There's always something interesting happening at Hill House! Our programs and events emphasize Biblical knowledge and intellectual integrity so that students will be equipped to incorporate faith into their academic, personal and professional lives.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch. We'd love to help you get connected.
Weekly Programs
Here is a general overview of our weekly programs. Check the 'Upcoming Events' below for details for this semester.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Fall 2021
Based on real events, Michael "Mike" Burden. As a young man Mike rose to the top of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan and decided to walk away with the help of an unexpected ally.
Starring:Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker, Andrea Riseborough, Usher
A dazzling New York movie that honors the diverse Latinx communities of Upper Manhattan like its boisterous source—the multi-award-winning stage musical that put Lin-Manuel Miranda on the showbiz map before his fame exploded with “Hamilton”—this exuberant screen adaptation (with at least one delightful “Hamilton” Easter Egg) is ready to welcome you back into your neighborhood cinema with open arms, daring to light up that dark room in ways much bigger and brighter than you might remember.
A one time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mum. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
Cliffe Knechtle of 'Give Me An Answer' will be outside Gregory Gym each afternoon Sept 27-Oct 1 from Noon to 4 or 5 pm, engaging you and your gnarly questions about the plausibility of a good God, Who can be known and trusted. Join us out there.
You can learn more about Cliffe on his website or YouTube Channel.
Come From Away Come from Away has been received by audiences and critics as a cathartic reminder of the capacity for human kindness in even the darkest of times and the triumph of humanity over hate. It is a Canadian musical/movie set in the week following the September 11 attacks and tells the true story of what transpired when 38 planes were ordered to land unexpectedly in the small town of Gander in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. The characters in the musical are based on (and in most cases share the names of) real Gander residents as well as some of the 7,000 stranded travelers they housed and fed.
Join us for dinner at 6 on the verandah followed by the movie at 7 with discussion afterwards.
Lowery has adapted the 14th century chivalric romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight into one of the most memorable films of the year, a fascinating swirl of masculinity, temptation, heroism, and religion. Arthurian experts may quibble with some of Lowery’s decisions and it is certainly a film that challenges traditional expectations of stories about heroic knights for modern audiences, but fans will be drawn to this mesmerizing journey guided by Lowery’s incredibly poetic eye, career-best work from Dev Patel...https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-green-knight-movie-review-2021
Join us each Tuesday evening for dinner at 6 followed at 7 by a Bible study on the book of Daniel.
In keeping with Covid protocols we will be dining outside on the verandah which has naturally breezy ventilation. The Bible study will be indoors and masks will be required.
Why study the book of Daniel? As John Lennox explains:
Daniel's story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power. It tells of four teenage friends, born in the tiny state of Judah about twenty-six centuries ago, but captured by Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of Babylon. Daniel describes how they eventually rose to the top echelons of administration. Daniel and his friends did not simply maintain their private devotion to God; they maintained a high-profile witness in a pluralistic society antagonistic to their faith. That is why their story has such a powerful message for us. Society tolerates the practice of Christianity in private and in church services, but it increasingly deprecates public witness. If Daniel and his compatriots were with us today they would be in the vanguard of the public debate. What was it that gave that ancient foursome, Daniel and his three friends, the strength and conviction to be prepared, often at great risk, to swim against the flow?
Join us each week for a pizza lunch as we read and discuss various articles.
Aug 27 article is by Amir Azarvan:https://www.undergroundthomist.org/how-to-think-about-%E2%80%9Cinstitutional%E2%80%9D-racism
Sept 10 article by J Budzszewski: https://www.undergroundthomist.org/how-to-think-about-%E2%80%9Cinstitutional%E2%80%9D-racism
Sept 17 article by Tim Keller: THE FADING OF FORGIVENESS Tracing the disappearance of the thing we need most. https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/the-fading-of-forgiveness/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-ufxtI_y8gIVAWxvBB0M_gE0EAAYASAAEgKCTPD_BwE
Sept 24 article by Tim Keller: THE FADING OF FORGIVENESS Tracing the disappearance of the thing we need most. PART 2 https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/the-fading-of-forgiveness/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-ufxtI_y8gIVAWxvBB0M_gE0EAAYASAAEgKCTPD_BwE
Join us for dinner outside on the verandah Thursday evenings, 6-8pm. Just dinner and good conversation. Please RSVP at mail@hillhouseaustin.org
Welcome back dinner on the verandah outside this Thursday evening, Aug 26th.
Join us from 6-7:30 for a meal and a look ahead to this semester.
