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June 2019
A New Command A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just
as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another. John 13:34-35
Often when I read this passage I stop my thought at the colon, and my mind focuses on the command to love one another. It is true that we are to love one another. We love God by loving people, but what is new about that? Jesus said it was a new command; the command to love is old, 10 commandment type old, so again, what is new? To find the “new” part of the command, we must read the clause immediately following the colon: “just as I have loved you.”
Loving others is great, but what is that? To love is to want, will, and act for the good of another to the extent of your ability. Jesus said we are to love just as He has loved us. We must become intimately familiar with the Gospel story, the story of Jesus and learn to love as He loved, serve as He served, and live as He lived. As followers of Jesus we learn from Him how to love, and when we do, the world will know we are His disciples. How is Jesus inviting you to love just as He loved?
Pastor Bret
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HCC Offsite Parking….How Can you Help?
If you are able, please park at the Burien Park & Ride lot (a short walk west of the church building), the strip immediately west of the church’s main lot (but only on the east side of that strip), or the Toyota Rental Car lot (across the street, south of the church’s main lot).
If you drive a vehicle and park in the main lot, please center your vehicle in the spot or you may effectively take up two spots.
If you drive a compact car, it would be helpful to park in a compact spot.
If you have a disability and arrive early, it would be helpful if you parked in a regular spot because we almost always run out of handicap spaces.
Thank you for your willingness to help with our limited parking space!
DISCIPLE DIGEST Highline Christian Church, 14859 1st Avenue South, Burien
June 2019
Sunday, June 23 Transform Burien HCC Outreach Dinner Serve a meal and provide food and clothing services to those in need in our community.
The 4th Sunday of each month: 2:30 to 3:30 PM - Set Up and Serve 3:30 to 5:00 PM - Serve 4:45 to 5:45 PM - Clean Up
Opportunities: Set Up Kitchen-Cook/Prep Meal Server Food Bank Clothing Bank Hall Monitor Prayer and Conversation with Attendees Clean Up
Location: Burien Annex 144th and 4th Ave Burien, WA
Contact Don Berg
Every Pop Can Counts! As a fundraiser in support of missions such as Transform Burien Resource Center and Bread of Life Downtown Seattle Mission, we are collecting aluminum cans for recycling. Collection bins are located in the South Building Community Room and are picked up regularly. Any questions? Contact Mary or Alice Webb.
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Third Saturday Church Work Party
June 15, 8:30-Noon
All are invited to join us for the Third Saturday Work Party. We will be doing some general clean up and could use your help. You can show up at HCC or contact Gregg
Minister Search
The search team is continuing to pray and search for the new high school Youth and Young Adult Minister to join the Next Gen Ministry Team. The job/ministry description is available on highlinechristian.org.
After reviewing multiple applications and follow-up questions the search team is moving forward with some in-person meetings to get a better feeling of who the applicants are and how well they will collaborate with the team.
Please join us in prayer as the search team prayerfully seeks for Highline’s new Youth and Young Adult Minister. Thank you.
June 2019
Early Childhood Needs Play Dough We could use more play dough for summer. If you can help out by making a batch contact Charlen [email protected].
Play Dough Recipe Ingredients
3 cups flour
1 ½ cups salt
6 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon cream of tarter
3 cups water
Few drops food coloring
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a pan. Heat slowly until mixture lumps together. Remove from heat. Stir with hands or spoon until mixture is consistency of playdough. Knead a few times. Allow too cool. Keep in tightly closed container.
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Photographic Memories
Friday, June 21, 6PM N-203 South Classroom
Ladies Quilting and Fellowship
Friday, June 28, 6PM S-101
Iron, ironing board, cutting mats and rulers will be provided.
June 2019
Greater Highline / Tukwila Young Life
Every summer, our Young Life leaders take teenagers from the area, mostly unchurched, to a Young Life camp where they spend a week being loved on, having ridiculous amounts of fun, and most importantly, experiencing the good news of Jesus Christ every day. This summer, we are FILLING 4 BUSES – taking 85 kids on 4 different camp trips (High School, Middle School, Teen Moms and Discipleship).
