The Highlands Church

Today, Pastor Aaron goes into a depth that's not often covered in depth - and that is fasting. Pastor Aaron goes into detail on the importance of fasting in the Bible, a practice prevalent in both testaments, the role it plays in spiritual warfare, and how the act of fasting brings us closer to God.

Come and celebrate Christmas 2024 with The Highlands! Pastor Aaron delivers a powerful Christmas message about God revealing Jesus birth first to a group of Shepherds - people who were among the lowest of the low, and how that is meant to show us the heart of God.

Pastor Aaron continues our Christmas sermon series, Do Not Be Afraid, by going into the topic of courage. Listen to the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor during WW2 who had the courage to stand for both what God was calling him to do and what was right, and the courage that Joesph had in saying yes to Jesus in the face of serious cultural and societal backlash.

Pastor Aaron continues our Christmas sermon series, Do Not Be Afraid. Today, he goes into Mary, and all of the many, many reasons she had to be afraid when the Angel Gabriel appears to her, and gives her the news that she was chosen to be Jesus' mother. Given the cultural times, and the issues for her that would come from saying yes, she put her aside her fears, to become the first person to say Y...

Pastor Aaron opens the Christmas season with a new sermon series, Do Not Be Afraid. Aaron goes into the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth and how God answered not just their prayer for a child, but also the prayers of Israel longing to hear God's voice, and wondering if God was listening. Turns out, He was.

Pastor Paul wraps up the Rooted and Flourishing series by summing up everything we've learned the last few weeks with 2 Bible verses. Stick around until the end of the sermon to see a Pastor do something you likely have seen a Pastor do before!

Pastor Paul Johnson continues his sermon series on being rooted in God in order to flourish. Today, we go into how living a life filled with the Holy Spirit can lead to a life of song and praise, and provide you with the spiritual nourishment that you need to flourish. Much like the sap of a tree delivers the nourishment of the roots to the rest of the tree.

Pastor Paul continues our series in living a life rooted in Jesus Christ. Pastor Paul ends the service with a call for people to follow. If this message inspires or stirs a feeling to follow Jesus within you, reach out to us at The Highlands! Our staff are here for, and are looking forward to walking with you in the journey that you are undertaking.

The Generosity Pastor of the Aspen Grove Network, and former Senior Pastor Paul Johnson is starting a new series on being rooted in your life in Jesus.

Pastor Aaron concludes our series "Transformed" by looking at Peter and his relationship with Jesus.

Pastor Laurel Bunker is once more our guest speaker for today, and continues our sermon series, Transformed. She speaks on a story in John 4:1-27, about a woman who meets Jesus at a well and sees first hand how perceptions and people can transform in a single conversation.

Pastor Brody, The Highlands Next Gen Pastor, kicks off our next sermon series Transformed by delivering a powerful message on the comparison between leprosy and sin - and the power of Jesus and God to heal both!

Pastor Aaron brings our sermon series on The Highlands mission and values to a conclusion today with the last, but not least, value of Living Generously. Pastor Aaron goes into how living generously goes far beyond just being generous with money - but also generous with your time, your heart and faith.

Pastor Laurel Bunker is our guest speaker today to continue our series on The Highlands Vision and Values. Our value today is reaching the Next Generation, and this is something Pastor Laurel is on fire for. Pastor Laurel goes into detail on different stories around the world in which the young generation are on fire for Jesus, and how we can ALL help reach the children and young adults of our wor...

Pastor Aaron continues our sermon series on The Highlands mission, vision and values, with this week's value being the Transformation of God's People, and how The Highlands will be a training ground for intentional discipleship.

Pastor Aaron continues our series on our church's vision and values by delivering a powerful sermon on our 1st value - seeking the Presence of God.

Pastor Aaron returns! With our Pastor teaching rotation ending successfully, Pastor Aaron kicks off a new sermon series where we will go into depth on the vision and values that we as a Church will have in this coming season. Today, we go into great depth of our church's Vision - that we will Learn and Live the Way of Jesus.

Pastor Paul Johnson continues our speaker rotation in the Aspen Grove Network to bring our Be Resilient sermon series with a "Doing Action" sermon. Pastor Paul goes into how acts of worship like fasting can and do strengthen your faith and how actions in your faith will strengthen your faith - just like reps on the bench press strengthens your arms and core!

Today we welcome Pastor Drew Johnson, the Senior Pastor of the Aspen Grove Network, to continue our sermon series on Being Resilient in our spiritual and faith lives.

Pastor Zac, Lead Pastor at Woodridge, one of our fellow churches in the Aspen Grove Network, comes as a guest speaker today to kick off/resume our sermon series on Being Resilient. Pastor Zac speaks on consenting to building our resilience in life and faith by blessing and praying for others.

Brad Gotto, one of our Overseers at The Highlands, joins us today as our Guest Speaker for the final week of our Sermon On The Mount summer series. Listen closely as Brad encourages everyone to use what we learned in this series as a foundation for our faith. Be a Bible Liver, not just a Bible Reader!

Pastor Aaron continues our Sermon On The Mount series by looping back to Matthew 7:1-5, speaking on Jesus teaching of avoiding hypocrisy and not unfairly judging others.

Pastor Julio is our guest speaker today. Join us as he speaks to his role in Haitian Teen Challenge and the challenges and triumphs that they face while working in Haiti

Today we welcome Pastor Laurel Bunker, a member of our Aspen Grove Teaching Team, to continue our Sermon On The Mount series. Today, listen closely as she emboldens you to trust in God your worries, and how our worries and wealth often accompany each other.

Our summer series covering The Sermon On The Mount continues today as Pastor Aaron goes deep into Matthew 6:1-18, and how not to go through the motions or making a spectacle of what we do for God. This is because God desires our heart far more than any actions we take.