Church News
Here are some of the latest news and announcements about things happening in our Church.
ATTENTION:
Sunday school is held each Sunday at 9:15. Go directly to your class.
The Sanctuary class is broadcast live on Facebook and You Tube each Sunday at 9:15.
Church will be held at 10:00 each Sunday in the sanctuary. Notice will be provided in advance on Facebook and by calling post messages if changes occur.
Worship services will also be live on Facebook, YouTube and Mixlr.
Pastor’s Note
Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.
Do you ever have a time when you feel like your strength is almost gone? Did you know God’s strength never fades? He is always there for us to lean on. He is the shield against our fear; He is the source of our courage when we trust him. It doesn’t mean that life’s problems will just disappear, but rather it means we have an anchor that will hold us steady through whatever we face.
Remember you do not have to walk alone. God is with you fighting for you and filling you with his peace, keep your eyes on him and he’ll give you strength for every day.
In Christ Alone,
Preacher Ronnie
Pastor Appreciation Service
You’re invited to our Pastor Appreciation Service Sunday October 18th 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary
Come out and join us as we celebrate Preacher Ronnie & Cindy
October at a glance
October 4th:
Grab your newsletter
October 7th:
Kingdom Kids 6PM
Fellowship on the Field 6:30 PM
Adult Choir 6:30 PM
October 14th:
Young at Heart-11AM, meet at the church. Everyone will carpool to Bigun’s BBQ for lunch and then to Panorama Apple House! Please plan to join the fun.
Kingdom Kids 6PM
Fellowship on the Field 6:30 PM
Adult Choir 6:30 PM
October 18th:
Pastor appreciation 10:00 AM, Sanctuary
October 21st:
No Kingdom Kids or Fellowship on the Field
Adult Choir 6:30 PM
October 25th:
Trunk or Treat- 4:00 PM : hot dogs, drinks and paper goods will be provided. Decorate your trunk, bring lots of candy, crock-pot of chili and the fixins’ and sweet treats. Invite your friends.
October 26th
WMU meeting 6:30, Fellowship Hall
October 28th
Kingdom Kids-fall fun day -6 PM
Fellowship on the Field-6:30
Adult Choir-6:30
Save the date
November 1st:
Daylight savings time ends, Fall Back
November 7th:
Turkey Shoot-8AM/ donations of gift cards for prizes appreciated. See Speedy or Blayne to help with concessions.
December 6th:
Children’s Christmas program 10:00 AM Worship
December 10th & 11th:
Journey to Jesus Drive thru
December 13th
Adult Choir Christmas Cantana 10:00 AM
August 6th – 8th, 2027:
Church Camp at Camp Pinnacle
Trunk or Treat
Sunday October 25th 4:00 PM. Decorate your trunk or just come and give out candy. This is a great opportunity to invite your friends and neighbors to come out to HBC. Drinks, hot dogs and paper products will be provided. Bring a crock pot of chili, with all the fixins’, and desserts. There will be hayrides and lots of fall fun for the entire family. You don’t want to miss it.
Children’s Christmas Program
The Kingdom Kids will be presenting “Come and See”. We want all children to participate.
Practice will begin in October during Kingdom Kids. The program will be presented during the 10:00 AM service on December 6th.
Turkey Shoot
Saturday November 7th 8:00 AM
If you can help with concessions, please see Blayne or Speedy.
Donations of gift cards for prizes will be appreciated.
Prizes will also include turkeys and hams.
Proceeds go to the youth Church camp.
Young at Heart
WEDNESDAY 10/14: 11:00 AM meet at the church. Everyone will carpool to Bigun’s BBQ for lunch and then to Panorama Apple House! Please plan to join the fun.
WEDNESDAY 11/18
We will resume in January 2027
Journey to Jesus Drive-thru
Dates: Thursday December 10th and Friday December 11th
There are many ways to volunteer and we count on our congregation who always step up and deliver a wonderful event that ministers to so many around our community and beyond. What a way to embrace Christmas by providing a way for those in our area to see through scenes and music the Journey of Jesus.
