join us on Sunday evening, May 25, at 5:00 PM as we gather as a church for fellowship, fun, and BBQ. The church will provide the BBQ, but members are being asked to bring the sides and desserts based on the first letter of your last name.
A-G bring a hot side dish
H-L bring a cold side dish
M-Z bring a desserts
Teens and college students, bring beverages.
Please bring your own folding chairs and blankets if you are planning to eat outside and bring outside yard games for a fun family church activity! If anyone would like to volunteer for helping to set-up/clean-up, please reach out to Beth Hyman for more details
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm, Family Night Festival, June 4
At this year's VBS, take a ride out west with us to Wonder Junction to focus on the greatest wonder of all, Jesus! High Pointe's VBS is for everyone! There are many ways you can participate the week of and even before VBS begins! Online registration opens today. Click here to register. Please register NOW to volunteer, to attend (kids, teens, adult classes in English & Spanish), and to provide snack items. To help with decorating supply needs and/or preparation, please use this link. Above all, would you commit to pray regularly for this year's VBS? Pray that the Lord will, in His kindness, allow us to see people from our community come to faith in Jesus through our efforts.
NO Life Classes THIS Sunday due to Mother’s Day. We resume Life Classes next Sunday at 9 AM.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | First Baptist Church & Seminary, Santa Clara, Cuba
High Pointe established a partnership with FBC Santa Clara in the 1990s. In fact, the Lord allowed High Pointe to have a significant role in helping the church start a seminary to raise up pastors and seminaries. In 2007, pastors Daniel Franz and Juan Sanchez traveled to Cuba to reestablish this partnership. Since that time, High Pointe continues to visit the brothers in Santa Clara to deliver our financial support and encourage the church and seminary.
High Pointe, through your regular giving, you have a part in equipping pastors and missionaries in Cuba. By God’s grace, the gospel continues to spread throughout the island nation, but they are in dire need for more faithful pastors. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to continue to be generous and encourage FBC Santa Clara. Pray that the Lord would provide all the seminary needs to train pastors and missionaries. Pray that the Lord would provide the basic needs the Cuban people have. Pray that the Lord would bring about a good government that will care more for the people than power.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
The Bible: Finding Your Place in The Real Story
This Sunday, we explored how the Bible tells one unified story-from beginning to end-centered on God's glory. This true narrative shows God's work solving the problem of sin through Jesus Christ. When Adam sinned, God made a promise in the garden. He worked through one man, then one family, then one nation but the goal was all peoples. At just the right time, God sent His Promised Son to accomplish redemption through His death and resurrection, followed by the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. As believers, we find our place in this story as Christ's witnesses, showing and telling the good news in our workplaces, schools, and neighborhoods.
Church Family Updates from the Members’ Meeting
New Members: We joyfully welcomed 12 new members, with 3 more pending baptism. Welcome to the High Pointe family!
Global Partners: Jonathan and Elizabeth Painter shared about their upcoming move. Pray for them as they make final preparations.
Giving: March offerings met our budget-thank you for your generosity!
Elder Encouragements
Summer Fellowship: Remain intentional about meeting together even as some weekly gatherings pause for the summer.
Don’t forget VBS is also for adults! We’ll have a Spanish and English class.
Digital Discipleship: Consider your relationship with technology this summer: (Resource 4,5)
Try reading a physical Bible
Schedule regular breaks from devices
Evaluate whether you own your devices or they own you
Resources of the Week
Song of the Month: No Not One
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring in three weeks! If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, May 4th
There will be a one-day membership class (English) on Sunday, May 4th from 1:15-4:30 PM. Register here or on the app.
Young Adult Lunch | Sunday, May 18
Mark your calendars for the next Young Adult Lunch happening at Peace Bakery off N. Lamar after the morning service on Sunday, May 18.
Annual Memorial Day Picnic | Sunday, May 25
It’s time for our annual Memorial Day Picnic. Join us on Sunday evening, May 25, at 5:00 PM as we gather as a church for fellowship, fun, and BBQ.
The church will provide the BBQ, but members are being asked to bring the sides and desserts based on the first letter of your last name.
A-G bring a hot side dish
H-L bring a cold side dish
M-Z bring a desserts
Teens and college students, bring beverages.
Please bring your own folding chairs and blankets if you are planning to eat outside, and bring outside yard games for a fun family church activity! If anyone would like to volunteer for helping to set-up/clean-up please reach out to Beth Hyman for more details
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm, Family Night Festival, June 4
At this year's VBS, take a ride out west with us to Wonder Junction to focus on the greatest wonder of all, Jesus! High Pointe's VBS is for everyone! There are many ways you can participate the week of and even before VBS begins! Online registration opens today. Click here to register. Please register NOW to volunteer, to attend (kids, teens, adult classes in English & Spanish), and to provide snack items. To help with decorating supply needs and/or preparation, please use this link. Above all, would you commit to pray regularly for this year's VBS? Pray that the Lord will, in His kindness, allow us to see people from our community come to faith in Jesus through our efforts.
NEW Life Classes Began Last Sunday
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Work & Rest (Room 203, Choir Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
May 4 | Luke 7:1-35 | Blessed are Those Who are Not Offended by Jesus | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Two Ways to Live
The voices of this world tell us that there are many ways to live and many paths to God. Jesus tells us there are only two ways to live, only two paths to take. One path leads to righteousness and everlasting life. The other path leads to unrighteousness and everlasting death. In his sermon on the plain in Luke 6:17-49, Jesus explains that only those who come to him, hear his words, and obey him are on the right path.
Those who hear and obey Jesus’s words will be greatly blessed in heaven (vv.20-26). Turning to his disciples, Jesus knows what it has cost them to follow him. They’ve left behind their livelihoods, the ability to put food on the table, the joys of family and friends, even their reputations. Jesus reminds them that no matter what following him has cost them, their heavenly reward is great. So, as we face suffering, hardship, and even persecution because we follow Jesus, know you will receive a great reward. Those who seek instant gratification in the things of this world already have their reward. In the end, they will face ruin. But, while the Christian life is one of waiting for our reward, our waiting is not a passive waiting. We wait now in radical love and mercy.
Those who hear and obey Jesus’s words are marked by radical love and mercy now (vv.27-45). Even unbelievers love those whom they like. They lend to those who will repay them. Those who follow Jesus love those who hate them. They lend to those who may not pay them back. They do for others expecting nothing in return. At first, this radical love sounds absurd, but when you think about it, it is the love with which God loved us in Christ. We came into this world as God’s enemies (Colossians 1:21). But God demonstrated his love for us while we hated him by sending Jesus to die on the cross (Romans 5:6-11). This is the love of Christ for us. And this is the love of Christ in us. We are to love other with this same love. That is what marks us apart from the world. This is the good fruit we are to bear. All who live and love like Jesus are building their lives on a firm foundation.
Those who hear and obey Jesus’s words will stand firm through life’s storms and receive their eternal reward (vv.46-49). While the world tells us there are many paths to God, Jesus says the only path that leads to life is the path that he blazed for us. The path of righteousness. All who hear and obey Jesus’s words are walking this path and building their lives on the solid rock foundation that is Jesus.
Come to Jesus. Shut out all the earthly voices. Listen to Jesus. Obey his word.
Resources of the Week
Build On The Rock: A sermon by R. C. Sproul
But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, part 2, John Piper
Song of the Month: On That Day by CityAlight
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Did you know that you can register for events using the Church Center app? Click here to watch a short video showing how!
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, May 4th
There will be a one-day membership class (English) on Sunday, May 4th from 1:15-4:30 PM. Register here or on the app.
Vacation Bible School | A Church-Wide Outreach Event | June 1-4, 6:00-8:30pm , Family Night Festival, June 4
At this year's VBS, take a ride out west with us to Wonder Junction to focus on the greatest wonder of all, Jesus! High Pointe's VBS is for everyone! There are many ways you can participate the week of and even before VBS begins! Online registration opens today! Click here to register. Please register NOW to volunteer, to attend (kids, teens, adult classes in English & Spanish), and to provide snack items. To help with decorating supply needs and/or preparation, please use this link. Above all, would you commit to pray regularly for this year's VBS? Pray that the Lord will, in His kindness, allow us to see people from our community come to faith in Jesus through our efforts.
