Christmas at Highland

Save these Dates:

December 21 - Christmas Fellowship Breakfast (No Sunday School Classes) Join us in the Commons for a free breakfast from Sunrise, McDonald's, and Gibsons!

Memory Verses

Claim Your Prize!

If you memorized this year's memory verses, find a Highland staff member to get a small prize!

Help Us Pick the 2026 Memory Verses!

Highlanders have memorized Bible verses together each year. We would love your help in picking our next ones! If you have a verse you would like to recommend for your Highland family to memorize in 2026, please submit it below. In a few weeks, we will compile the whole list and select a few to be our 2026 Memory Verses.

HCM Updates

Reminder: No bible classes Wednesday December 24th or 31st. We will resume our usual schedule in 2026!

Weekly Schedule

Sunday Mornings (1st–4th Grades)
Donuts & Devos: 9:40–9:50 AM in The Crossing
Grade-Level Classes: 9:50–10:30 AM

Sunday Mornings (5th Grade)
• Breakfast & Bible Class in the 5th Grade classroom

Wednesday Nights (1-5th Grades) *Well see ya in 2026!
• 6:30–7:30 PM in The Crossing

Parent Reminders

  • Please pick up 1st–4th gradersfrom Bible class on Sundays and Wednesdays. Being on time helps our volunteers get to their own worship—thank you!
    5th graderswill be dismissed at the end of class and do not need to be picked up.

Save the Dates
December 25 & 31 – No Wednesday Night Classes
March 29 – Easter Eggstravaganza
June 14–19, 2026 – Camp Highland

Volunteer Opportunity

Highland Children’s Ministry is always looking for caring adults who want to make a difference in kids’ lives. If you’re interested in serving, please reach out to me at anna.bryant@highlandcc.org.

HYG News

Sunday, December 14

9:40-10:30am Huddles

Come to the Youth Mission for donuts and drinks (at cost) and announcements before we split into our last Huddles of the semester!

6:00-7:00pm Christmas Night of Praise

Everyone (teens AND families) is invited to come to a night of praise in the Life Center to celebrate this Christmas season!

Wednesday, December 17

6:30-8:00pm HYG Christmas Party

Pajamas + Breakfast for Dinner + Dirty Santa!! Wear your Christmas pajamas and bring a $10 gift to play Dirty Santa. Dinner will be in the Life Center, then we’ll move to the Youth Mission. It’ll be a holly jolly time!

REGISTRATION LINKS

Register for Winterfest 2026!

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON DECEMBER 17th!! This year we’re going to Winterfest Ft. Worth from January 16-18th and we’d love to have you join us!

Register for Mid South Girls Conference!

MSGC is back on January 31, 2026! This year’s theme is BE BOLD. It’s going to be an awesome day with fun, games, coffee, food, worship, keynotes, giveaways, and meeting new people! Register and invite a friend!

Save The Dates:

12/21 Highland Fellowship Breakfast (during Bible Class)

12/24 & 12/31 No RISING

1/16-1/18 Winterfest Ft. Worth

1/31 Mid-South Girls Conference

Ministry Updates

Service Tuesday

We had a great Service Tuesday this week making hot chocolate packets for our Fellowship Breakfast. Be sure and grab one in the Commons today!


Night to Shine 2026 Registration Now Open!

Night to Shine 2026 is just around the corner, and we hope you’ll join us on Friday, February 13th for one of the best nights of the year! This unforgettable evening celebrates our friends with special needs with joy, honor, and lots of fun.

Register HERE! We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Wednesday Night

Wednesday, December 25

We will not have Wednesday night classes this week. Merry Christmas!

Grace Marriage

February 7th is the second session of Grace Marriage. Everything remains the same! Catered breakfast, free childcare, Saturday morning session, trained facilitators, critical journals and wonderful small groups. If you have not pre-registered, go to the Highland website and pre-register. The cost is $189 for a full year of coverage with the Marriage Ministry paying $89, leaving $100 as your cost. If you have any questions call or email Jonathan or Angie Murphy, 870/307-3110 and atackett23@hotmail.com.


