1020 12th Street Place NE, Hickory, NC 28601
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
SUNDAY WORSHIP · 10:30 AM

A neighborhood church with an open table.

For a hundred years, Highland has worshiped, prayed and fed our neighbors in Hickory. Whoever you are, there is a seat for you.

Every week at Highland

Everyone is welcome at all of it. No membership needed.
SUNDAY
10:30 AM
Worship
Hymns, scripture, prayer and preaching. Come as you are.
WEDNESDAY
5:30 PM
Free Fellowship Meal
A free supper together. Bring a friend, or just bring yourself.
WEDNESDAY
6:00 PM
Bible Study
An hour of conversation on the scriptures behind Sunday’s sermon.
MONTHLY
10 AM – 12 PM
Food Pantry
1st Thursday and 3rd Saturday of each month. Groceries for anyone in need.
FOOD & HELP

No one in our neighborhood should go hungry.

Twice a month, Highland opens its doors to share groceries with anyone who needs them, alongside our neighbors at the Kindness Project. Through our We Care Fund, we also help families nearby with rent and power bills when money runs short.
  • Food pantry: 1st Thursday and 3rd Saturday of each month, 10 AM – 12 PM.
  • We Care Fund: help with rent and power bills for households within two miles of the church. Call the office to apply.
ADVENT SERMON SERIES · BEGINS NOVEMBER 29

The Great Reversal

Four Sundays with Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), the song she sang while carrying Jesus, where God lifts up the lowly and fills the hungry with good things.
A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR

Welcome to Highland.

I grew up in rural Mississippi, in a church that taught me to be afraid of God. It took me years to hear the good news underneath that fear: God isn’t out to get us. God is out to make all things new, and the empty tomb is the promise of it.

That’s the hope we try to live at Highland. As Wesleyan people, we believe God’s grace is already at work in your life before you ever walk through our doors. We see it at the Lord’s Table on Sunday, over supper on Wednesday night, and at the pantry counter. In those moments the kingdom of God isn’t far off. It’s taking shape right here in our neighborhood, as neighbors are fed and no one is left out.

You don’t need to have it all figured out to belong here. Lord knows none of us do. We’re all works in progress, and God isn’t finished with us yet. Come as you are.

Rev. Noah Glover
Pastor · Western North Carolina Conference, UMC
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GIVE

Your gift keeps the doors open and the pantry full.

You can give securely online through the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. Every dollar comes to Highland to support worship, the Wednesday meal, the food pantry and the We Care Fund.
  1. Select “Give Online” to open the Conference’s giving form.
  2. Enter your gift and choose Highland UMC, Hickory as your church.
  3. Optional: cover the card processing fee so Highland receives your full gift.
Prefer to give by check? Make it out to Highland UMC and place it in the offering plate or mail it to 1020 12th Street Place NE, Hickory, NC 28601.
Highland UMC
A congregation of the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.
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