On Monday, May 4, United Methodist Women of Highland Park United Methodist Church presented Sara Alleman with the 2026 Spirit of Mission: The Georgia Bates Award at the 11th annual Georgia Bates Award Luncheon. A simple “yes” led to 20 years of service for Sara Alleman. For more than two decades,...

Each year, members of Highland Park United Methodist Church come together for Churchwide Serving Day—joining hands across Dallas to serve, support, and make a tangible difference in our community. This year, that collective impact reached 21 Outreach partners through 40 projects, extending hope a...

On Monday, May 5, United Methodist Women of Highland Park United Methodist Church presented Janie Means Gilmore (posthumously) and Amy Means Bales with the 2025 Spirit of Mission: The Georgia Bates Award at the 10th annual Georgia Bates Award Luncheon. If there was anyone who could carry on the l...

Highland Park United Methodist Church’s mission is to help people become deeply devoted followers of Jesus Christ, and part of that comes from having a servant’s heart. Even if someone is born with a heart to serve, it still has to be nurtured and allowed to grow. This year’s Churchwide Serving D...

The Belong Disability Ministry is paying it forward when it comes to making an impact. Participants who have been blessed by Belong’s services and volunteers now have an opportunity to bless others with their own service. Most notably, Give Back Tuesdays. Once a month, on a Tuesday, Chance’s Ca...

The years spanning from seventh grade through high school graduation are a special time for those involved in HPUMC Youth. Senior Owen Johnson knows firsthand how meaningful this time can be. He has attended HPUMC since first grade when his family moved to Highland Park. He has spiritually mature...

The Camp-to-Career program is all about shedding light on possibilities. Khalil Bynum saw those possibilities and ran with them. “My Camp-to-Career experience has shaped me into the person and law school student I am today,” he said. “I am grateful for the experience, connections, life-lessons, ...

There are so many opportunities for adults to serve at HPUMC, and it is easy to get involved. Take Renee Bailey, for example. She wanted to stay busy after retiring and found a group to join. Then another. And another. And another. This past year, Bailey joined the Prayer Blanket Ministry, went ...

Living in Dallas, or even the United States as a whole, can make it feel like opportunities are everywhere, but that is not always the case around the world. One especially challenging place is Africa, where HPUMC provides scholarships for students to attend Africa University in Zimbabwe. There a...

The HPUMC Kids Ministry took its partnership with Charles Rice Learning Center to a deeper level in 2024 by making the school its sole ministry partner. Kids Ministry support included filling 2,500 Easter eggs, creating a college wall where flags of former students’ colleges were displayed as in...