NEW Life Classes Begin THIS Sunday
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Understanding Work & Rest (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Help Us Welcome Our Visitors This Easter Sunday
This Lord’s Day, April 20, is Easter Sunday, and we usually have more visitors than normal. Here are some ways we can help our guests feel welcome and at home each Sunday, but especially this coming Easter Sunday.
Leave the parking spaces closest to the entrances for our guests and senior adults. We have clearly marked our guest parking area. Honor our guests by leaving these spaces open for visitors. For those who are able, utilize the farther parking spaces so our senior adults will not have as far to walk.
Greet everyone you see with a smile whether you know them or not. From the time you step out of your vehicle greet everyone with a friendly smile and tell them how glad you are to see them.
Introduce yourself to those you don’t know. If you don’t know someone, take the time to greet them and introduce yourself. Make an effort to meet a new person or family each Sunday.
Assist those who don’t seem to know where they are going. Remember, you may know where everything is, but our guests are not familiar with our facilities.
Fill the seats at the front of the auditorium first when you enter to worship. Late comers and guests do not like to parade before the entire congregation on their way to find a seat.
Don’t rush off after the service. Instead, take a few minutes to greet visitors. Thank them for attending our services and invite them to come again.
Bring your guests to the Connection Center for a free gift.
Invite visitors to your home for a meal. One of the best ways to get to know someone is to share a meal together. Practice Christian hospitality by inviting someone to eat lunch with you after worship.
Invite first-time visitors to worship with us again. You will be amazed at how much weight a personal invitation carries. Encourage visitors to return and worship with us on a regular Sunday.
I thank God for High Pointe and the love and fellowship we share with one another. Right or wrong, visitors will form an opinion about our church within the first few minutes after they arrive. Join me in making every effort to make our guests feel welcome through genuine, Christian hospitality.
Resources of the Week
Strategic Hospitality: A Sermon by John Piper
Song of the Month: On That Day by CityAlight
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Did you know that you can register for events using the Church Center app? Click here to watch a short video showing how!
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Good Friday Service | Friday, April 18th
Please plan to join us at High Pointe on April 18th at 6 PM for our Good Friday Service. Members, please park at the back of the lot to save room for visitors. Invite your coworkers, neighbors, and friends!
UPDATE: One Year of Encouragement for the Davis family
High Pointe Church has been sending encouraging cards to the Davis family in Ireland for nearly a year, with 98 cards sent so far! It's hard to believe but April 30 will mark one year since they left here for their new home in Ireland! To mark their first anniversary, you can contribute by dropping off a card at the nursery by THIS Sunday, April 20. This is the last opportunity to participate in the "One Year of Encouragement" cards. Thank you for reminding them of your love and prayers throughout this year. A special thank you to Darlene Benoit for mailing the cards and to all who helped with postage.
Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, May 4th
There will be a one-day membership class (English) on Sunday, May 4th from 1:15-4:30 PM. Register here or on the app.
Vacation Bible School | June 1st-4th
Save the date for VBS! Registration for volunteering, attending, and for providing snacks will be coming next week. Keep an eye out and begin praying for the volunteers and children!
NO Life Classes THIS Sunday
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
April 20 | Luke 6:17-49 | Two Ways to Live | Pastor Juan Sanchez | Easter Sunday
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
The Heart of Prayer: A Conversation with God | Hebrews 4:14-16
Prayer is the relationship! It’s an ongoing, whole-person conversation with the Living God, often flowing from our engagement with His Word through reading, hearing, or meditation.
Prayer isn’t merely a ritual—it’s the core of your relationship with God. Like any meaningful connection, consistent and honest communication builds intimacy. Many of us struggle with prayer, feeling unworthy, too busy, or uncertain what to say. But remember: God invites you to come exactly as you are. Hebrews 4:14-16 encourages us to approach the throne of grace boldly, frequently, at any time.
When we speak to God, we’re approaching this throne of grace. You don’t need eloquent words—simply begin the conversation. God already knows your feelings, so bring Him your shame and sense of unworthiness. Christ, our Great High Priest, understands our weaknesses and knows what it’s like to face temptation. Unlike us, Jesus never yielded to temptation or turned away from the Father. He initiated this relationship through Jesus, and because of Christ, He welcomes us as we are. When words fail us, Romans 8:26 reminds us that the Holy Spirit helps us pray.
Start small—pray during your commute or while completing daily tasks. When you feel stuck, use Scripture to guide your prayers. Above all, trust that God hears and delights in your prayers. Prayer is a conversation with the One who loves you deeply—approach it with confidence.
We have constant access to the throne of grace where we receive mercy and help in our times of need. Turn quickly to God during temptation, trials, and testing. He understands and he hears you. Strengthen your relationship with the living God through ongoing conversation in prayer.
This Week: Join us for Sunday Night Prayer Service 5 p.m. here at HPBC.
•Consider slowly reading the Lord’s Prayer. See the links below. Meditate on each phrase and then pray it back to God in your own words, personalizing it.
•Practice turning quickly to Jesus in times of need. Have a conversation with Christ—be bold, honest, and real
Resources of the Week
Personalizing the Lord’s Prayer AND the Bible Project on the Lord’s Prayer
Song of the Month: On That Day by CityAlight
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Did you know that you can GIVE ONLINE using the Church Center app? Click here to watch a short video explaining how!
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Good Friday Service | Friday, April 18th
Please plan to join us at High Pointe on April 18th at 6 PM for our Good Friday Service. Members, please park at the back of the lot to save room for visitors. Invite your coworkers, neighbors, and friends!
UPDATE: One Year of Encouragement for the Davis family
High Pointe Church has been sending encouraging cards to the Davis family in Ireland for nearly a year, with 98 cards sent so far! It's hard to believe but April 30 will mark one year since they left here for their new home in Ireland! To mark their first anniversary, you can contribute by dropping off a card at the nursery by Easter Sunday, April 20. This is the last opportunity to participate in the "One Year of Encouragement" cards. Thank you for reminding them of your love and prayers throughout this year. A special thank you to Darlene Benoit for mailing the cards and to all who helped with postage.
Vacation Bible School | June 1st-4th
Save the date for VBS! Registration for volunteering, attending, and for providing snacks will be coming soon. Keep an eye out and begin praying for the volunteers and children!
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
April 13 | Luke 6:12-16 | How Firm A Foundation | Pastor Juan Sanchez
April 20 | Luke 6:17-49 | New Kingdom, New Law, New Life | Pastor Juan Sanchez | Easter Sunday
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 8:4-21 | Faith that Bears Fruit | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus is Lord of All| Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 9:7-27 | Who Do You Say Jesus Is? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 9:28-50 | The Majesty of Christ | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Meditation on Scripture: Directing Our Hearts to and Staying on the Path | Psalm 119:9-16, Colossians 3:16 and Philippians 4:9.
Here is the link to a simple framework for biblical meditation.
Meditation on God’s Word serves as our spiritual GPS, directing us and keeping us on the right path. This practice has deep roots in Christian tradition, offering a transformative approach to engaging with Scripture beyond mere reading.
Throughout history, devoted Christians have practiced scriptural meditation. William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the British politician who championed the abolition of the slave trade, recorded in his journal: “Walked from Hyde Park Corner repeating the 119th Psalm in great comfort.” His meditation on Scripture sustained him through his long struggle against abolishing slavery and provided spiritual nourishment during challenging times.
Biblical Meditation: What it is. It’s chewing on a Bible text, analyzing that passage, turning it over and around in one’s thoughts…
Mental planning for action...directing your thoughts of Scripture towards walking in godly paths.
Not emptying the mind, but filling it with God's truth from Scripture
Thoughtfully chewing on the biblical text, analyzing and turning it over in your mind.
Reading Scripture slowly and repeatedly, allowing words to sink into your soul (soaker hose)
Prayerful consideration, reflection and application of Scripture.