Please see Tabitha Wilkie or Rebecca Price to sign up for one or more areas.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Costume Committee: Coordination and organization of costumes for each scene
Driveway Committee: Driveway scraping, gravel and light strand setup
Electrician Committee
Greeting Committee
Live animal coordination: Help Phil Cochran
Marketing Committee: Advertisement signs, flyers, Facebook announcements
Music Committee: Review the current music, copy USB and CD’s, confirm the QR code
Photo and Video Committee:
Scene actors: The more the better
Scene setup: Each scene will need setup prior to the event. Specifications on the setup will be provided
Scene sign coordination
Sunday School News
Lessons for October:
October 4th: 1 Thessalonians 1
October 11th: 1 Thessalonians 2
October 18th: 1 Thessalonians 3
October 25th: 1 Thessalonians 4
A special thanks to everyone that helped with our Sunday School kickoff. It was a great day.
The average attendance for September was 106.
The next few months are busy at Hightower. Bring your family out to Sunday School, so you can be involved in the upcoming activities.
The collection for the GA Baptist Children’s Home was $3025.00
Thank you for all your donations.
WMU News
Our September meeting was full of planning for upcoming events in our church.
The new directory is in the beginning stages. In the weeks to come we will have a spreadsheet for you to check your address, phone number and E-mail and correct if needed.
Amber will begin making photos late February and March. Watch for more details.
Our Pastor Appreciation Day will be a little different this year. We hope you will enjoy celebrating Preacher Ronnie and Cindy.
Trunk or Treat is always a fun time and a time to invite friends and family to come out and join us. Special thanks to Mark Jones (Debbie) for volunteering to cook hot dogs.
Our next meeting will be October 26th 6:30, in the fellowship hall. President Mitzi Chambers will take over. Thank you to Theresa Huskins for an amazing year during her leadership.
Food trays for October are Judy & Mitzi. Devotion is Teresa Cowart.
Fellowship on the Field
We would love to see all middle school and high school youth on Wednesday nights beginning at 6:30.
We will have a meal, devotion, games activities and fun.
We meet on the lower field in the youth building
Invite your friends and come join us on Wednesday nights.
Callie, Emily, Mary Grace Grant, Walker
Kingdom Kids
We will go sing at The Oaks Assisted Living on October 14th. Please be there by 6:00 PM. After visiting there, the kids will go to Giovannis for Pizza. Hope you can come.
Adult Choir News
Wednesday nights 6:30
We are practicing our Christmas Cantata, Christmas Day. We have several new faces we are happy to see in the choir.
Try to be there for as many practices as you can, so we want be stressed during Christmas Hustle.
Prayer Requests
Valerie Cheshire
Kristy Clark (friend of Dax)
Rhonda Cochran
Family of Frankie Edge
Gene & Jo Gilleland
Jerry Hamby (Mechell Perkins’ dad)
Betty & David Hester
Joan Hill
Todd Ledford
Bill & Eula McIntosh
Ric & Linda Moore (Friends of George Lathem)
David & Joyce Owens (Malenthia’s parents)
Michelle Pendley
Stanley Pinyan
Tony Porter
Bill Pruitt
Gene Pruitt
Helen Pruitt
Lucille Rich
Debbie Rucker
Earl & Betty Jo Turpin
Gene & Barbara Wheeler
Peggy Wheeler
Herman Wilkie
Thomas & Linda Wilkie
Loretta Wright
** Please help us keep the prayer list current by adding or omitting as needed. Thank you for your help. **
Church Information
Venmo is @Hightowerbaptist-Church
Our physical address:
3444 Hightower Rd.
Ball Ground, GA 30107
Mailing address:
PO Box 569
Ball Ground, GA 30107
Email address: hightowerclerk@rocketmail.com
For those needing donation receipts for your tax purposes, please email those requests to me.
