Classes
Highlands offers several types of classes designed to help you grow in your faith, connect in community, and live on mission for Jesus Christ. Classes range from short-term and long-term and provide practical, biblical instruction on a variety of topics or books of the Bible.
Discover Highlands
Offered Monthly on a Sunday at 10:30am
Want to know what Highlands is all about? Want to take the next step of connecting in community with the church family? As you tour the campus, you'll learn about Highlands and its ministries, meet the pastors and their wives along with other ministry leaders, and find out how you can be a part of it all.
First Steps
January 4, 2026 at 10:45am
First Steps is a 4-week class that helps new believers understand their new life in Christ. Each class will have plenty of time to ask any question you'd like about Christianity, God, faith, the Bible, and more. We use a "Common Questions" framework for our discussions, and the setting is informal.
Offered Sundays at 10:45am - if you have kids, we have full programming available for them through Highlands Kids.
Foundations
6 Week Small Group Experience
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9:00 am in the Office Building
This 6-week small group experience will help participants come to a greater understanding of who God is, who Jesus is, who the Holy Spirit is, and what it means to be a follower of Jesus. This is a perfect first step for anyone interested in joining a group at Highlands, and a great foundation for the process of discipleship. You'll grow in your faith, connect in community, and learn to live on mission for Jesus Christ.
Equipping Classes
Join pastors, elders and ministry leaders of Highlands as they present classes designed to equip you to be a better follower of Jesus. Classes will cover tough questions about Christianity, encouragement about prayer and caring for others, and other topics such as challenging cultural issues and Christianity in the workplace. No registration is required to attend these classes, and each class session is a stand-alone experience that doesn't require having attended a previous week.
Spiritual Gifts: Knowing How God Has Made Us
Sunday, November 9 at 9:00am in Student Building Room B
We’re called to live on mission for Jesus Christ - to be his witnesses here, near, and far (Acts 1:8). Every follower of Jesus has been given spiritual gifts empowered by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of blessing others. As we more fully understand our spiritual gifting, we’ll experience joy as we serve Christ wherever he calls us.
Spiritual Gifts: Knowing Where God Has Brought Us
Sunday, November 16 at 9:00am in Student Building Room B
The ‘divine intersection’ is when our personal story aligns with our spiritual gifting and we serve God joyfully for Kingdom impact. The story of how God saved us and has been working in our own lives is an important part of how our gifts will be used to serve others. Come learn the ways you can be equipped to share your story - both the triumphs and the challenges - for the building up of others.
Spiritual Gifts: Knowing God’s Role for Us
Sunday, November 23 at 9:00am in Student Building Room B
Throughout the Apostle Paul’s life, God created intersections between Paul and other people. Paul’s only aim was to finish the assignment God gave him. As a follower of Jesus, your life’s purpose is to complete the assignment God has given to you too. Get equipped to know the role God has given every believer and how we can live it out each day, no matter where God takes us.
Upcoming Fall 2025 Classes:
- Sunday, November 9 - Spiritual Gifts: Knowing How God Has Made Us
- Sunday, November 16 - Spiritual Gifts: Knowing Where God Has Brought Us
- Sunday, November 23 - Spiritual Gifts: Knowing God’s Role for Us
- Tuesday, December 2 - Assurance of Salvation
Women's classes
Our ministry for women features several classes designed to help women grow in their knowledge of the Bible. All women's classes meet at Highlands and are offered at various day and evening times throughout the week. Women's ministry classes include:
- Chronological Bible Study years 1, 2, and 4
- Precepts Bible Studies in Isaiah and Hebrews
- Experiencing God
- My Deeper Walk
- And many more!