Engaging our head and hearts with Scripture to deepen our relationship with God.
We meditate on Scripture for and with other Christians to share and grow in Christ.
Someone has put it this way: Read or listen to Scripture to get the information. Study it to get the meaning. Meditate on God’s word to get the true benefit, which is godly transformation.
Why not choose a short passage and meditate on it this week. Chew on it, pray it, apply it, speak it, let it move from head to heart as it soaks in deeply.
Then put your hands to work living out the truth you’ve absorbed.
Resources of the Week
Song of the Month: On That Day by CityAlight
HPBC Church Center App Update
Reminder: Our old app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it here.
Did you know that you can GIVE ONLINE using the Church Center app? Click here to watch a short video explaining how!
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Gospel Witness and the True and Better Story (Evangelism Seminar) | THIS Saturday, April 5
Do you struggle to be a gospel witness in today’s skeptical world? Are you looking for better ways to have meaningful conversations about God that offer hope and purpose? Join us for an Equipping Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM where we’ll explore how to share the true and better Story—Jesus Christ, the Hero and center of history. This workshop will equip you with practical tools to share the gospel in a way that resonates deeply with others. Feel free to arrive at 8:30 AM for fellowship. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Childcare is closing TODAY 4/2. Register here.
Women's Jewelry Making Workshop | Saturday, April 12
There will be a Jewelry Making Workshop on Saturday, April 12 from 1-3 PM at High Pointe. Come and learn how to make a necklace or bracelet that you will get to wear at home! This is a beginner class. We have a limited number of seats, so make sure to enroll early. There is a $25 fee to participate in the event! Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
April 6 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | On Prayer | Pastor Robert Cline
April 13 | Luke 6:12-26 | The Blessings and Woes of the Kingdom | Pastor Juan Sanchez
April 20 | Luke 6:27-36 | Love Your Enemies | Pastor Juan Sanchez | Easter Sunday
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 6:37-42 | Judge with Righteous Judgment | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Mother’s Day | Pastor Craig Horton
May 18 | Luke 6:43-49 | Two Ways to Live | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 25 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 1 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 8 | New Series from Isaiah | Pastor Robert Cline
June 15 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 22 | Luke 8:4-21 | The Parable of the Sower | Pastor Juan Sanchez
June 29 | Luke 8:22-9:6 | Jesus Is Lord of All | Pastor Juan Sanchez
July 6-27 | Summer Preaching Series
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Cuba | Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath | Luke 6:1-11
God gave Israel the Law to show them how to love him with their whole hearts and to love one another. He redeemed them from slavery, called them to be his people, and promised to bring them to the place of his presence where they might enter God’s rest.
Of course, the Law did not spell out every instance or exception, so the Jewish leaders and teachers added guidance to the Law as guardrails to help Israel keep the Law and maintain faithfulness. Sadly, many of these rules went beyond Scripture but were expected to be obeyed as Scripture. The result was, instead of reading the Law (God’s Word) to know God, they read the Law to know what to do or not do. That led to a religion of justification by works. This is not what God intended. But this is what we see in Luke 6:1-11. To protect the Sabbath, the Pharisees added rules. Those rules were prioritized over basic human needs (6:1-5) and over showing mercy (6:6-11).
We tend to look down on the Pharisees, but admittedly, we are very much like them. We are tempted to add rules that go beyond Scripture, then expect others to keep them to prove their faithfulness. Or we practice religious rituals or abstain from certain activities in an effort to win God’s favor. It is exhausting to try and earn God’s grace. It is a burden to try and keep the extrabiblical rules others impose on us.
Jesus came to restore Israel on the basis of a new covenant. To do that, he needed to fulfill the old. And he did so, by keeping it fully, including the Sabbath. This is what he reminds the Pharisees. At no point did Jesus violate the Sabbath (Luke 6:1-5). But Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. That means only he has the authority to determine what is and is not permissible on the Sabbath. To prove he has that authority, he heals on the Sabbath (Luke 6:6-10).
The Pharisees become furious at Jeus and plot to destroy him (Luke 6:11). Here is the irony of this passage. The plot of the Jewish leaders to kill Jesus is the means God used to fulfill the Sabbath and the whole Law. Though innocent, Jesus went to the cross, where he received the penalty for Law-breaking. So, Jesus fulfilled the Sabbath (and the whole Law) by his active (keeping the Law) and passive (suffering) obedience. This is the basis of our salvation. And we enter into God’s promised, eternal rest by faith alone (Hebrews 3-4).
Are you still trying to enter God’s rest through religious observance or abstinence? Are you burdened by religious performance, guilt, or the pressure to be good enough? Come to Jesus, and rest in him. He is not offering a day off—he is offering eternal rest with God, beginning right now, by faith in him, the Lord of the Sabbath.
Resources of the Week
New Covenant Christians and the Sabbath:
Song of the Month: The Church’s One Foundation
HPBC APP Announcement
As we roll out the new website, we will be updating the Church Center App and retiring the older HPBC app.
Our High Pointe Baptist Church app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it today using the links below! If you need help in accessing the new app, please visit our Connection Center or speak with one of our staff.
Do you have questions about the change? Email us at info@highpointeaustin.org.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Men’s Steak and Hymns Fellowship | Friday, March 28
All men are invited to come enjoy steak and fellowship at High Pointe on Friday, March 28 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Sides will be provided, but attendees must bring their own meat to grill. Register here.
Young Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The young adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at Buddy’s Burgers (9001 Cameron Rd Ste 101, Austin, TX 78754).
Senior Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The 55+ Adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at the Luby's on Dessau and 183.
Gospel Witness and the True and Better Story (Evangelism Seminar) | Saturday, April 5
Do you struggle to be a gospel witness in today’s skeptical world? Are you looking for better ways to have meaningful conversations about God that offer hope and purpose? Join us for an Equipping Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM where we’ll explore how to share the true and better Story—Jesus Christ, the Hero and center of history. This workshop will equip you with practical tools to share the gospel in a way that resonates deeply with others. Feel free to arrive at 8:30 AM for fellowship. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Childcare is limited and will not be offered past April 1 at 4:00PM. Register here.
Women's Jewelry Making Workshop | Saturday, April 12
There will be a Jewelry Making Workshop on Saturday, April 12 from 1-3 PM at High Pointe. Come and learn how to make a necklace or bracelet that you will get to wear home! This is a beginner class. We have a limited number of seats, so make sure to enroll early. There is a $25 fee to participate in the event! Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 30 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Meditating on Scripture | Pastor Robert Cline
April 6 | On Prayer | Pastor Robert Cline
April 13 | Luke 6:12-26 | The Blessings and Woes of the Kingdom | Pastor Juan Sanchez
April 20 | Luke 6:27-36 | Love Your Enemies | Pastor Juan Sanchez | Easter Sunday
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 6:37-42 | Judge with Righteous Judgment | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Luke 6:43-49 | Two Ways to Live | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 18 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 2 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Jesus + (ANYTHING) = NOT the Gospel
If you’re 30 years and younger, get to know some of our senior adult members. They are a treasure in and of themselves. They are also walking encyclopedias of history. In their lifetime, they have seen dramatic technological changes, such as moving from radio to television, from black and white television to color, from cable to streaming, from rotary telephones to cellular, from film-based cameras to VHS video, from VHS video to DVD, and I could go on and on.
The older generation has experienced how an older technology is made obsolete by a newer one. While the change Jesus brings about are more significant and eternal, the idea of the old being replaced by the new helps us to understand how Jesus inaugurating the new age of salvation in his first coming, replaces the old. You see, when Jesus came, he inaugurated the new covenant and did away with the old. This is the point of Luke 5:33-39.
Jesus had been feasting with tax collectors and sinners (Luke 5:27-32), and someone wonders aloud, “How come, Jesus, your disciples do not fast?” Jesus’s answer: Because the bridegroom is here, and the wedding celebration has begun. It is inappropriate to fast at a wedding (Luke 5:34). Jesus knows he will go to the cross to die. That is how he initiates the new covenant – by his blood. At that time, it will be appropriate for his disciples to fast (Luke 5:35). But now is the time for joy and feasting, for the promised age of salvation has dawned in Jesus’s coming.
