| Bob
Batson, Minister of Education/Discipleship
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 (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:
 Bob Batson, Minister of
Education/Discipleship
Donovan
Martin,
Minister of Students/Activities
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:
Preschool –
ground floor, west end of Main Building
Children – upstairs, west end of Main Building
Youth – Ministry Center, east of the Family Life Center
in Highland Shopping Center
University – Main building, lower level of east end
Young Adults – Upstairs, east end of the Main Building
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 -
Annex (northeast corner)
Gary & Sherri Arthur, Directors
Carol Blake, Teacher- Ladies Class (prayer room)
Galon Austin -
Couples class
ADULT 6 -
Annex (northwest corner)
Weldon Hargis, Director
Betty Blevins, Marion Hagler, Teachers
ADULT 7 -
Annex (chapel area)
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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