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      Education Ministry

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Bob Batson, Minister of Education/Discipleship

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Our Education Ministry Team

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Our Bible Study Ministry

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) The Adult Sunday School Teaching Team

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) FAITH

      bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Helps for Adult SS Teachers

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        Bob Batson, 
        Minister of Education/Discipleship

        Bob & Jan Batson
        Bob Batson began his ministry  at Highland in November of 1987. He first served at the Activity and Single Adult Minister, and later as the Single and Senior Adult Minister. He became the Education/ Discipleship Minister in 1992.

        Bob graduated from Hearne High School in 1966 and the University of Texas in 1970. He also has a Masters Degree in Christian Ministry from  Wayland Baptist University. He taught and coached in public schools for ten years before answering God’s call into the ministry in 1980.   Bob served on the staff of Central Baptist Church in  Bryan for seven years before coming to Highland.

        Bob and his wife Jan first met while teaching school across the hall from each other in the Houston area, and have been married for 29 years. Jan teaches kindergarten in the Frenship school district. Their daughter, Amber, is a 2001 graduate of Texas Tech in  Management Information Systems and works for  FuelQuest  in Austin. Their son, Todd, is a 2004 graduate of the University of Texas.  He is currently attending Brooklyn Law School in New York..

        Bob currently is the Enlistment Team Leader for the Lubbock Area Baptist Association, on the Board of Directors of  Exodus Prison Ministry and Mission Lubbock.  For the six years he was the director of Canyon Quest, an area-wide summer camp for preteens which he helped to start.   

        Bob’s hobby is model railroading ( http://www.texascentralrr.org ), and he has served as President of the Lubbock Model Railroad Association and is active in the National Model RR Association.

        Our Education Ministry Team

        Highland Baptist is committed to a complete program of ministries for every age group. Supported by a specially trained team of age-group ministers/directors, these programs of nurture provide opportunities for Bible study, fellowship, care, outreach and mission service. We encourage our members to grow in their knowledge of Jesus Christ and to live a life that reflects and compliment the teachings of the Jesus.

        Our ministry team consists of:

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes)Bob Batson, Minister of Education/Discipleship
        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Donovan Martin,   Minister of Students/Activities
        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Kathy O’Guinn, Minister of Childhood Education

        Our Bible Study Ministry

        The heart of our ministry program is Sunday School which meets at 9:30 AM . Through small, age-grouped classes, the Sunday School makes it possible for our people to study the Word of God as it relates to issues of life and faith in a setting where they are known by name and cared for in a personal way.

        We use the new FAMILY BIBLE STUDY curriculum from Lifeway Christian Resources in all of our Sunday school classes, except for the university area.

        We have Bible Study groups for every age group from bed babies to retirement centers. Each group studies the Bible as it applies to their level of experience and maturity. Our goal for every age group is not only that they learn the Bible, but that they are encouraged to live their lives as a "light in the midst of a perverse generation".

        Where the groups meet:

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Preschool – ground floor, west end of Main Building

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Children – upstairs, west end of Main Building

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes)Youth – Ministry Center, east of the Family Life Center in Highland Shopping Center

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) University – Main building, lower level of east end

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Young Adults – Upstairs, east end of the Main Building

        bullet.jpg (974 bytes) Median and Senior Adults – Annex, east of the Main Building

        Our Adult Sunday School is divided into ten departments, beginning at age 20. We are sensitive to the different needs of these diverse groups, and the leadership in each department seeks to offer a broad range of activities and studies to meet the needs of their age-group members. The leadership organizes the departments to minister each other and to provide opportunities to minister to others.

        The Adult Sunday School Teaching Team

        UNIVERSITY - Lower Level on east end of the main building
               Steve Dillard, Teacher
            
        ADULT 2 - (Singles) ground floor, east end
            Clydene Damron, Director/Teacher
          
        ADULT 3 - upstairs, east end
               Michael & Lindsay Scott, Directors
                Bob & Jan Batson,  Travis & Lisa Bruster - Teachers

        ADULT 4 - upstairs, east end
              Tim Pearce, Teacher

        ADULT 5 - ground floor, east (Prayer Room & Fellowship Center)
            Gary & Sherri Arthur, Directors
            Carol Blake, Teacher- Ladies Class
                     Galon Austin - Couples class

        ADULT 6 - annex northwest
           Weldon Hargis, Director
           Betty Blevins, Marion Hagler, Teachers

        ADULT 7 - annex east end
           Jimmy Gary, Director
           Dee Pridmore, Else Munoz, Dan Hatch,  Gwen Stephen, and Bonnie Martin - Teachers

        ADULT 8 - (Ungraded)—Ground floor east end of main building (by Worship Center)
            Ted & Carolyn Ratcliffe, Teachers
            Rip Maples, Department Secretary

        GENERAL OFFICERS
            Jo Baxley, Ronnie Gooch, David Bearden

        GREETERS
          Merle Monroe, Kathleen Thompson, Libby Gilmore

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