Bring the Christmas joy to residents at the VTA Safe Parking Lot

Thursday, Dec 12 | 3 - 5pm

Highway is co-hosting an Advent party at the VTA safe parking lot in Mountain View. In collaboration with our friend Rosa, a former safe parking lot resident, we’re planning a fun time of crafts, food, and gifts. Safe parking lot residents and Highwayers of all ages are welcome!

This is a wonderful, family-friendly opportunity to bless our under-housed neighbors in the season of Christmas. You're invited to join in and make this party happen!

Help is needed …
• set up (2:30pm) and tear down (5:00pm)
• supervising a craft or gift table

Donations are needed…
• new water bottles (ThermoFlask, YETI, or similar)
• funds to purchase supplies and gifts

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Come and join with others on Election Day for a time of prayer and centering on Christ.

In this time of tumult and change, we will ground ourselves in the eternal and acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and King. Our liturgical-style prayer, led by Pastor Julie, will include movements marked by adoration, confession, lament, supplication, and surrender. Hope to see you there!

Will be held in room A1

Baptism is an important step in the journey of following Jesus.

REGISTER HERE for Highway’s November 3 class on Baptism. Following the morning worship service, this class is planned for anyone interested in getting baptized. At this class Highway staff with explore the rich meaning of baptism and the powerful story it tells of the movement from death to new life in Christ.

Come take part in a Jam Session at Highway, hosted by some of our young adults!

Everyone, of any age, is welcome! Bring an instrument and come take part in the loose musical freedom found in jamming around familiar and unfamiliar songs. This is a fun and casual way to get to know some other musicians in the Highway community. (And even if you don’t play, you’re still welcome to come, listen, and enjoy!)

A fantastic time for Highway, friends of Highway-ers, and our surrounding neighbors! This Fall Festival event is primarily geared toward elementary kids, and will be a space to enjoy games, competitions, snacks, prizes, and a bouncy house.  

Even though the focus of the event is elementary kids, we need people of all ages and stages to help us host and serve. Around 25 volunteers will be needed to run booths, prepare snacks, or create decorations.

Please consider helping us with this event! SIGN UP HERE TO HELP

We're having our second ever Blueberry Brunch!

These brunches are informal gatherings around yummy food for folks 50 and over. Just as blueberries are high in anti-oxidants and good for our health so are Blueberry Brunches good for our wellbeing.

In fact, science shows us that people not only are happier but also live longer when they have good relationships.  In fact, science shows us that people not only are happier but also live longer when they have good relationships.  So come join in for all the good reasons, and connect with others in community! SIGN UP HERE

Come meet up at Heritage Oaks Park after the morning worship service for a picnic, some lawn games, and a time of celebrating the arrival of our new family pastor, Cris Otonari!

If you would like to help with any part of putting this together, please let Julie Pederson know and feel free to bring your favorite lawn game!

Some of our young adults are hosting a jam night at Highway and everyone of any age or stage is welcome! Whatever instrument you play, feel free to come, jam around on some songs, and get to know some other musicians within the community. (Even if you don’t play or sing, you’re still welcome to come and enjoy!)

SIGN UP HERE to be part of the Church Work Day!

Our church building is a blessing to us and from time to time it needs a little extra love and care. So, as a way to steward this space in community, we’re gonna have a Church Work Day! There will be projects that might need some skill or experience, projects for kids and families, and some general projects for anyone to jump in with.

If you have experience in a trade like carpentry, landscaping, plumbing, electrical, etc. and would like to contribute that skill, please reach out to pastor Jake Dodson

Come April 21 our lead pastor, Adam Hendrix, will have been in ministry at Highway for six whole months! Our Shepherd Board wanted to set aside time on this day to come together and share about the health of our church, share stories from various ministries, touch on finances, update on the search for a new Family Pastor, and pray together.

Additionally, the Stanford blood drive will be happening on campus at the same time, so set aside April 21 as a special date and come engage in all things Highway!

As part of living as a blessing to those who are hurting in this area that God has called us, Highway will be partnering with Stanford Blood Center to host a blood donation drive.
The drive will be on Sunday morning, April 21, starting before our morning worship service and continuing through the morning on past lunch time. Click HERE for more details and to reserve a donation time slot.

Blueberry Brunches are informal gatherings around good food for folks age 50 and over. It's a place to make and deepen friendships and we're having our first one ever after church on Sunday, April 14, in room A1.

Just as blueberries are high in anti-oxidants and good for our health so are Blueberry Brunches good for our wellbeing. I mean, the effects of loneliness and lack of good connections are equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day! So, if you're 50 and over, we hope you’ll join us. CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up.

Additionally, we need some volunteers to bring food items like soup or bread, as well as some helping hands to serve food at the event itself. Follow THIS LINK to join the volunteer team.

Good Food. New Connections.
Getting to know a new church and finding your place in the community can be a unique challenge. If you are new here at Highway, we want to meet you in that process!

Join our staff in a lunch-time setting on Sunday, April 7. Hear about the vision of the church, get to know the pastors, ask questions, and better understand the heartbeat of Highway. This gathering will be in the Highway church office, which is just across the grass behind the auditorium (entrance is beside the deck), and will start about 15 minutes after our morning worship service concludes (guessing around 11:45).

If you know that you’ll be coming, take a moment to SIGN UP HERE.

Proclaiming Christ’s victory over sin and death is the joyful Easter Sunday pinnacle for followers of Jesus!

Come for worship at 10:30am and stay for a special time of community. We’ll host an egg hunt for the little ones, starting around 11:30, and then share a delicious pancake feast together. Hope you can take part! 