Crucially, Jesus makes the point that you cannot simply add the new covenant to the old. Jesus’s point is that since he has come and fulfilled the old covenant, it is set aside (Hebrews 8:13). You cannot fit the new covenant ways into the old covenant structures. It will rupture the old covenant structures like new wine ruptures old wineskins (Luke 5:36-38). Sadly, this is exactly what some Jewish background believers tried to do in the first century. They were called Judaizers, and they traveled to Gentile churches trying to convince them that to be saved, they needed Jesus + circumcision + keeping Sabbaths + observing the dietary restrictions. Paul constantly battled against this idea (Colossians 2:16-23). This is what is known as the Galatian heresy: Jesus + _____________.
This should serve as a warning to all of us today. We may not try to add the Law to what Jesus did, demanding that faithful Christians keep the Sabbaths, dietary restrictions, and practice circumcision. But we are tempted to ADD to the gospel what it means to be a faithful Christian. We are tempted to bind other’s consciences by what we’ve added to Jesus’s work on our behalf. In my opinion, this is one reason evangelical Christians are so divided – because we are tempted to ADD to the gospel what it means to be a faithful Christian: Jesus + (politics, social justice, educational choices, position on vaccinations, and on and on it goes). These issues are NOT unimportant. But they are NOT the gospel. And this is one reason we work diligently to guard the gospel from additions.
The sad reality is that we tend to take our personal views, opinions, and convictions on third-order matters or what we call charity beliefs and make a law or a rule that if others don’t see matters the same way, then they are simply not faithful Christians. Jesus came to save us from the demands of the Law by keeping it perfectly and taking upon himself the punishment of law-breaking. Now, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, we are counted righteous before God. And now, in this new age, we have new hearts and God’s Spirit living in us who empowers us to obey all that Jesus has commanded. We don’t obey to be accepted before God. We obey because God has accepted us in Christ. This is good news!
Resources of the Week
Understanding Justification by Faith Alone:
On Christian Hospitality (Feasting with Others):
On Fishing for Jesus (Evangelism):
Song of the Month: The Church’s One Foundation
HPBC APP Announcement
As we roll out the new website, we will be updating the Church Center App and retiring the older HPBC app.
Our High Pointe Baptist Church app is retiring May 21st. If you don't have the Church Center app, download it today using the links below! If you need help in accessing the new app, please visit our Connection Center or speak with one of our staff.
Do you have questions about the change? Email us at info@highpointeaustin.org.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Men’s Steak and Hymns Fellowship | Friday, March 28
All men are invited to come enjoy steak and fellowship at High Pointe on Friday, March 28 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Sides will be provided, but attendees must bring their own meat to grill. Register here.
Young Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The young adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at Buddy’s Burgers (9001 Cameron Rd Ste 101, Austin, TX 78754).
Senior Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The 55+ Adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at the Luby's on Dessau and 183.
Gospel Witness and the True and Better Story (Evangelism Seminar) | Saturday, April 5
Do you struggle to be a gospel witness in today’s skeptical world? Are you looking for better ways to have meaningful conversations about God that offer hope and purpose? Join us for an Equipping Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM where we’ll explore how to share the true and better Story—Jesus Christ, the Hero and center of history. This workshop will equip you with practical tools to share the gospel in a way that resonates deeply with others. Feel free to arrive at 8:30 AM for fellowship. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Childcare is limited and will not be offered past April 1 at 4:00PM. Register here.
Women's Jewelry Making Workshop | Saturday, April 12
There will be a Jewelry Making Workshop on Saturday, April 12 from 1-3 PM at High Pointe. Come and learn how to make a necklace or bracelet that you will get to wear home! This is a beginner class. We have a limited number of seats, so make sure to enroll early. There is a $25 fee to participate in the event! Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 23 | Luke 6:1-11 | Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 30 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Meditating on Scripture | Pastor Robert Cline
April 6 | On Prayer | Pastor Robert Cline
April 13 | Luke 6:12-26 | The Blessings and Woes of the Kingdom | Pastor Juan Sanchez
April 20 | Luke 6:27-36 | Love Your Enemies | Pastor Juan Sanchez | Easter Sunday
April 27 | Finding Your Place in the Big Story of the Bible | Pastor Robert Cline
May 4 | Luke 6:37-42 | Judge with Righteous Judgment | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 11 | Luke 6:43-49 | Two Ways to Live | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 18 | Luke 7:1-35 | Are You the One? | Pastor Juan Sanchez
May 2 | Luke 7:36-8:3 | Jesus and Women | Pastor Juan Sanchez
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Gathering, Scattering, Fishing and Singing
This past Sunday, we gathered twice. At our Sunday Evening Prayer Service, six members shared opportunities to evangelize friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers, and we prayed for our faithful witness in all aspects of life as we scatter and are sent around the Austin area. It was a joyful time together as the family of God.
During the Evening Prayer Service, I shared the concept of “fish swimming into the net”—visitors at High Pointe who are not yet Christ-followers. Each week, some of these “fish” not only hear the gospel during the service but are approached afterward by members sharing personal testimonies, inviting them for coffee or meals, and opening the Bible again to explain the good news!
We thank God that he continues to bring visitors to High Pointe each Sunday morning. Our Connection Center, led by Barbara Woodard, plays an important role in welcoming visitors. It provides a great opportunity for members to actively welcome visitors by connecting them with others nearby or with similar interests.
On Saturday, April 5 from 8:30am-12pm we will have our next Equipping Workshop. The workshop will center on learning to ask “salty” questions, practicing telling your story and explaining the gospel story to friends and acquaintances. We encourage you to bring a friend and join us! Please note the workshop will officially begin at 9am, but we strongly encourage you to arrive early. Register here.
Singing together May the Mind of Christ My Savior is always an encouragement to live as wholehearted followers of our great King and Lord Jesus.
May the love of Jesus fill me
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self-abasing,
This is victory.
May His beauty rest upon me
As I seek the lost to win;
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only Him
Resources of the Week
As you respond to the Lord’s Day activities:
On Fishing for Jesus (Evangelism):
Song of the Month: The Church’s One Foundation
HPBC Website Announcement
High Pointe is refreshing our High Pointe Website to sync up better with the Church Center App. The Website will have some updated photos and be simpler to navigate. High Pointe Staff is in making some last minute tweaks and adjustments and hopes the Website with a new look and feel will go live very soon.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Men’s Steak and Hymns Fellowship | Friday, March 28
All men are invited to come enjoy steak and fellowship at High Pointe on Friday, March 28 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Sides will be provided, but attendees must bring their own meat to grill. Register here.
Young Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The young adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at Buddy’s Burgers (9001 Cameron Rd Ste 101, Austin, TX 78754).
Gospel Witness and the True and Better Story (Evangelism Seminar) | Saturday, April 5
Do you struggle to be a gospel witness in today’s skeptical world? Are you looking for better ways to have meaningful conversations about God that offer hope and purpose? Join us for an Equipping Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM where we’ll explore how to share the true and better Story—Jesus Christ, the Hero and center of history. This workshop will equip you with practical tools to share the gospel in a way that resonates deeply with others. Feel free to arrive at 8:30 AM for fellowship. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Childcare is limited and will not be offered past April 1 at 4:00PM. Register here.
Women's Jewelry Making Workshop | Saturday, April 12
There will be a Jewelry Making Workshop on Saturday, April 12 from 1-3 PM at High Pointe. Come and learn how to make a necklace or bracelet that you will get to wear home! This is a beginner class. We have a limited number of seats, so make sure to enroll early. There is a $25 fee to participate in the event! Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 16 | Luke 5:33-6:11 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 23 | Luke 6:12-49 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 30 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Pastor Robert Cline
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Jesus, Friend of Sinners | Luke 5:1-32
If you’ve ever played pick-up basketball, you know the strategy of the captains picking the team want to pick the best players. Personally, I know what it’s like to be picked last. Thankfully, when it comes to who Jesus picks to enter into the kingdom, he chooses differently than we would. In Luke 5:32, Jesus reminds us that he came, not for the righteous, but to save sinners. And in vv.1-32 of that same chapter, we see how he chooses the unworthy fishermen, an unclean leper, a paralyzed man, and a despicable tax collector. Jesus came to save sinners!
