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Sunday Mornings

Bible Classes - 9:00-10:10 Dave Dunson/Jerry Riley, Adults (Room 201) Dane Tyner, Adults (Room 202) Tom & Gail Branch, Adults (Room 203) Jerry Wade, Bible Study/Discussion (Room 114) Senior High School (Student Union Building) Middle School (Student Union Building) Kids’ Classes & Nursery (Lower Level, Secure Check-in)

Worship - Adults & Teens 10:30-11:40 Service

Nursery & Pre-School Worship 10:30-11:40 (Lower Level, Secure Check-in)

Kids’ Worship - Grades 1-5 10:30-11:40 (Kids’ Worship Center)

The Summit - Middle School Worship 10:30-11:40 (Student Union Building)

Wednesday Nights - 6:30-8:00 A/Zero - Senior High (Student Union Building) Middle School Small Groups (Student Union Building) Adult Small Groups (Various Locations)

(Nursery & Childcare are provided only for parents who are serving with our youth ministry or at the 2:20 Center.)

Especially for Seniors Game Day (2nd Wednesday of each month in Room 114) - 11:30 AM Brown Bag Lunch Events (4th Wednesday of each month) - 11:30 AM

To Reserve Our Facilities

We are happy that our building is used throughout each week by many different classes and groups. All building use needs must go through the main office for scheduling. You can contact Linda at 918-627-0783 or [email protected] to schedule your event.

Sermons

Sermons are available at hptulsa.com/media and on iTunes.

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By The Numbers

As God Provides

Weekly Need: $11,466.82

YTD Need: $435,739.16

YTD Received: $429,037.37

Highland Park Staff

Matt Crosser: Youth Minister David Dunson: Pastoral Care Minister Kathy Grufik: Learning School Director José Heredia: Worship Arts Director Brian Jennings: Lead Minister Linda Rock: Member Relations Secretary Debby Sumpter: Financial Secretary

Have Information For the Next Herald?

Call Linda at the HP Office (918-627-0783) or e-mail her at [email protected] with your Herald articles. The dead-line for turning in information for the next publication is June 15.

Highland Park

Volume 50 Number 6 May 26, 2016

Date Bible Classes Worship

Celebration

May 1 172 270

May 8 140 222

May 15 155 231

May 22 153 253

VBS 2016 Is Almost Here!

June 27-30 9:00 AM to Noon

For kids entering K’garten through Grade 6

Very few things in life are more exciting than Vacation Bible School at Highland Park! Many children from our surrounding community, along with our HP boys and girls, come together for four days of fun and learning about Jesus. Make sure that your children and their friends are registered early!

Register online today at:

hptulsa.com/children/vbs

Some of the things that we need to have for VBS are readily available. If you have or can donate any of the materials below, please bring them to the KidZone table in the downstairs lobby.

List of needed donations -

Socks (new, men's size, white tube)

Battery-powered tea lights

Standard hand-held flashlights w/batteries

Food coloring

Black Sharpies

Clear Elmer’s school glue

Play Doh

Empty toilet paper rolls (cardboard tubes)

Empty paper towel rolls (cardboard tubes)

Rolls of aluminum foil

Summer Sermon Series

Kings rise and fall. Only one King stands forever. Join us this summer as we learn about the entrapping nature of power, the perfect nature of one King, and the life His citizens are called to live. Please note the texts next to each title. Reading these chapters before that Sunday will greatly help our study. 5/29/16 The Crown of Power (1 Kings 1-4) 6/5/16 The Crown of Self-worship (1 Kings 5-8) 6/12/16 The Crown of Greed (1 Kings 9-11) 6/19/16 The Crown of Passivity (1 Kings 12-16) 6/26/16 The King's Care for the Hungry (1 Kings 17) 7/3/16 The King's Presence in Mountains and in Valleys (1 Kings 18-19) 7/10/16 The King's Fight for Justice (1 Kings 20-22) 7/17/16 Passing the Torch (2 Kings 1-2) 7/24/16 When Jesus Sneaks Into the Story (2 Kings 3-5) 7/31/16 Untouchables Save the Day (2 Kings 6-7) 8/7/16 Allegiance (2 Kings 8-21) 8/14/16 What to Do When You Find "The Book" (2 Kings 22-25)

Welcome to Highland Park!

This month, we are welcoming three very special people to our church family. DESTINY FORGE is the new summer Intern in our Children’s Ministry and has been hard at work the past two weeks. ZACH KING and BEN KELLER will be arriving soon. Zach will work as the Preaching Intern, and Ben will be our Youth Intern.

You can reach Destiny, Zach, and Ben through the church office. We hope you will make time to get to encourage them this summer as they bless our church family.

Is Your Child Registered for Camp?

Register online today at: http://www.sunsetbiblecamp.org/home.htm

PLACE Classes Completed

We had excellent participation in the five-week series of PLACE lessons in our Adult Bible Classes. The Branch/Stewart Class combined with the Jerry Wade Class, and the Dane Tyner Class combined with the Riley/Dunson Class for the series. Ken Farnham taught the series in the Wade classroom and Dave Dunson taught the series in the Riley/Dunson classroom.

We are now collecting the assessment summary cards from those who have completed all five of the assessment surveys. This will allow us to compile the results and be better able to assist people in finding good fits for ministry service.

If you are missing any week’s class materials, please

contact Dave Dunson through the church office at 918-627-0783. If you were unable to participate in the classes but are interested in doing the complete survey, you can also contact Dave.