Blessings, Grace Marriage Leadership Team (Murphys, Frenzells, Iveys)

Harding University Chorus

The Harding University Chorus will perform on Saturday, January 10 at 7pm at Germantown Church of Christ.

Support Groups

Beginning Wednesdays in December, we will offer weekly support groups for men who struggle with pornography and women whose husbands struggle. These groups provide a safe place for community, encouragement, and healing for individuals and marriages.

If this is something you have faced in the past or are currently navigating, we invite you to join us. Each gathering will include time for prayer, support, and growth.

Schedule:
• Groups meet from 6:40–7:20 PM
• Men’s group: Room A104
• Women’s group: Room A132
• Please enter through Door 9 by the chapel.

To find out more, click HERE.

Follow Along!

If you are wanting to follow along with the same Bible Eric uses on Sunday mornings, now you can! Use this link to purchase the Bible!

Prayer Mail

If you have a prayer request to share or would like to subscribe to receive Prayer Mail emails, click HERE.

Member Directory

Did you know that we have an online directory? Click here to access the online directory.

You can also download the app to your device! Download the "ShelbyNEXT ⎮ Membership" app from the app store.

If logging in with the app, the domain is "highlandcc"

Upload a photo to your profile so we can see your smiling face!

If you need any help logging in, setting up a profile, or have a question, contact Falon Avery at falon.avery@highlandcc.org.

BulletinPlus

Download the BulletinPlus app for another way to access the Link right from your phone!

Serve With Us

Serving through church gives us a way to belong and meet new people. We’ve got many openings available to fit your gifts and passions, whether it might be serving the Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry, singing on the Praise Team, serving in our Special Needs Ministry, Media Team, and many others.

Finish Strong

Thanks to your generosity, we’ve exceeded our outreach goal and remained ahead of budget all year. Still, the need continues. Year-end gifts allow us to respond to new opportunities and move forward on dream projects like refreshing ministry spaces, expanding outreach, investing in staff, and sending more missionaries.

If you’re considering a year-end gift in addition to your regular giving, we ask that it be directed to the weekly contribution.

A few reminders:

  • Checks postmarked by December 31, 2025, count toward 2025 giving.
  • Electronic gifts received after January 1, 2026, will be credited to 2026.
  • We also accept gifts of appreciated stock or other non-cash assets (please consult your tax advisor).

Feel free to contact our Director of Finance, Jeff Morris, with any questions. Call 901-356-7735 or email jeff.morris@highlandcc.org.

Thank you for partnering with us in God’s work at Highland. Your generosity truly makes a difference. You can give online HERE.

4 Convenient Ways to Give

1. Online. Go to www.highlandcc.org/give. You can quickly create an account and make recurring or one-time gifts. ACH is preferred because of the lower fee. Debit and credit cards are accepted, but they charge a 2%-3% fee.
2. Text “Give” to 901-352-3200. This will take you to the website.
3. In Person. You can place cash and checks in one of the offering boxes located in the Chapel and Life Center. This is a great option for your children to give a tangible gift.
4. Mail. You can send checks to the church at 400 North Houston Levee Road, Cordova, TN 38018.

December 14

Total Attendance: 875

Weekly Contribution: $75,398 | Weekly Budget: $53,250

Actual Year to Date: $2,747,282 | Budget Year to Date: $2,662,500

Did You Know?

'The Grinch' is the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time.

The 2018 computer-animated film brought in $512,858,819 worldwide. The runner-up? Home Alone, the Christmas classic from 1990.

LOCATION
Highland Church of Christ
400 N. Houston Levee Road, Cordova, TN 38018

Ph: 901-458-3335
Email: Click Here

Services
Sunday Schedule

8:30AM: Chapel, Life Center (Acapella) and Online
9:40AM: Sunday School
10:40AM: Life Center and Online (Instrumental)
Wednesday Nights
6:30PM: HCM and Adult Classes
7:00PM: HYG Class