1. Jesus calls sinners to follow him (5:1-11).
Fishermen were an important part of the economy in first century Israel, but they were lowly in social standing. And yet, this is who Jesus called to follow him. But he doesn’t just call sinners to follow him. He calls sinners to become fishers of men. When Jesus calls, sinners become followers and followers become fishermen.
As a follower of Jesus, where are YOU fishing? Who are you fishing for? Our mission statement says, We exist to glorify God by making wholehearted follower of Jesus among all peoples. So, High Pointe, join us in fishing for men, women, and children from all peoples that those who presently do not worship Jesus may become wholehearted worshippers.
2. Jesus cleanses sinners to restore them (5:12-16).
Not only does Jesus call sinners to follow him, but he also cleanses sinners from all uncleanness. Lepers were thought to be inflicted with their disease due to sin. So, sin and impurity were closely associated with then. In fact, to touch a leper would make one unclean. And yet, Jesus touched the leper and rather than being infected with disease or becoming ceremonially unclean, Jesus made the unclean clean. By his purity, Jesus infects us with his cleanness.
How are you trying to clean yourself up? No matter how hard you try, you cannot. But Jesus offers to cleanse us. How? What can wash away our sins? “Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” What can make me whole again? “Nothing but the blood of Jesus. You see, Jesus’s work of cleansing foreshadows his work on the cross. Come to Jesus and find cleansing – over and over again.
3. Jesus forgives sinners to free them (5:17-26).
The paralytic was enslaved to the effects of Adam’s sin in his body. He could not walk. He could not get to Jesus. He was dependent on his friends to bring him to Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, he forgave them of their sins and freed him from the bondage of paralysis.
The good news about Jesus’s salvation and the promised kingdom is that he saves ALL of us, not just our souls. Our salvation is wholistic and includes our bodies. We look forward to receiving our resurrection bodies and a kingdom where there will be no more suffering. For now, this hope encourages us to wait on the Lord for total healing.
4. Jesus eats with sinners to dignify them (5:27-32).
Once again, Jesus calls sinners to follow him. This time a despicable tax collector. Despicable because tax collectors in this day were Jews who worked collecting taxes for Rome and has a reputation for extortion. And yet, Jesus not only calls Matthew to follow him, Jesus eats with Matthew and other tax collectors and sinners dignifying them as welcome into the kingdom.
Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He calls sinners – the unworthy, the unclean, the enslaved, the despicable – and they leave everything behind and follow him. But the story doesn’t end there. These followers become fishermen. Jesus calls sinners to join him in mission.
What about YOU? Are you following Jesus? If so, are you fishing for Jesus?
Resources of the Week
On Fishing for Jesus (Evangelism):
Song of the Month: The Church’s One Foundation
HPBC Church Center App Update
Our app has been updated with a new homepage featuring the digital order of service, weekly announcements, a digital directory, and resources to help you get involved.
If you have questions about the app or how to use it, feel free to call the church office or ask anyone on staff, and they would be happy to help you in setting it up.
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Women's Prayer and Head Wear Gift Exchange Event | THIS Saturday, March 8
Please join us at High Pointe on Saturday, March 8 from 3-6 PM for a prayer exchange! Each attendee should bring a new, unused "head wear" item to exchange with another woman. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring an appetizer to share!
Men’s Steak and Hymns Fellowship | Friday, March 28
All men are invited to come enjoy steak and fellowship at High Pointe on Friday, March 28 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Sides will be provided, but attendees must bring their own meat to grill. Register here.
Young Adult Luncheon | Sunday, March 30
The young adults will be having lunch together after the service on March 30. The lunch will begin at 12:30 PM, and it will take place at Buddy’s Burgers (9001 Cameron Rd Ste 101, Austin, TX 78754).
Gospel Witness and the True and Better Story (Evangelism Seminar) | Saturday, April 5
Do you struggle to be a gospel witness in today’s skeptical world? Are you looking for better ways to have meaningful conversations about God that offer hope and purpose? Join us for an Equipping Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM where we’ll explore how to share the true and better Story—Jesus Christ, the Hero and center of history. This workshop will equip you with practical tools to share the gospel in a way that resonates deeply with others. Feel free to arrive at 8:30 AM for fellowship. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Childcare is limited and will not be offered past April 1 at 4:00PM. Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 9 | Deuteronomy 6:1-9 | Pastor Robert Cline
March 16 | Luke 5:33-6:11 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 23 | Luke 6:12-49 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 30 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Pastor Robert Cline
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
All Things in Christ’s Strength | Together in 2025
We exist to glorify God
by making wholehearted disciples of Jesus
among all peoples.
At our members’ meeting this Sunday night, the elders presented our new mission statement. It still reflects the heart of our mission: to make disciples. But it emphasizes the purpose for which we were created: God’s glory.
As we have been learning in Luke’s gospel, Jesus came to “preach (announce/proclaim) the good news of the kingdom of God to” all peoples (Luke 4:43). That is, Jesus is God’s anointed King who inaugurates the promised kingdom of righteousness, justice, and peace, and announces that the promised kingdom has arrived in him (Luke 4:16-30). Since in the promised kingdom, there is no evil, not sickness, no disease or death, Jesus proves the arrival of the kingdom in his coming by casting out demons and healing the sick (Luke 4:31-44). Jesus’s word is accompanied with kingdom authority (Luke 4:32).
As we will learn THIS SUNDAY, Lord willing, Jesus calls sinners to join his mission by “going fishing” (Luke 5:1-11). Jesus calls repentant sinners to become followers. And those followers become fishermen. THIS is our mission: to follow in Jesus’s steps, announcing the good news (gospel) that Jesus is God’s anointed King and that the promised kingdom has arrived in him (Luke 24:45-47).
How, then, will we seek to follow Jesus in announcing the Kingdom and gathering those who repent and believe into the church, teaching them to obey all Jesus has commanded?
1. Reaching unbelievers with the gospel of Christ.
Evangelism, Sending, Church Planting
2. Gathering worshipers into the body of Christ (an Acts 2 Church).
A Community that is devoted to a Common Faith rooted in the Word of God.
A Community that shares a Common Life flowing out of a Mutual Love.
A Community that provides a Compelling Witness that displays the Glory of God.
3. Equipping the saints with the word of God (an Ephesians 4 Ministry).
Formal Structures/Trellises
Informal Structures/Trellises
4. Scattering and sending the members of Christ.
Living out a Compelling Witness in the world (Acts 2)
Loving our Neighbors and Seeking the good of our city (Jeremiah 29)
Sending gospel workers as faithful witnesses of the gospel to the nations (Matt 28:18-20; Acts 13)
Understanding that there are two aspects to our mission in the world, both as the gathered church and as the scattered church, what is the role of each member in our mission?
The Church Gathered:
Prayer (see our 2025 prayer lists HERE)
For ALL our Commitments: See the Church Covenant
Committing to participating in a culture of evangelism: Reaching Unbelievers
Committing to participating in a shared life together: Gathering Worshipers
Committing to participating in a culture of discipleship: Equipping Saints
Committing to going into the world as a faithful witness and loving neighbor: Scattering.
Committing to sending/being sent to the nations: Sending
Sunday Morning Plus 1 (click link HERE).
Our commitments include praying for the ministries of the church, its members, and its pastors.
“We will contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations” (HPBC Church Covenant).
Our commitments include our contributions to the ministries of the church with our time, talents, and financial resources.
The Church Scattered
To be faithful Christians in private
Prayer, Communion with the Lord
Faithful Christian witnesses in the home.
To be faithful witnesses in the world
Living as faithful followers of Jesus in the world (Ephesians 4:17-6:9)
Reaching unbelievers with the gospel of Christ.
Seeking the welfare of our city.