Adult Bible Class Schedules

Here is a list of the topics/studies that will be offered this

summer in our Adult Bible Classes. All of the following studies will begin on June 5. The classes meet at 9:00 AM on Sunday mornings. The Dane Tyner Class will resume their study of “Genesis” that was put on hold for PLACE. Their class meets upstairs in Room 202. The Jerry Wade Class will start a new verse-by-verse study of Ephesians. They wanted to use the recent sermon series as the backdrop for their summer study. Their class meets downstairs in Room 114. The Branch/Stewart Class meets in Room 203. They will be starting a new video series. The Riley/Dunson Class will begin a study of the “Beatitudes”, and their class meets upstairs in Room 201. We encourage you to use this summer as an opportunity to visit all of these classes and find one that is a good fit for you. We know you will find good fellowship as well as good instruction from the Word.

Game Day - June 8 - Room 114

Mark your calendar for a great time of fun and fellowship at Game Day on Wednesday, June 8. It all begins at

11:30 AM with everyone enjoying his/her “favorite” sack lunch. Games of Mexican Train dominoes follow lunch. Come and join us. Everyone is welcome!

Congratulations, Michael & Lili!

Michael & Lili Sauter welcomed Noelle Lillian on May 24. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 20 1/2 inches long. Big brother, Jonathan, is also excited about the arrival of his sister. We look forward to meeting Noelle soon!

WEEKLY EVENTS Sundays, 9 AM Bible Class for MS & HS Sundays, 10:30 AM SUMMIT for MS (Except Jun 26) Tuesdays, Afternoons Detours for MS, Sometimes HS Wednesdays, 7-9 PM A|Zero for HS (at the Crossers’ House)

SPECIAL EVENTS June 1 A|Zero at the Crossers’ House, 7-9 PM Cost $3 Grilled Hot Dogs (Guys bring pop, Girls bring chips) June 5-10 HS Camp at Sunset Bible Camp Cost $185 For students going into 9-12th grades plus graduating Seniors Meet in HP Parking Lot at 1:30 PM, Sunday. We’ll return by noon on Friday. June 12-17 MS Camp at Sunset Bible Camp Cost $185 For students going into 6-8 grades Meet in HP Parking Lot at 2 PM, Sunday. We’ll return by noon on Friday. June 21 MS&HS Detour: “Finding Dory” Movie Cost $10 (Approximately) Time and Location to be announced, but about 7 PM June 26 10:30 AM No Summit; Family Worship Middle School sit with family June 27-30 CAVE QUEST VBS, 9:00 AM-Noon 6th Graders can register. 7th grade and older can sign up to help! June 28 MS Detour: Games in the SUB Noon to 3 PM Bring $4 or a sack lunch. June 29 A|Zero at Cherry Berry, 41st & Yale 7:00 PM Cost: Pay for your FroYo

Important Reminder: Online giving is now available. Go to our website, hptulsa.com, and click on GIVE.

We extend our love and prayers to Jerry Wade and his family on the death of Jerry’s sister, Linda Diemel. Jerry and Shirley traveled to Illinois for Linda’s funeral service on Wednesday, May 25.

Debby Sumpter’s family experienced another loss recently in the death of Teresa Leake. Teresa was the wife

of Debby’s cousin. Her funeral was on Monday, May 23. We extend our love and prayers to their family, as well.

John Pitezel’s dad, Frank Pitezel, passed away on May 22. His funeral service was May 25. Our deepest love goes to the Pitezel family.

May was a very exciting month for our HPCC-supported missionary, Hayley Spencer, as she married Cory Meyer on May 7! This wonderful young couple will reside in Fayetteville, AR where Hayley will continue her mission work and Corey works as an architect.

Please keep Mid-India Christian Mission in your prayers as they recover from a fire in the dormitory that houses Neelam’s Kids.

We want to tell the church body thanks for letting us serve as co-chairs for the mission committee the past two years as the May meeting marked the end of our service term. Brian Jennings and Dave Dunson are serving as interim leadership until new leadership is established.

John & Nancy Burgett

Love God...Love Others...Serve Together

Home Improvement Ministry Presents

“Tighten The Knot”

Friday, June 3 7-9:30 PM

If you are married, engaged, thinking about it, or know someone who is, we want to make you aware of a valuable opportunity

on the horizon. The thing about knots is that they grow loose over time. Every knot can be tightened!

Dane & Kathy Tyner of Home Improvement Ministry will present a high-quality marriage enrichment event. They will present two sessions from their Tighten the Knot seminar. In these two sessions, the Tyners will help you see invisible forces that work against our marital relationships. Not only will they enable you to see these forces, they will help you see how to combat their negative effects on relationships. You will also be led to a deeper understanding of effective ways to communicate your love.

Enrollment is limited to 12 couples. Pre-registration is required. Tuition is $65 per couple.

Call the H.I.M. offices (918-622-4949) for information or to enroll. Some scholarships are available. And your

satisfaction is guaranteed. H.I.M. will refund your full tuition if you are not satisfied with the value of the experience.

Thank you for all the prayers, visits, concern and love you provided to Dad...all of which were so uplifting to us all. Thank you, also, for the flowers and meal provided to us at his service. You have been a wonderful church family, and we rejoice together at their reunion in their forever home with our Lord and Savior.

The Family of Bill Sumpter

Thank you so much for your cards, phone calls, and prayers in behalf of our mother, Mildred Kellenberger. Special thanks to Dave Dunson and Jerry Riley for their visits at the hospital.

Congregational Meeting - July 10

Our annual Congregational Meeting will be on Sunday, July 10. This is to confirm those who will serve as HP Elders for the 2016 - 2017 fiscal year. Those who have been nominated are: Gary Chapman, Matt Crosser, Dave Dunson, Ken Farnham, Glenn Foxx, David Hinkle, Brian Jennings, Bud Riggs, Jerry Riley, and Jerry Wade. The meeting will take place during our 10:30 AM Morning Worship service.

2:20 Center Needs for

June:

Toiletry Items