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This service embodies the richness of worship in the Methodist tradition by being both catholic and evangelical—ministering to head and heart. Every Sunday, the congregation hears and responds to God through hymns, prayers, the reading and preaching of scripture, and weekly celebration of Holy Communion. Learn more: hpumc.org/visit
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HPUMC - The Chapel (Scriptural Teaching)

Highland Park United Methodist Church

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Set in the beautiful Cox Chapel, this service features acoustic worship and preaching. Each week we’ll sing traditional hymns and contemporary songs of faith, and take an in-depth look at scripture and practical wisdom for living out our faith today.
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Love is a very important word in our vocabulary. Jesus seems to proclaim it’s the most important word of all, and the Apostle Paul lists it first among the nine Fruits of the Spirit. But what does it really mean? Is it a feeling? Is it an action? Is it both? If love is so important, we better understa…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Forgiveness is foundational to the Christian life and yet, it is often misunderstood. This misunderstanding creates one of the greatest obstacles to cultivating love in our lives. Originally used as a financial term, to forgive means to cancel a debt, choosing not to collect it now or in the future. W…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. What is love? It’s a word we often use, but do we really know what it means? Although the ancient Greeks had several words for love, “agape” is the term that appears 259 times in the New Testament. This word refers to an unconditional, sacrificial kind of love that combines feeling and action. A class…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. In our new series, Cultivate, we've been reminded by Scripture that we can’t make the fruits of the Holy Spirit grow in our lives; only God can do that! But we can cultivate environments where fruit is more likely to grow. Before we engage with each fruit in particular, we need to first consider a cru…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. When teaching about the Kingdom of God, Jesus often spoke in parables in order to cause people to reflect and think about his words. In this week’s sermon, we focus on Jesus’ explanation of the Parable of the Sower in which he uses the imagery of soil to describe the receptivity of the heart. In his d…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. “Turn the other cheek” might just be one of Jesus’ most difficult sayings. Does he really mean that when others mistreat us, we should allow them to continue? On the contrary! This sermon delves into the context behind this passage and the surprising dignity it offers us as God’s children, made in God…
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. As followers of Christ, we choose a life marked by the Fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). However, there is an ongoing battle within all of us between the flesh and the Spirit. When we are living by the flesh, we are being …
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Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Last week, we started a new sermon series: Cultivate. We were reminded by the apostle Paul that when we “walk by the Spirit,” God will grow these fruits within us. Sounds easy, but who exactly is the Spirit? Wh…
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control… Who doesn’t need more of these blessings in their lives? While we recognize that only God can grow us in these areas, it does require our participation. By keeping in step with the Spirit we cultivate a life that is conducive to producing and growing in the …
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. What a list! Who wouldn’t want a little more of any of those blessings in our lives? Who wouldn’t want more of any of those blessings in our community? It turns out that God longs to bless creation—not just a little—but with an abundance of every one of thos…
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