Join us for Scripture and Song: Joy Has Dawned on Sunday, December 8, at 4:30 p.m. As we spend the evening singing carols and reading Scripture, we will celebrate God’s redemptive plan for mankind through the coming of our Savior. This is a wonderful opportunity to invite your friends, family, and neighbors to hear the story of Jesus’s incarnation.
Following the service, we will have a churchwide supper in the Fellowship Hall. The meal will be catered by Tropical Grille, so we must have an accurate count of those planning to attend no later than Wednesday, December 4. Please sign up below and make your plans to join us!
Ladies, please make your plans to join us for our annual Women’s Christmas Brunch on Saturday, December 7, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will enjoy a delicious brunch prepared by Peter Selby, followed by a talk from our dear sister and partner, Rachel Hansen. Rachel is a longtime member of Heritage and serves with her husband Mark in East Asia. We are so excited to have them Stateside through this Christmas season and to have Rachel share how the Lord has been working in her life.
The brunch is a wonderful opportunity to invite friends, neighbors, and co-workers as your guests. Tickets are $10 per person and will be available for purchase in the South Lobby and online beginning Sunday, November 17. Seating is limited, so purchase your tickets as soon as they are available.
We hope that you, your daughters, and your guests will join us for a beautiful morning filled with wonderful food, fellowship, and encouragement as we head into the Christmas season!
We are excited to be able to host Trunk or Treat again this year on Friday, October 25. If you live in our community, we invite you to join us! In addition to lots of trunks with free candy, there will be free hot dogs and magic shows at 6:30, 7:00, and 7:30 p.m.
Heritage family, in the past, we have had big crowds, so let’s be eager in opening our hearts and arms to people from all over our community. Every member of is encouraged to participate in several ways.
Pray. Ask our Father to open doors for the Gospel. Ask Him to give us eternally significant conversations with people who are searching for joy and purpose and meaning—people who need a Savior.
Plan a “Trunk.” Start thinking about some creative design ideas, and sign up online or in the North Lobby beginning on Sunday, October 6. Our goal is to have 50 decorated trunks in our parking lot this year.
Donate candy. Whether or not you are able to participate in Trunk or Treat on October 25, you can contribute to our church’s community outreach by donating candy. Buy wrapped fall candy and bring it to church; we need lots and lots! Drop it off at the display in the North Lobby.
Door prizes. We are doing something new this year and holding a drawing for a variety of door prizes for guests from our community. We are seeking donations from local businesses and would love your help. Contact Pastor Kevin Delp if you know of a business who could donate.
In past years we’ve seen more people come onto our property and interact with us through Trunk or Treat than through any other event. This is a creative way that we can reach out into our community and communicate our love and care for people. We don’t know how our God may work, but may Christ use our efforts to bring us into contact with seekers who need the Savior!
All Heritage men are invited to our annual Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, October 12, at 8:00 a.m. We’re privileged to have Dr. Mark Ross, Chair of Theology at Erskine Theological Seminary and the Associate Pastor for Teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC, as the speaker. Dr. Ross will reflect on his lifetime pursuit of theology and how it overflows into the lives of men to make them the husbands and fathers God calls them to be. We invite you to join us as Dr. Ross instructs and challenges us from God’s Word in helping us grow to be the disciple-makers we should be to our wives, children, and grandchildren. Bring your sons, middle-school aged and up, as well as other men in your community who you believe would benefit from the fellowship, food, and instruction the Lord will provide. We are praying that our church would be edified and God would be glorified through this morning together!
Here’s how to prepare:
Pray. Ask God to grant our speaker wisdom and faithfulness and that God would use his word to point us to himself.
Sign Up. We need to know that you’re coming so that we can prepare adequate food. Please sign up no later than Wednesday, October 9.
You are welcome to share this information as you invite your friends. We are looking forward to a great time together on Saturday, October 12.
Questions are normal. In our own family, Kristi and I probably ask one another a dozen questons a day. Our kids ask us more, especially the youngest. When we circle up at night, we’ll read the Bible, pray, talk about the day to come, and typically I’ll take questions to make sure we’re all on the same page.
It’s that way with church as well.
I am greatly encoruaged for your many questions throughout the year about the Scriptures, about a given sermon, and about how to love your church well and love your neighbors in Christ’s name.
Once a year we get to reinforce this culture of question asking and answering in a corporate way through our Elders Q&A, hosted this year on November 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Six Reasons to Join Us
By way of reminder, here’s why we host this evening each year.
To promote a culture of openness and vulnerability.
To model healthy question asking and answering.
To enhance our elders’ unity and insight into the ministry.
To clarify any ambiguities or gaps in our leadership for our members.
To instruct in biblical eldership and increase the visibility for our team.
To update the congregation on any timely projects or studies we’ve been working on.
We’ll plan for an hour and fifteen minutes. We’ll plan for dinner following.
Submit Your Questions by September 30
We’ll take questions in September. Our elders will have a few meetings in October to discuss as needed. Then, we’ll meet in November for our Q&A. If you have a question—think doctrine, church life, plans for our shared mission, etc.—you can get it to us in a variety of ways:
Tell. Communicate your question for the Q&A to an elder in person or through email. They’ll ask you to write it down so that we don’t lose your intent in translation, but you’re welcome to start with a conversation.
We’ll also have some time available in the evening to answer questions from you in a more impromptu style.
As a help in this process, aim to submit your questions by September 30. This lead time helps us notice recurring themes, know how to devote time to particular questions, discuss any topics as a team if needed, and order our time in a way that best serves the congregation. It also gives us time to follow up with you for any clarification and context as needed.
As you’ve come to expect, we won’t be able to answer every question that gets asked. However, if you put your name on a question and we did not answer it at the Q&A, we will reach out to answer that question for you in person or by email. In some cases, we may devote a blog-post to the topic.
Before the Q&A, get acquainted with Heritage’s elders at the About Page. Also, here’s the recap from 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 for those that couldn’t join us.
Men, our fall Bible study begins soon! As a follow up to last year’s study in 1 Samuel, we’ll be looking into the book of 2 Samuel together on Thursdays at 6:15 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. Heroes, villains, drama, and action. In our study of 2 Samuel we’ll see the reign of David, Israel’s greatest king. A complicated story full of the good and bad. We find God, the Rock of David, as the true hero. We also see where the story ultimately leads—to King Jesus, a righteous King, a selfless Servant who is always good and must be followed. The study begins on Thursday, September 12. Sign up and get your book ($7) Sundays, September 1 or 8, or sign up online. If you sign up online, be sure to stop by the table to get your book before the first study.
Join your brothers for encouraging times in the Word and in prayer. The study continues through Thursday, October 17, and will meet in The Cave.