If you can help with setting up tables and serving food that would be great! SIGN UP HERE to help out.

This one-day event is a creative engagement with the historical church practice of prayer remembering Christ's sufferings and death. Each step along the prayer walk will provide a setting to pray or to engage in a physical experience (like tasting gall or striking a nail). These all serve as a way to help us consider with new eyes Christ’s journey to the cross. The evening will conclude with a time of worship at 7:30pm.

Help is needed the Sunday and Thursday before to prepare and set up the prayer walk. SIGN UP HERE if you can help

We are separated from Jesus’ last week before His crucifixion by over 2,000 years, which feels like a vast chasm. But what if it didn’t have to feel that way? What if we could bridge that gulf--not by time travel, but by encountering Jesus differently?

Join others from Highway for a Holy Week retreat hosted by our friends at WellSpring ministries and held at Menlo Church. We’ll enter into moments of that pivotal week and meet Jesus--and allow Him to meet us--in profoundly personal ways. REGISTER HERE.

Come and support the hungry in our immediate community with a team from Highway. We prepare and serve a hot morning meal at Hope’s Corner in downtown Mountain View on the first Wednesday of each month. We start at 7am and end at 9:30am.

The team leaders will provide all the needed training alongside you, so no special prep is needed. Sign up today!

In the ancient church calendar, the days leading up to Easter are called the “Season of Lent”. This is a time where we focus our awareness on the frailties and brokenness of our world, and of our hearts, and consider the need we each have for Christ.

This season begins on Ash Wednesday and we invite you to gather at 7:30am on Wed, Feb 14, for a simple 30-minute morning service. We will experience songs, readings, prayers, and the administration of ashes. One of the unique aspects of this service is that we carry from it the sign of the cross on our foreheads throughout the day. This mark both invites conversation with others and it also causes us to remember, whenever we might catch our reflection, that it is God’s gift of life that sustains us.

Come and support the hungry in our immediate community with a team from Highway. We prepare and serve a hot morning meal at Hope’s Corner in downtown Mountain View on the first Wednesday of each month. We start at 7am and end at 9:30am.

The team leaders will provide all the needed training alongside you, so no special prep is needed. Sign up today!

Over the first months of 2024 the Racial Justice Group will be reading and discussing Latasha Morrisson's “Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Justice”. 

Gatherings will kick off Jan 21 and will continue on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month until June 2. This group meets on Zoom. Sign up here.

Getting to know a new church and finding your place in the community can be a unique challenge. If you are new here at Highway, we want to meet you in that process!

Join our staff in a lunch-time setting and hear about the vision of the church, get to know the pastors, ask questions, and better understand the heartbeat of Highway.

These gatherings will be in  in our A1 multipurpose room (just off the patio) starting about 15 minutes after our morning worship service concludes. If you know that you’ll be coming, take a moment to SIGN UP HERE.

Come and support the hungry in our immediate community with a team from Highway. We prepare and serve a hot morning meal at Hope’s Corner in downtown Mountain View on the first Wednesday of each month. We start at 7am and end at 9:30am.

The team leaders will provide all the needed training alongside you, so no special prep is needed. Sign up today!

Will not be having a morning worship service on Christmas Eve Sunday. Instead, come at 5pm for a service of celebration and rejoicing, or come at 11pm for a tender time of delighting in Christ’s birth.

Will not be having a morning worship service on Christmas Eve Sunday. Instead, come at 5pm for a service of celebration and rejoicing, or come at 11pm for a tender time of delighting in Christ’s birth.

For any who are weary, discouraged, burnt out on fake joy, or just hurting this December. This simple, quiet service is a place to find rest in Christ in the middle of all the noise of the holiday season.

Go deeper in relationship at the RV lot on Evelyn Ave. This is one of the Safe Parking sites we bring meals to throughout the year. In the afternoon on Sunday, Dec 17, we’ll bring the mini-trees we made at the Advent Celebration and give them to any residents who might want a festive piece of the holidays to brighten their home.

A family-oriented time of meal, story, craft, and silliness. We will hear from a former RV resident, Rosa, about life in the local RV Safe Parking program. We’ll also prepare mini Christmas tree gifts to give to those currently living in RVs on Evelyn Ave.

Pickleball is a fun and social sport that’s been rapidly growing in popularity the past couple years. Players of all abilities are invited, including anyone who is new and interested in trying it out.

Plan to meet over at Rengstorff Park on Sunday, November 19 from 1:30 to 3:00pm and please fill out this form if you are interested: Highway Pickleball interest form. Looking forward to having some fun, connecting, and playing together!

Founding pastor John Riemenschnitter is retiring and we’re throwing him a party! Come join in on Sunday, November 5, beginning at 11:45 am. A lunch and time of sharing will be held in the backyard of Highway Mountain View, 2050 Miramonte Ave.

Help is needed with the food, especially grill tri-tip in advance, use this form to sign up.

As John transitions out of this position he has held for so many years, we want to gather and share memories and gratitude for his leadership, teaching, and pastoral care over the duration of his long ministry to The Highway Community.

Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to add a handwritten card to your photo(s) at the lunch celebration on November 5th. If you are unable to attend the November 5th celebration, please use this form to write a short message of gratitude or a brief reflection. It will be included in the memory book. Messages must be submitted by Wednesday, November 1st at 11:59 pm.

Help support the hungry in our immediate community. Come prepare and serve a hot morning meal at Hope’s Corner in downtown Mountain View. We’re also accepting financial contributions for this work.
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