Calling hours for friends and family of Larry Baughman will be Monday February 16, 4-7pm and Tuesday February 17, 11am-noon. A service celebrating Larry’s life will be held on Tuesday, February 17 at noon in the sanctuary.
Due to expected heavy snowfall overnight Saturday into Sunday, worship services for Sunday, January 25 have been canceled.
Sunday, February 8, 2026 – follows the 10:30 service. Bring your best soup or chili to compete for the “Best of Highwater”.
5:30pm – 6:30pm – Christmas Eve Family Candlelight Service 11:00pm – Christmas Eve Candlelight Lessons & Carols
Rev. Jeff Gill will be in the pulpit on Sunday, January 4th while Pastor Gladys takes a much needed rest. Jeff will preach at both the 8:30am and 10:30am services.
Join the Licking County Emergency Center Taskforce at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to help run the Emergency Warming Center, which provides hot meals and a safe, warm place to stay when it is 10 degree Fahrenheit or below. Volunteer shifts are: Volunteers are critical to whether the Warming Center can open. T O V O L U N T E E R : Register at www.unitedwaylc.org/get-involved/ or contact Emma at echapman@unitedwaylc.org
Highwater Church Missions Ministry will offer two Christmas gift-giving opportunities: Salvation Army – Angel tree gifts are due back to Abby by Dec 7. The Salvation Army distribution will be Dec 16-18 from 9-3pm in Newark. Reach out to Abby if you’d like to sign up to help The Village Network – We will be helping The Village Network which provides support for kids in foster care, by providing gift cards. Please get any gift cards to Abby Shipley by 12/7. Any amount is greatly appreciated!
The need continues to be great at our local food pantries. Last month, the Utica Food Pantry distribution was up more than 10% from the year before. Highwater is doing our part to help these organizations. Recently, checks were sent to the Utica Food Pantry, Licking County Food Pantry, and Licking County Coalition of Care to help with their needs. We are organizing a collection drive to support the Utica Food Pantry. A donation box will be located in the Narthex for contributions. Please deliver the requested items by November 16th. If you have any questions, please contact Abby Shipley
Sunday, December 7 – 6:30 – 8:00pm – CONNECT Youth Group – Escape-It Newark, 400 Seroco Ave., Newark. Cost $20. RSVP to Pastor Gladys by December 4. Online waiver form must be completed at EscapeItNewark.com.
Advent begins November 30. This advent we will explore how Charles Dicken’s classic novel A Christmas Carol can help us find and embrace the hope, peace, joy and love we need now. A Christmas Carol is a story of brokenness and redemption. The beginning of the story is dark—the book opens with the words “Marley was dead.” We soon meet Marley, former partner of the main character Ebenezer Scrooge, as a ghost. Marley’s ghost promises Scrooge that a trio of ghosts will be visiting him, and the reader is to presume that none of the visits will be pleasant. Scrooge
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