Praying for governing officials (1 Timothy 2:1-7)
Being a good citizen (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17)
Loving your neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40; Romans 13:9-10; Galatians 5:10; James 2:8)
Overcoming evil with good (Romans 12:14-21)
Let us remain faithful to Jesus and pray that he will grant us much fruit for his glory.
Resources of the Week
On Prayer when Sick and Asking the Elders to Pray for You When You are Sick
On Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare
Thinking Through Evangelism
Song of the Month: The Church’s One Foundation
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Meaningful Membership Class | THIS Sunday, March 2 | 1:15 PM to 4:30 PM
If you’re interested in learning more about High Pointe or pursuing membership with High Pointe, please mark your calendars Membership Class. This class will cover three main questions: What is the church and why should I join, what does High Pointe believe, and what do we expect of church members at High Pointe. Click here to register.
Women's Prayer and Head Wear Gift Exchange Event | Saturday, March 8
Please join us at High Pointe on Saturday, March 8 from 3-6 PM for a prayer exchange! The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for women to get to know each other and pray for one another. Each attendee should bring a new, unused "head wear" item to exchange with another woman! Whoever’s item you end up with, that’ll be your prayer partner for the remainder of the year. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring an appetizer to share!
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 2 | Luke 5:1-5:32 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 9 | Deuteronomy 6:1-9 | Pastor Robert Cline
March 16 | Luke 5:33-6:11 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 23 | Luke 6:12-49 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 30 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Pastor Robert Cline
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: Predica Fiel
In our approach to missions at High Pointe, we not only seek to send our best, but we also want to equip and encourage those who are already serving in the field. One of the ways to do that is to provide training for national pastors and missionaries. Predica Fiel is a training ministry that equips pastors, missionaries, and church leaders in expositional teaching and preaching. They provide training workshops throughout the island of Cuba and the Spanish-speaking world.
Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord would grant them continued opportunities to train pastors, missionaries, and teachers. And pray that the Lord would provide all the resources they need to do their work.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Life Together in Christ: A Package Deal | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
We completed our journey through 1 Thessalonians on Sunday with reminders like this:
We are to be an Everyday Church…we gather, but then we scatter. Relational holiness happens here on Sundays, and it happens whenever we gather but also as we scatter. Everywhere to our homes, schools, neighborhoods and workplaces.
The local church has been designed by God as a gift to help us all grow relationally as a family in Christ. So our personal/individual salvation is shrunk wrapped into the package deal called sanctification, the process of growing in Christlikeness, which is growing in relational holiness.
Ours is a common faith but also a common life. Paul is equipping us all for ministry to one another in Christ. To different kinds of people in a local church. When we gather, when we scatter..as we relate to our overseers, pastors, elders, deacons and other leaders…we glorify God through relational holiness…as we love God and we love one another.
Even loving relationships sometimes have conflict. What if we learned to reframe conflict as a God-given opportunity to live out the gospel, to overcome evil with good, to show what it looks like to love others well by seeking to do them good, to forgive one another and point one another to Jesus Christ as we learn to rejoice always that the God of peace is there to help us grow in relational holiness.
Resources of the Week
Rejoice always
Peacemaking
Thinking Through Evangelism
If you want to be equipped for evangelism, join our Life Class on Sundays: Evangelizing through Mark
Share the Gospel in 3 minutes using the 3 Circles (Christmas Version)
Don’t Overcomplicate Evangelism by Tony Merida
Ephesians: Why read the book of Ephesians?
Missions: The Task and Motive of Missions by John Piper
Song of the Month: Christ the True and Better
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, March 2 | 1:15 PM to 4:30 PM
If you’re interested in learning more about High Pointe or pursuing membership with High Pointe, please mark your calendars Membership Class. This class will cover three main questions: What is the church and why should I join, what does High Pointe believe, and what do we expect of church members at High Pointe. Click here to register.
Women's Prayer and Head Wear Gift Exchange Event | Saturday, March 8
Please join us at High Pointe on Saturday, March 8 from 3-6 PM for a prayer exchange! The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for women to get to know each other and pray for one another. Each attendee should bring a new, unused "head wear" item to exchange with another woman! Whoever’s item you end up with, that’ll be your prayer partner for the remainder of the year. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring an appetizer to share!
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room)
Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room)
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room)
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library)
Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room)
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
March 2 | Luke 5:1-5:16 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 9 | Deuteronomy 6:1-9 | Pastor Robert Cline
March 16 | Luke 5:17-32 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 23 | Luke 5:33-6:11 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
March 30 | Luke 6:12-49 | Pastor Juan Sanchez
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: The International Mission Board of the SBC
The International Mission Board (IMB) exists to serve Southern Baptists in carrying out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.
With almost 47,000 churches cooperating to send missionaries through the IMB, we can support over 3,500 missionaries full-time in the international mission field. Take some time to work through the IMB website to learn more about how your regular giving through High Pointe is supporting Great Commission work worldwide.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
Remember, Remind, Be Ready | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
On Sunday, we considered Paul’s words to the Thessalonian church in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11. The main idea was this: Encouragement for Godly Living Leads to Readiness for Christ’s Coming
In this passage Paul describes the Day of the Lord, the second coming of Jesus Christ. On that day, there will be a return of Christ, a general resurrection, a rapture and a great reunion with Jesus our Lord and all God’s people.
Paul also reminds us not to grieve as those with no hope. You will find some helpful resources on grief in the links below.
Finally, Paul tells us how to get ready and stay ready for the return of our LORD which will come suddenly and unexpectedly. Stay awake and stay alert. Fascination with the world can lull us to sleep. There are distractions everywhere we look or turn. We live in a world filled with the Intoxicating effect of mesmerizing phone apps, games, Instagram, Tik Tok videos, and worse. Living soberly includes self-control, disciplining our desires, including our desire to be distracted. Technological devices and apps are designed to provide temporary dopamine hits that keep us from focusing on the Coming Kingdom of God.
Here’s an article that might help us refocus on the Word.
Let’s not forget that God has appointed us his ambassadors during this season of grace. Paul reminds us twice in this passage that our hope for salvation from the wrath of God is only in Christ who has lived, died, risen and is returning. If we have died with Christ by faith, we will also live with Christ. “For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.”
Christ has come, Christ has lived and died, Christ is coming again. So, encourage one another to live the good, godly, holy, loving and pure life.
Keep growing in Christ, stay ready by remaining faithful. Share the gospel during this season of grace!
Resources of the Week
Longing for heaven
Help with grieving and helping others with grief
Thinking Through Evangelism
If you want to be equipped for evangelism, join our Life Class on Sundays: Evangelizing through Mark
Share the Gospel in 3 minutes using the 3 Circles (Christmas Version)
Don’t Overcomplicate Evangelism by Tony Merida
Thinking Through Seeking the Good of Our City
‘Seek the Welfare of the City’: Social Ethics in 1 Peter by Bruce Winter
Missions: The Task and Motive of Missions by John Piper
Song of the Month: Christ the True and Better
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, March 2 | 1:15 PM to 4:30 PM
If you’re interested in learning more about High Pointe or pursuing membership with High Pointe, please mark your calendars Membership Class. This class will cover three main questions: What is the church and why should I join, what does High Pointe believe, and what do we expect of church members at High Pointe. Click here to register.
Women's Head Wear/Prayer Exchange Event | Saturday, March 8
Please join us at High Pointe on Saturday, March 8 from 3-6 PM for a prayer exchange! The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for women to get to know each other and pray for one another. Each attendee should bring a new, unused "head wear" item to exchange with another woman! Whoever’s item you end up with, that’ll be your prayer partner for the remainder of the year. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring an appetizer to share!
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark: A class designed to equip you to share the gospel using just the book of Mark. Together, we’ll discover how simple Bible study can become a powerful tool for engaging coworkers, neighbors, and friends with the message of the gospel.
Discipling Through Ephesians: Together, we'll explore how the book of Ephesians provides a simple yet profound model for discipleship. We’ll discover the richness of our union with Christ and the beauty of our unity as His Church, equipping us to be and make more mature disciples of Christ.