A week of camp does come at a price: an average of $600 per spot. Most teens and their families in our area cannot afford the full cost of camp, even with fundraising opportunities. Here’s what you can do to help us get them there:
1. Take a cardboard “bus” home from church today.2. Fill the bus with cash, change, or checks during the next 3 weeks. 3. Pray for the GHT Young Life mission each time you put money in the bus.4. Bring the bus back to any service, any weekend, until June 8-9 and park it in the designated lot (the Young Life table in the Atrium).5. If you prefer online giving, visit ght.younglife.org and look for the bus
Thank you for helping local kids meet Jesus!
(*If you write a check, please make checks payable to “Young Life” and leave the memo line blank.)
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Operation Christmas Child
Thank you, again, Highline for keeping Operation Christmas Child in your mind year-round! Thank you for the prayers and preparation that you have put toward this ministry.Our June focus will be bars of soap and wash cloths. Please keep the bars of soap in the box or wrapping they are purchased in. If possible, please put each box or wrapped bar in a ziploc bag.
In case you missed a month of focus or wanted to look ahead, I am including the list of monthly items that we have or will be focusing on to collect. Feel free to watch for any of these items as you are in and out of stores and donate them as you have them or ask me any questions you have about Operation Christmas Child.
December 2018: Toothbrushes January 2019: Socks February 2019: Girl Toys March 2019: Boy Toys April 2019: Stuffed Animals May 2019: Flashlights (and batteries) JUNE 2019: SOAP (in ziploc bags) AND WASH CLOTHS July 2019: Soccer Balls (and small ball pumps) August 2019: School Supplies September 2019:Cash for items that we still need October 2019: Full Boxes November 2019: Full Boxes JUNE FOCUS: SOAP (in ziplock bags) AND WASH CLOTHS. Contact Tammie Lindblom, if you have any questions.
June 2019
Welcome to Summer 2019
Starting Sunday, June 9th
June’s Lessons will be the following for Age 2 through 2nd Grade:June 9 Jesus is the Good Shepherd John 10:1-18June 16 Jesus is Worthy John 12:1-8June 23 Jesus is the Good News Matthew 27:28-28:20June 30 God is with Us Acts 1-2
June’s lessons will be the following for Grades 3rd-5th
June 9 The Parable of the Great Feast Luke 14:15-24June 16 Jesus Clears the Temple Matthew 21:12-17June 23 Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet John 13:1-17June 30 Jesus Shows us the Way John 14:1-14
Note: 6th-8th Graders are serving in the Early Childhood area the last Sunday of each month during the 10:40 service (June 30, July 28, August 25).
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Welcome to Summer Staff in Early Childhood
The Summer EC team has already been working hard to provide a fun and safe classroom environment. Please welcome our summer teachers
9:00 AMHedgehogs (three-year-olds)Brenda BeckMyah Vinther
Racoons (four-year-olds)Marmie BeagleJaylani Evans
10:40 AMBunnies (Infants and Toddlers)Theresa Champneys
Butterflies (Two-year-olds)Tim Rogge
Hedgehogs (Three-year-oldsSarah Schapper
Racoons (four-year-olds)Tammy BowenAlison Lindblom
We still have openings for qualified summer teachers who are willing to make a four-week commitment. We would love to have you on the team! Contact Charlene Crawford if you are interested at [email protected]
June 2019
World Outreach ReportTaking Christ to
Difficult LocationsHow do we take the gospel into countries that refuse to let missionaries in? Do people all around the globe deserve the knowledge of Jesus’ love and his offer of salvation? Can I be used as a tool for God even if I haven’t had formal Bible training?
Folks, all of these questions have great answers! We serve a mighty God who is able to make Himself known even when powers on earth are against Him!
During the month of June, we will be privileged to meet and fellowship with some of God’s special servants who are intent on overcoming our earlier questions! They are putting feet to the command Jesus shared just before He returned to heaven when he said, “As you go, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Indeed, we must be wiser than serpents but harmless as doves as we go about doing God’s work!