Thanks, Edwin Wilkie, Church Clerk
Church Directory Updates
Carol Carnes
833 Spruce Avenue
Canton, GA 30114
Stanley & Rhonda Cochran
1000 Hube Turner Rd.
Canton, GA 30115
Gene and Jo Gilleland
704 Owens Circle
Canton, GA 30115
470-863-9322
770-757-2213
Trey & Haley Howell
243 Trenton Lane
Canton, GA 30115
Scott Huskins
678-793-7422
Mark & Debbie Jones
1038 Gaddis Rd
Canton, GA 30115
Diane Martin
678-234-6990
718 E. Pierson Dr.
Lynn Haven, FL. 32444
Dave and Malenthia Odum
2473 Jordan Rd.
Talking Rock, GA 30175
Karen Parrott
3100 Taylor St.
Canton, GA 30114
Karen: 678-910-7208
Ronny & Rilla Price
8350 Ball Ground Rd
Cumming, GA 30028
Rilla 770-656-1333
Ronny 404-772-1382
Helen Pruitt
The Retreat of Canton
3333 East Cherokee Dr.
Canton, Ga 30115
Lucille Rich
50 Cagle Mill Rd. Unit 4
Jasper, GA 30143
Virginia Wyatt
540 Gold Rush Ct.
Ball Ground, GA 30107
678-897-3930
Church Officers
Pastor: Ronnie McCormick
Church Clerk: Edwin Wilkie, Asst. Coy Cochran
Song Leader: Ronnie Price, Asst. Steve Pressley
Pianist: Regina Groover, Asst. all others that play
Organ: Tabitha Wilkie, Asst. Wanda Harbor
Church Announcements: Chad Cochran, Asst. Trey Howell
Sound System: Brian Wallace, Asst. Tony Porter, Tim Perkins, Calista Odum,
Lance Carnes, Heath Wilkie, Westin Wilkie
Church Maintenance: Phil Cochran, Edwin Wilkie, Ed Cipriani
Fellowship Hall Maintenance: Randy Wilkie, Lance Carnes
Cemetery Committee: Heath Wilkie, Randy Wilkie, Coy Cochran
Sunday School Teachers and Officers 2026-2027
Sunday School Teachers:
Nursery: Shanna Wilbanks, Director
1st: Megan & Julie
2nd: Judy & Kayla
3rd: Shanna & Marla
4th: Haley & Jamie Bobo
(Pre-K ) 3,4 & 5 Years thru 2nd grade: Emily Reinhart & Mary Grace Wilkie
3rd-5th Grade: Kelly Wilkie & Rebecca Price
Middle School: Trey Howell 1st, Bake Cochran 2nd. Adam Barton 3rd, Chris Sterling 4th
High School: Walker Wilkie, Chad Cochran, Kyle Wilkie
College & Career:Emily Wilkie
College/ Young Adult Class: Edwin & Tabitha Wilkie
ARK Class: Corey Bobo, Tonya Carnes, Wyatt Wilkie, Randy Wilkie
Middle Adult Class (Empty Nesters): Cindy McCormick, Heath Wilkie, Cory Bobo, Reese Reinhard
Sanctuary Class: Clint Smith
Officers:
Children’s Choir: Charm Cochran
Youth Choir: Megan Barton & Taylor Boles
VBS Directors: Haley Howell & Kayla Floyd
Christmas Gift Coordinator: Emily Reinhart
Children’s Christmas program: Ronnie & Cindy McCormick
Kingdom Kids Directors: Shanna Wilbanks & Rebecca Price
Fellowship on the Field Directors: Callie Odom, Emily Wilkie, Grant Gilleland, Mary Grace Wilkie, Walker Wilkie
Sunday School Leadership Team: Phil Cochran, Clint Smith & Emily Reinhart.
Christmas Baskets, Decorate Church, Easter Sunrise Breakfast: Empty Nesters
Hightower Deacon Board
Randy Wilkie – Chairman
Lance Carnes
Chad Cochran
Coy Cochran
Ron Cooper
Thomas Heard
Tim Perkins
Ronny Price
Gene Wheeler
Edwin Wilkie
Heath Wilkie
Lanny Wilkie
Wyatt Wilkie