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios: La vida entera de una persona es afectada por quien adora. Para adorar adecuadamente al Dios de la Biblia, debemos tener una comprensión correcta de Sus atributos. Conocer Sus atributos de acuerdo con Su propia revelación en las Escrituras nos permitirá realmente conocer a Dios y comprender mejor las Escrituras.
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch: We will follow the storyline of the first five books of the Old Testament. Students will discover God's plan for humanity as it unfolds through Abraham, Moses, and Israel. The aim of the class is to help teenagers learn how to read, study, and apply the first major section of their Bibles.
Kid's Life Class (K-5th grade): This course will be for children K-5th grade, using The Gospel Project, a study that helps kids dive deep into the big story of the Bible as God's plan to rescue His people through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
February 16 | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 | Pastor Robert
February 23 | Luke 4:42-5:32 | Pastor Juan
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: The International Mission Board of the SBC
The International Mission Board (IMB) exists to serve Southern Baptists in carrying out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.
With almost 47,000 churches cooperating to send missionaries through the IMB, we can support over 3,500 missionaries full-time in the international mission field. Take some time to work through the IMB website to learn more about how your regular giving through High Pointe is supporting Great Commission work worldwide.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
God's Shocking Grace | Luke 4:13-30
It all begins with an idea.
At the beginning of his public ministry, Jesus made some outrageous claims. First, he declared himself to be Israel’s promised Anointed King (Messiah - Luke 4;16-18a). Second, he declared that in his coming, Israel’s promised salvation had dawned (Luke 4:18b-21). At first, those in the synagogue at Nazareth who heard Jesus testified to his words of grace. Unfortunately, they quickly turned skeptical and asked him to prove it by doing the same kinds of miracles he had done elsewhere (Luke 4:22).
Jesus’s words of lavish grace turned into words of shocking grace. Jesus warned them that he was going to do no works in their midst but instead go to the Gentiles (Luke 4:22-27). As a result, the Jews in Nazareth responded with rage and rejected Jesus, seeking to kill him (Luke 4:28-30).
Allow me to share two lessons for us from Jesus’s words of lavish, shocking grace:
Jesus has introduced the season of grace - “The Year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:19).
The Jews expected the Messiah to come and bring salvation and judgment at the same time. Jesus, however, tells them that he has come to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor (v.19). He cites Isaiah 61:2, but he leaves off the last part: “and the day of vengeance of our God.”
In his coming, Jesus announced a season of grace, an age of salvation. This age will continue until he returns. At his return, the day of God’s vengeance will arrive.
What difference does this make for us?
Just as Jesus came preaching the good news of the kingdom, and just as he commanded his apostles to preach that gospel too, so also, we are commissioned to preach the gospel to all peoples until Jesus returns. THIS is the age of salvation. And WE are the instruments of King Jesus to announce the good news. High Pointe, we need your help!
Pray that the Lord would raise up a champion or two to lead and organize English as a Second Language as a service and outreach to our community. This is a tremendous opportunity to seek the good of our city, serve and love our neighbors, and proclaim the gospel.
Make a list of unbelievers in your life and pray for them. Seek opportunities to speak of Christ. Invite them to church so that they may hear the gospel preached and see the love of Christ among us.
Pray for urgency. We have until Jesus returns. At that time the season of grace will be no more. So, let us redeem the time because the days are evil, and judgement is eternal.
Jesus’s grace is often shocking (Luke 4:24-27).
It was shocking that Jesus compared his hometown to the people who reject (and kill) the prophets. Then, it was even more shocking when he used Elijah and Elisha as examples to communicate that he was not going to work among them but among the Gentiles.
What difference does that make for us?
God’s grace is often shocking. There are people we can think of who deserve God’s judgment now. But again, so did we, and God saved us. How should we respond when God saves those we think are beyond his grace? Luke 15 is a wonderful text to answer this question. We should rejoice with all of heaven when one sinner repents and comes to Jesus.
Consider the fact that you deserved eternal judgment, but God saved you. Let that humble you and rejoice in God’s shocking grace.
Make a list of those you assume are beyond God’s grace. Pray for their salvation.
Make a habit of rejoicing whenever any sinner repents and turns to Christ.
Jesus has come to seek and save the lost. And in his providence, he uses us to announce the good news that the kingdom has arrived in him. Let us join together in this mission so that God may be glorified in the worship of the Son.
Resources of the Week
Thinking Through Evangelism
If you want to be equipped for evangelism, join our Life Class on Sundays: Evangelizing through Mark
How Should We Define Evangelism by Mack Stiles
Don’t Overcomplicate Evangelism by Tony Merida
Thinking Through Seeking the Good of Our City
Seek Your City’s Good by John Piper
‘Seek the Welfare of the City’: Social Ethics in 1 Peter by Bruce Winter
Missions: The Task and Motive of Missions by John Piper
Song of the Month: Christ the True and Better
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
High Pointe Parenting Seminar | THIS Saturday, February 8 | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Raising children can feel overwhelming as you try to navigate the many voices telling you what to do and not to do, but God has already given you everything you need to be faithful parents. Children don’t need perfect parents. They need a perfect Savior, and you already have everything you need in Christ, the only perfect one.
In this parenting seminar, Juan and Jeanine Sanchez want to provide a down-to-earth, practical guide for parents that will help them move from survival mode to joyful, Christ-dependent parenting. For every parent who may be exhausted and discouraged, they can take heart from the simple, biblical principles Juan and Jeanine will share from Scripture. Register here. Childcare closes TODAY at 4 PM.
Senior Adult Lunch | Sunday, February 9
Please join the Senior Adults for lunch after service this Sunday. Lunch will be immediately after the morning service at Luby's on 1410 East Anderson Lane 78752.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark: A class designed to equip you to share the gospel using just the book of Mark. Together, we’ll discover how simple Bible study can become a powerful tool for engaging coworkers, neighbors, and friends with the message of the gospel.
Discipling Through Ephesians: Together, we'll explore how the book of Ephesians provides a simple yet profound model for discipleship. We’ll discover the richness of our union with Christ and the beauty of our unity as His Church, equipping us to be and make more mature disciples of Christ.
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios: La vida entera de una persona es afectada por quien adora. Para adorar adecuadamente al Dios de la Biblia, debemos tener una comprensión correcta de Sus atributos. Conocer Sus atributos de acuerdo con Su propia revelación en las Escrituras nos permitirá realmente conocer a Dios y comprender mejor las Escrituras.
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch: We will follow the storyline of the first five books of the Old Testament. Students will discover God's plan for humanity as it unfolds through Abraham, Moses, and Israel. The aim of the class is to help teenagers learn how to read, study, and apply the first major section of their Bibles.
Kid's Life Class (K-5th grade): This course will be for children K-5th grade, using The Gospel Project, a study that helps kids dive deep into the big story of the Bible as God's plan to rescue His people through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
January 19 | Luke 3:1-20 | What Does Repentance Look Like? | Pastor Juan
January 26 | Luke 3:21-4:13 | Lead Us Not into Temptation | Pastor Juan
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: The International Mission Board of the SBC
The International Mission Board (IMB) exists to serve Southern Baptists in carrying out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.
With almost 47,000 churches cooperating to send missionaries through the IMB, we can support over 3,500 missionaries full-time in the international mission field. Take some time to work through the IMB website to learn more about how your regular giving through High Pointe is supporting Great Commission work worldwide.
On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.
The Son Who Pleases the Father | Luke 3:21-4:13
It all begins with an idea.
Who do YOU say Jesus is?
How you answer that question reveals what you believe about Jesus. And what you believe about Jesus determines your eternal destiny. And yet, even for those who have been Christians for some time, question arise and sometimes doubts linger. That’s ok! Luke welcomes your doubts, and doubters are welcome at High Pointe.
Luke wrote his gospel to reassure Theophilus about the things he had been taught (Luke 1:4). Just as Luke want Theophilus to have confidence in what he’s learned, so too do your pastors. In Luke 3:21-4:13, Luke answers the question of Jesus’s identity to reassure us of who Jesus is and what he has done for us. Jesus is the obedient Son who overcame sin and temptation to accomplish our salvation.
