Together We Dine started off as a mustard seed of an idea by St. Luke “Community” UMC Pastor Richie Butler. He thought, why not bring people that might not be like us and think like us around a table and share what we have learned. And that’s just what happened on Sunday, April 24, when members ...

KB Polk & Dallas ISD The Jason Max Ferdinand Singers were certainly busy while here. On Thursday, October 7, a small group of their performers sang for students at KB Polk Center for the Academically Talented and Gifted (a partner of our Classroom Connect program). Then on Friday, October 8...

Starting at a young age, Rev. Jeremiah Booker had a love and passion for the church. As an adult with a wife and daughter, he felt called into ministry. Soon after, Rev. Booker and his wife sold their home, left their jobs, and moved their family into a dormitory at SMU, so he could attend Perkin...

As the bus pulled out of the parking lot of Highland Park United Methodist Church the morning of July 12, our group of 19 travelers—12 Camp-to-Career students from South Dallas and seven adults—were challenged to invest themselves in a journey that would change their lives forever. The weeklong t...

Rev. Paul Rasmussen, Senior Pastor of Highland Park United Methodist Church, and Rev. Richie Butler, Senior Pastor of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church are thrilled to announce that HPUMC will be hosting St. Luke’s in-person weekly worship services starting Sunday, July 4. “We’ve got ...

Opened in Fair Park in 1993, the African American Museum of Dallas is a one-of-a-kind museum devoted to the preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural, and historical materials. On Saturday, June 12, Highland Park United Methodist Church’s Impact Team led a group of 50 people...

Back in the summer of 2019, Rev. Paul Rasmussen accompanied several high school seniors from our Outreach Camp on a civil rights pilgrimage, exploring famous sites, museums, and more. It was a life-changing event for everyone involved. For the students that went, many different locations impacted...

Joe Washington first accepted the call to ministry as a teenager at a 1947 national Methodist youth conference, where famed missionary Dr. E. Stanley Jones spoke. However, because SMU’s Perkins School of Theology was closed to African Americans at the time, Joe went to Gammon Theological Seminary...

Karla Nivens has been singing in Cornerstone since 2003. First as one of the singers in the Cornerstone band and then, starting in 2013, as the Worship Leader. She’s felt at home at HPUMC since her very first Sunday and treasures all of the lasting friendships she’s formed over the years. It’s be...

While HPUMC encourages these difficult conversations, the opinions of those being interviewed are their own and may not represent the viewpoints of all HPUMC congregants regarding these topics. Recently, Courtney Kelly and Heather Deuillet sat down for a one-on-one conversation about racism. From...