Thanks to all of the guys who did so much to make this year’s Knoxville Workcamp a great success. We painted and did small repairs to 9 houses and involved about 150 students and volunteers from 8 congregations. Everyone worked very hard, even though some of the houses were quite a challenge. We are excited about the growth of this camp and look forward to doing even more next year!

Knoxville Workcamp is coming up fast, as you do your planning please keep several things to keep in mind:

• Everyone is responsible for their own lunch every day.
• Everyone needs to bring a 4 inch paint brush.
• Please wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind ruining.

Knoxville Workcamp is a great way to serve some people who can't help themselves. Those who are going are certainly going to be blessed in a great way.

We are getting ready for a great summer coming up. You can get news for our Youth group happenings from our Facebook page as well as the Highland View website and here.

Laura Mitchell, our intern for this summer is taking a month long trip to China to help teach English. She will be back with us on June 15th.




Monday night I went to see this year’s best movie, The Dark Knight. This is one intense film that earns it’s PG-13 rating. This one is not for the kids. However, this is a great film to discuss (and watch) with your teen. It is refreshing to see Hollywood portray evil without some back story about how poverty and a bad upbringing caused it all. The Joker is the very embodiment of evil itself. He kills without remorse or with any respect to loyalty. The movie is a great vehicle for exploring about how mankind dealss with the issue of justice. To what lengths should man go to bring justice to our communities? This movie does a great job of confronting us with this and many other questions about morality and standing up for what is right. Go see it and let me know what you think.


It is good to be home after our mission trip to the Dominican Republic. We put on 3 VBS’s in Puerta Plata, Caraqueno and La Coyera. Between all of the VBS’s, we were able to minister to almost 200 children. We also visited the hospital and city dump in Puerta Plata. We also painted and poured floors in several house in local villages and worshiped with the kids in Rio San Juan. Our team really worked hard on this trip and got to experience a marriage proposal to cap off our week. (Congratulation to Tyler and Brittney!)

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