Jesus is the Beloved Son of God (3:21-22)
At Jesus’s baptism, the Father affirms Jesus as the beloved Son. By affirming Jesus as the beloved Son, the Father reveals Jesus is his promised King, anointed by the Spirit, as Isaiah 61 prophesied), who will restore Israel and rule in the promised eternal kingdom with righteousness, justice, and peace.
By receiving John’s baptism, Jesus identified with sinful Israel, showing that he would be the suffering servant who would redeem Israel.
What difference that all that make for us?
TRUST – God is faithful to his promises, and we can have confidence he will do all he says. At his baptism and the Father’s affirmation, we see the fulfillment of the promises in Psalm 2, 2 Samuel 7, Isaiah 42, and Isaiah 61. We can trust God to keep his promises.
Question: In what or whom are you trusting as you face hardship and suffering?
SUBMISSION – Since Jesus is God’s king, we must all bow down to him. You may bow down now, in faith, or bow down later, in judgment, but all will bow down.
Question: Who or what is your “king”? We all live under authority. The question is what authority?
Jesus is the Human Son of Adam (3:22-38)
Not only did Jesus identify with sinful Israel at his baptism. By placing this genealogy between Jesus’s baptism and temptations, Luke highlights that Jesus identified with all sinful humanity. Jesus’s genealogy shows where he came from, his “kin.” It’s a mixed bag: Perez (born out of sexual immorality), Boaz (married to a Gentile). David was an adulterer, Jacob a liar, Noah a drunk, and Adam a rebel. This is who Jesus came to save! And that includes you and me.
What difference does that make for us?
IDENTITY – By faith in Christ, the Beloved Son, we become adoptive children of the Father. It doesn’t matter how bad our family tree is. Our past is irrelevant. In Christ, we are sons and daughters of God. That is our identity, and it doesn’t matter what anyone things of us.
Question: Where are you rooting your identity? Do you care too much about what others think about you?
COMFORT – We may also find comfort that because Jesus was the fully human son of Adam, he knows everything we face. He sympathizes with us in ever way. He was even tempted in every way as we are, yet he did not sin. This is important because had Jesus sinned, we would still be in our sins and face God’s judgment.
Question: Where are you looking for comfort? Life is hard, and we all want someone to identify with us.
Jesus is the Obedient Son of God (4:1-13)
By placing Jesus’s genealogy before these temptations, Luke wants us to read them in light of Genesis 3. Jesus was led by the Spirit to confront and do battle with Satan in order to reverse the curse that Adam’s sin introduced into the creation. Jesus is the promised seed from the woman (Genesis 3:15) who crushes the serpent’s head.
Jesus was tempted to doubt God’s provision, but he trusted God’s word (Luke 4:3-4). Jesus was tempted to seek the crown of the king without the cross of the suffering servant if he would only bow down and worship the devil, but he believed the worship of God is worth the suffering of the cross (Luke 4:5-7). Lastly, Jesus was tempted to test God’s promise of protection, but he did not need to prove God’s love and protection (Luke 4:8-13).
What difference does that make for us?
FORGIVENESS – Because Jesus was the obedient Son, we are forgiven because he not only fulfilled all righteousness, but he also received God’s judgment at the cross. Again, without Jesus’s obedience, we would still be in our sins. But because of Jesus’s obedience, we can find forgiveness through his blood by faith in him.
Question: How are you dealing with your sin? All sin must be judged. It will either be judged in Jesus or in hell. But all sin will be dealt with.
FIGHTING THE DEVIL, TEMPTATION, AND SIN – And because Jesus was obedience, all who believe have the same Spirit who led Jesus in the wilderness and sustained him in the midst of temptation. So, in the strength of Jesus and the power of the Spirit, by faith and through his word, we can fight the devil, temptation, and sin as Jesus did.
Question: How are you fighting temptation and sin? Read Ephesians 6:10-20. As you face each day, remember that “Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
Adam was tempted by the devil in the garden and disobeyed God. We are all born sons and daughters of Adam disobeying God. Jesus, our elder brother, identified with us in our humanity. He obeyed where we disobeyed, and he received God’s judgment in our place. And because of that, we have forgiveness of sins.
Bring your questions and doubts. It’s ok. But Luke wants you to know who Jesus is and what he had done for all who believe in him. Be encouraged. Rest assured. Follow Jesus.
Resources of the Week
Thinking Through Spiritual Warfare:
How Should We Think about Spiritual Warfare? By Justin Taylor
The Battle of Our Lives by Stanley Gale
Two Helpful Books on Spiritual Warfare:
The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthens us for Spiritual Warfare by Ian Duguid
Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Approach by Chuck Lawless and William Cook
Missions: The Church has Two Missions: Broad and Narrow by Jonathan Leeman
Song of the Month: Christ the True and Better
Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)
Women's Morning & Evening Bible Study Resume TODAY Wednesday, January 29
Morning Bible Study | Wednesdays, January 29 – April 9 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for an inductive study of the New Testament books of 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John. For registration and questions contact Mary Delk or Jeanette Heflin.
Evening Bible Study | Wednesdays, January 29 - April 30 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Join us for an inductive study of the Old Testament book of Amos. To register, click here. For questions, please contact Susan Horton or Marilyn Waters.
Children and Student Ministry Volunteer Luncheon | Sunday, February 2 (TODAY is the last day to register)
We'd like to show our appreciation to those who volunteer in children's and youth ministry by providing lunch and a time of fellowship for you and your family on Sunday, February 2, just after the morning worship service. We plan to begin serving lunch in the fellowship hall at noon. Register by January 29. Click here to register.
High Pointe Parenting Seminar | Saturday, February 8 | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Raising children can feel overwhelming as you try to navigate the many voices telling you what to do and not to do, but God has already given you everything you need to be faithful parents. Children don’t need perfect parents. They need a perfect Savior, and you already have everything you need in Christ, the only perfect one.
In this parenting seminar, Juan and Jeanine Sanchez want to provide a down-to-earth, practical guide for parents that will help them move from survival mode to joyful, Christ-dependent parenting. For every parent who may be exhausted and discouraged, they can take heart from the simple, biblical principles Juan and Jeanine will share from Scripture. Register here.
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:
Evangelizing through Mark: A class designed to equip you to share the gospel using just the book of Mark. Together, we’ll discover how simple Bible study can become a powerful tool for engaging coworkers, neighbors, and friends with the message of the gospel.
Discipling Through Ephesians: Together, we'll explore how the book of Ephesians provides a simple yet profound model for discipleship. We’ll discover the richness of our union with Christ and the beauty of our unity as His Church, equipping us to be and make more mature disciples of Christ.
Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios: La vida entera de una persona es afectada por quien adora. Para adorar adecuadamente al Dios de la Biblia, debemos tener una comprensión correcta de Sus atributos. Conocer Sus atributos de acuerdo con Su propia revelación en las Escrituras nos permitirá realmente conocer a Dios y comprender mejor las Escrituras.
Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch: We will follow the storyline of the first five books of the Old Testament. Students will discover God's plan for humanity as it unfolds through Abraham, Moses, and Israel. The aim of the class is to help teenagers learn how to read, study, and apply the first major section of their Bibles.
Kid's Life Class (K-5th grade): This course will be for children K-5th grade, using The Gospel Project, a study that helps kids dive deep into the big story of the Bible as God's plan to rescue His people through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Sunday AM Preaching Schedule: Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:
January 19 | Luke 3:1-20 | What Does Repentance Look Like? | Pastor Juan
January 26 | Luke 3:21-4:13 | Lead Us Not into Temptation | Pastor Juan
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Gospel Partner of the Month: The P Family (High Pointe Members)
The P family are preparing to go wherever the Lord may send them. Due to security concerns, we will not share a lot of public information. So, we encourage you to get to know them so that you may pray for them. Also, they are in the final stages of raising support. So, if the Lord leads you to give to them above and beyond your regular giving, they will be encouraged.
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On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.