We have been honored to help in the support of this family, who serve in a very dangerous area of our world. Todd, Jessica, and their family will be in our area this month. Besides being able to fellowship with us on various occasions, we will be able to hear from them and learn more of what they are doing during the last weekend of June. Plan to come out to hear just how God is working through them to plant the knowledge of Him where the formal “powers” would rather not have any Christian influence produced! We will have an evening of sharing June 30 beginning at 6:00 pm in The Atrium. There will be food, fellowship, and praise as they tell of how God is being made known!
See you there!
Steve Moreland
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June 2019
A huge thank you goes to Katie Taylor for her years of service in the Early Childhood area at Highline. Katie began as a volunteer then was first was hired at eight hours per week. As the ministry grew, so did Katie’s hours and responsibilities. Under her leadership, Katie helped move the early childhood ministry from the South Building to the newly constructed North Building Education Wing. She helped launch a new check-in system freeing us of an out-dated pager system. Katie has been attentive to the needs of Early Childhood families providing personal care to those with special needs, critter invasions, and parenting crises. Katie also decorated the space, weekly delivered engaging lessons of the Big God Story, and equipped teachers with ready-to-go supplies.
Katie will be “graduating” to the South Building and will be serving our kindergarten - 2nd grade families. We’re so grateful for Katie’s years of service in Early Childhood. Her input, wisdom, and knowledge will continue to have an affect even as Katie focuses her attention on young elementary children. Her expertise is in elementary education; she has several years experience in a classroom setting — especially with second graders. She loves the challenge of multi-age teaching, seeing benefits to all students. We can’t wait to see how God works in children and families at Highline.
Thanks for your prayer and support as all of the ministries transition to summer programming and changes in classroom teachers and ministry leadership!
Charlene Crawford
Mount St. Helens Trip
Mount St Helens is a treasure in our back yard. In 1980 the eruption caught scientists and residents off guard, but not God Almighty who is in control of everything.
Set aside Saturday, August 5th to visit this magnificent mountain. This is an all-day activity with the curator of the museum guiding us up the mountain. Two hikes are planned, a short hike to Cold Water Dam and one for 2 1/2 miles for a medium hike. Sign up will begin the second week in July.
Call Connie about any questions .
June 2019
Congratulations!
We would like to congratulate our 2019 College and High School Graduates. This is an exciting time…both an ending and a beginning.
High School: Ashleigh Bell Makenna Cowan Frank Evans George Evans Davis Rahn
We would like to offer our condolences to the Schaller and Louvier family. Donna Schaller was a long time member of 57 years at Highline before she moved on to be with the Lord on May 27, 2019. Her memorial service will be here at Highline on June 1, 2019 at 11:00AM. Please remember all of Donna’s family in your prayers at this time.
We would like to offer our condolences to Paul and Sandy Hewett. Paul’s father, Dick Hewett, passed away April 8, 2019. Please remember them in your prayers.
College: Jason Hewett Jacqueline Kemp Stephanie Lindblom
Worship Service Times
Saturdays - 6:00 PMSundays - 9:00 AM & 10:40 AM
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Next eNewsletter Deadline June 30, 2019
June 2019
Konrad Lindblom Tim Knight Tim Crawford
Sal Dena Paul Smith, Elder Chair Dave Rogge
Bret Thorson Gregg Louvier Chuck Hansen
2018-2019 Elders
June 2019
Julie Kemp Choir Accompanist
Holly Fader Worship Associate
Gregg Louvier Facilities Manager
Kim Allen Office Manager
Marsha Louvier Custodian
Marques Smith Youth Intern
Charlene Crawford Early Childhood Assistant
Katie Taylor Early Childhood Director
Tyler Mosier Children’s Pastor
Jack Fratangelo Church Life Director
Bret Thorson Discipleship Pastor
Liesl Behm Worship Director
Tim Knight Senior Pastor
HCC Staff