650. That's the number of people who joined HPUMC on Saturday, April 13 in a churchwide day of service for our local partners around Dallas. Because of their generosity, 575 people were served a hot meal at Austin Street Center and the Stewpot, more than 23,000 meals were packed through Rise Agai...

On April 21, 2019, more than 19,000 people gathered at Highland Park United Methodist Church, or HPUMC Online, to celebrate Easter weekend at one of our 13 worship services. Over 2,500 people started their Easter morning at the sunrise service, with Rev. Matt Tuggle reminding everyone that, “If y...

Back in March, I took a trip to the Holy Land with 140 other members of our church. I got to see so many things and experience so many sacred moments. Jesus felt so close at times I thought I could reach out and touch him. There were certain churches I never wanted to leave. The Church of the Ann...

On Sunday, April 7, HPUMC officially launched the CitySquare Café. The Café is part of HPUMC's partnership with Citysquare which is aimed at fighting poverty in Dallas through education, housing, and health. All proceeds from the Café will go back into the Hospitality Program. That means by buyin...

If you had asked me last year what my greatest worry was, I would've told you that it was the fear that my dad would die before my brother's wedding. Dad's health had been in pretty steep decline since the spring of 2017. At that time he had been battling a rare form of lymphoma for over seven ye...

You may have noticed over the past couple of months that the Cornerstone Café and the Coffee Cart are being staffed by smiling, friendly interns from CitySquare’s Hospitality Program. Let me tell you why this is so cool. A few years ago, I took Rev. Paul Rasmussen to the CitySquare’s Opportunity ...

Sunday, March 24 was a historic and monumental day for Highland Park United Methodist Church! For the very first time, the doors of the Tolleson Family Activity Center opened to the public, ushering in a new phase of ministry for the church. “On behalf of everyone who will grow, thrive, study, a...

Highland Park United Methodist Church is days away from the Grand Opening of the new Tolleson Family Activity Center. The state-of-the-art, three-story building promises to transform the future and scope of ministry for HPUMC. From a floor dedicated to serving those with disabilities, a floor fo...

In just a few days, the doors to the Tolleson Family Activity Center will open to the public for the first time. It’s a day all of us at Highland Park United Methodist Church have looked forward to for nearly three years! The opening of the Tolleson Family Activity Center will transform the scop...

“What stage am I?” I scribbled the question on a small note pad and slid it to the nurse as my oncologist formed words that never quite reached me. “Stage 4,” she wrote back. For a split second, fear and faith were both set before me as choices. I had six tumors in my liver. One tumor is bad enou...