• Intergenerational Book Group pick this summer hopes to draw in soccer fans of all ages. Our book will be Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team that Changed a Town by Warren St. John. This is an inspirational story about the Fugees, a youth soccer teams made up of diverse refugees from around the world. We look forward to the discussion following worship on Sunday, July 20. You can order your paperback copy through Bookmarks by calling or clicking on the “book groups” section of their webpage and look for Highland’s Intergenerational Book Group. You will receive 20 percent off when you order through Bookmarks’ Book Club program. Contact Debbie Layman with questions.

• Matthew 25 Book Group – Being a Matthew 25 congregation means intentional focus on building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism, and eradicating systemic poverty. One way we are addressing these issues is through our new Matthew 25 Book Group. Our next book is Just Faith, by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons. We will gather on Mondays, July 21 and August 18 to discuss the book. Reach out to Debbie Layman with questions or to sign up.

• Summer Poverty Group: Our Poverty Book Group will gather on Monday, August 25 to discuss What We Remember Will Be Saved, by Stephanie Saldana (we will discuss the whole book that night). This book and conversation will focus on the plight of Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Europe around 2015. It has been called “a breathtaking, elegiac odyssey into the heart of the largest refugee crisis in modern history. It reminds us that refugees are storytellers and speakers of vanishing languages, and of how much history can be distilled into a piece of fabric, or eggplant seeds. What we salvage tells our story. What we remember will be saved.” Contact Bookmarks or order your copy or click on the “book groups” section of their webpage and look for Highland’s Poverty Book Group. You will receive 20 percent off when you order through Bookmarks’ Book Club program. Contact Debbie Layman if you have interest in joining the discussions.

• Summer LGBTQ Book Discussion: Letter to My Transgender Daughter, by Carolyn Hays. Our summer LGBTQ book discussion will happen following worship on Sunday, August 10. You can start reading the book now! We will read and discuss Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays. Contact Bookmarks or order your copy or click on the “book groups” section of their webpage and look for Highland’s LGBTQ Book Group. You will receive 20 percent off if you order it through their Book Club program. Please let Debbie Layman know if you have questions or if you would like to join the group.

• 3rd Wednesday Women’s Book Group: This group meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at 7 p.m. at rotating homes and are having a fabulous time together along with lively discussions. The present (and continuing) reading list includes: Ordinary Grace – Krueger; Water for Elephants – Gruen; Calamity of Souls – Baldacci; The Women- Hannah; Tom Lake- Patchett; Demon Copperhead – Kingsolver. Contact Ednamae Fisher for more information or to sign up!