Rev. Caitlin Childers Brown, Pastor and Minister of Service

When Ethan and I first moved out to Waco, Texas for seminary we started visiting churches each Sunday. I knew what I didn't want in a church: I didn't want a large church where I might get lost in the crowd, I didn't want the worship to be rock concert-esq and I didn’t want it to be a church where I would have to question their support of my calling to ministry. This list was a great starting point, but a list of what you don’t want will only get you so far. It only narrows down the playing...

Highland Hills has long been a part of CBF Georgia. We have long sent our children and youth to their events, sometimes hosted the annual gathering, and now we rent out the area behind the chapel for their offices. As I write this, we even have some of our folks driving back from attending the annual CBFGA Senior Adult Retreat in St. Simons. CBFGA is an important organization for us to partner with because they provide us with connections with like-minded local churches and great events for...

It was a cold but beautiful January day in coastal Virginia on the day that Ethan and I got ordained. My family had flown in from Louisiana and driven up from Georgia. Before the ordination service and council meeting, we spent the early afternoon walking around Colonial Williamsburg. I wish I could remember what all we did that weekend, where we ate or what we saw. Instead, I remember the deep feelings of anxiety I felt over my own ordination. My poor stomach was in knots at the idea of not...