Trans World Travel, Inc. is a family-owned travel company in downtown Highland Park. It has extensive experience with group travel, as well as leisure and commercial trips as well.
Trans World Travel has experience working with many bands and choir groups, student and alumni tours and booking religious vacations and trips.
Lakeside Congregation is a house of worship located in southern Highland Park. A reform congregation, it focuses on education. The temple houses several schools and study groups, including some for children and women, and also provides continuing adult education. Approximately 360 different families are members of this temple, which has been in operation for more than 50 years.
Church of the Redeemer is an evangelical liturgical church with an emphasis on global connections. It's affiliated with PEAR-USA, the North American branch of the Anglican Church in Rwanda. Services feature music, prayer, reading, proclamation and Communion, which are followed by coffee and fellowship. An additional service of healing prayer is held the first Wednesday of every month.
B'nai Torah is a house of worship located in northeastern Highland Park. The temple is on a picturesque piece of property directly on the lakefront. A casual form of Reform Judaism is practiced here, and the congregation is welcoming and open.
The Children's Center at the Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism is a school located in southern Highland Park. The school advocates a casual, reform form of Judaism, and emphasizes Jewish culture in the children's studies. The school offers nursery school, traditional classes, summer camp and after school programs.
The North Suburban Synagogue Beth El is a house of worship in south eastern Highland Park. Founded in 1948, this temple practices a branch of Conservative Judaism. The temple has a focus on fellowship, especially study, with a number of different study groups taking place at any given time.
Maranatha Church, located just south of downtown Highland Park, is a small congregation that shares space with the Evangelical church and worships at off-peak times. Traditionally, Marantha is a form of worship considered to be quite strict, with a focus on adherence to traditional interpretations of the Bible. The word 'marantha' has its origins in Aramaic, meaning that 'the Lord is coming.'
The Immaculate Conception Parish is a house of worship located south of downtown Highland Park. Founded in 1846, the church has stood for more than a century and a half, making it one of the oldest churches in the region. The church embraces a more traditional interpretation of the scriptures and focuses on compassion and aiding the community in times of need.
Congregation Solel is a vibrant and advancing Reform Jewish congregation of pathfinders committed to sacred worship, social justice and lifelong learning. They welcome and embrace interfaith families and all who seek a spiritual home in the synagogue.
Central Avenue Synagogue doubles as a community center, its mission to provide support and fellowship to all Jewish people. It focuses on the individual, not the individual's religion.
The Evangelical Church of Highland Park is a house of worship located just south of downtown Highland Park. The church is fairly strict in its beliefs that the Bible is the infallible word of God and that Christ is the savior. The church has tasked itself with teaching these ideas to the community at large, while growing with one another in faith.
The Chinese Christian Union Church North is a house of worship located in north central Highland Park. Services are conducted in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. The church is very interactive with its congregation, and links to past sermons, photo albums and youth group activities are available online.
Bethany United Methodist Church of Highland Park is located just south of downtown Highland Park. Extremely friendly and welcoming, Bethany is all about inclusion and compassion. Fellowship is big on the agenda as well, and various groups of church members regularly meet outside the church for study and social events.
Trinity Episcopal Church is a house of worship located just south of downtown Highland Park. The church has been on this site since 1874. Much has changed since those early days, and the church describes the makeup of its current congregation as socially minded and traditional yet liberal.
The First Church of Christ Scientist Highland Park is located in central downtown Highland Park. This place of worship doubles as a reading room, providing constant access to free literature for all of those who are interested. The main branch of the church was founded on the east coast in 1879, and adherents to this faith prefer to forgo medical treatments.
Highland Park Presbyterian Church is a house of worship just south of downtown Highland Park. Largely Presbyterian, the church nonetheless describes itself as open-minded and willing to entertain new ideas. Since 1871, the church has been part of the community, reaching out through both its faith and desire to help the needy.