Posts from 2025
Sexton
South Highland is currently looking for someone to join our team of Sextons, which perform janitorial and custodial tasks, among other duties. Must be able to lift at least 30 pounds, work 35-40 hours per week, some weekends and occasional nights till 8-9 p.m. Must have a good work ethic and love to serve! Great environment and congregation. Good pay and after 90 days, eligible for medical insurance, vacation pay and other benefits. A person that can do light maintenance…
Refugee Families Thriving
This is an update from Matthew 25 Ambassador Linda Butler on the Afghan refugee families who have settled in Birmingham and are being supported by SHPC members through Inspiritus. Gul Bakht, Nasir, Omid, and Arman Akbary are so appreciative of the opportunity to build a life in Birmingham. Omid (second grade) and Arman (kindergarten) continue to thrive at Hall Kent Elementary in Homewood. Arman gets sad when there is a holiday or weather event and he doesn’t get to go…
Progress and Challenges in Madagascar
Here is a condensed version of a winter 2025 update from our mission partners in the island nation of Madagascar. Dan and Elizabeth Turk, mission co-workers serving in Madagascar whom we support, send their greetings! PC(USA)’s partner church, the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, whose initials in the Malagasy language are FJKM, continues its holistic work to minister to the spiritual and physical needs of the Malagasy people. The Fruits, Vegetables, and Environmental Education Program (FVEE) that Dan works…
PC(USA) Immigration Statement
Below is a statement on the PC(USA)’s stance on the issue of immigration, which SHPC has sought to live out in our own context. You can find more information about our denomination’s work here. Guided by our faith’s call to welcome the stranger and belief in the inherent dignity of all people, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) actively advocates for and works toward more just immigration laws and processes. The work and ministry of PC(USA) offices, advocates, and partners enable the…
An Expression of Gratitude
In 2009, South Highland began supporting an orphanage in Zimbabwe called the Lovemore Home, through the Outreach Foundation of the PC (USA). Due to economic and other factors, the home was forced to close in 2014, leaving many young people in a difficult situation. But our church was able to maintain contact with some of the boys, following and supporting their progress through the educational system. The letter below, sent to South Highlander Lee Cooper, is from one of the…