December 21st Announcements

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We had a good class today with 16 in attendance. Paul brought a lesson on Daniel, Chapter 9, the Interrupted Prayer. Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. "Christos" is the name of the annual book for the adult LifeGroups using Life Bible Study for 2009. The books are available in the lobby for $5. Lessons will begin on Fresh Start Sunday, January 11th.

2. Annual Candlelight Christmas Eve Service, December 24th at 4 and 6 p.m. Bring your whole family for this special Christmas tradition of worship.

3. No LifeGroups on Sunday, December 28th and one worship service at 10 a.m.

4. God's Blueprints on Marriage Seminar, Saturday, January 10 from 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Student Building. HAFBC's new marriage ministry lead by Chris & Lydia Lewis will be hosting this one day event. This is an opportunity to learn more about the new marriage ministry while understanding what God's design is for your marriage. Chris and Lydia Lewis served 7 years as Homebuilder's Director's for the Houston area with FamilyLife Ministries and have lead many conferences. For more information, visit our website at www.hafbc.com.

5. Fresh Start Sunday is on January 11th!

6. Prayer Summit with Daniel Henderson, Saturday, January 17th from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Building. You will not want to miss this special time with Daniel Henderson who is President of Strategic Renewal International. He is a preacher, author and conference leader that has spoken to thousand of people across the world. His focus is prayer. You should expect to gain a much deeper appreciation for the gift of prayer and how God listens and responds. Daniel will be preaching the following morning in our worship service.

7. Men's Conference with Steve Farrar is scheduled for Friday & Saturday, January 30 & 31. This free event will prove to be a benchmark for men finding or renewing their relationship with their Heavenly Father and their families. Steve is one of the most sought after speakers to men in America. Men don't miss this event!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Keep the Biggerstaffs in your prayers. Their new daughter, Meara, has not been released from the hospital yet and is having problems breathing while eating.

2. Derek Boomer requested prayer for a secretary at his office. Her baby was born three weeks early and had to be fed through a tube. Unfortunately the tube fed into the wrong place and liquid went into her lungs and other places.

3. The Johnson Family (friends of Sabrina Stark) lost a member of their family, Harold, to cancer last week.

4. All of our friends that are traveling over the Christmas holiday season.

Updated Prayer Requests

1. PRAISE! Jon & Emily Biggerstaff welcomed a baby GIRL on Dec. 15th. Meara Therese Biggerstaff was born at 6:27 p.m. and weighed 7 lb 6 oz. The baby was having a little difficulty breathing, and is being kept in the NICU under supervision.

2. Please pray for the family and friends of Harold Johnson, family friend of Sabrina Stark's family in Oklahoma. He has been battling bone cancer and he passed away yesterday.

3. Please pray for Bonnie Brown and Robert Coon. Bonnie's father passed away yesterday and Bonnie and Robert are traveling to Pennsylvania right now for the funeral.

4. Please pray for the Warners because Dave had his second surgery of the month yesterday. He had is tonsils removed, and Amanda said everything went fine and he is doing well.

Announcements!

Hey Guys and Gals!

Church was great as always! 23 people were there!

The only new announcement is guy's night out this wednesday at derek boomer's house! if you did not receive an email please contact him at derek.boomer@hatchmott.com

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Josh Eldridge to find a new job since he was just laid off
• Emily was admitted to the hospital last night. Please pray that the baby will be delivered safe and that they both will be fine.
• Emma Williams is sick
• Please pray for some of Matt Greenfield's friends as they might potentially be lossing their jobs soon.
• Pray that Elise Huff's brother will make the right decision on marrying his girlfriend.
• Dave Warner has surgery tomorrow on his tonsils
• Pray for Bonnie Brown to have a safe trip back home to Pennsylvania and for her dad as he just had a heart attack.

Hope everyone has a great week!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

We had our December Girls' Night Out on Wednesday at the Starks' house. What a great time of fellowship with girlfriends, cookie decorating, and hot cocoa! The creativity in the cookie decorating was very impressive. One of the best parts of the night was we all got so excited when we realized how much it had been snowing. The girls tricked poor Paul into coming outside to take a picture and he got pummelled with snowballs. What a good sport!

Jenna, Sabrina, Laurie, Kathrine, Valerie, Elise, Carrie, and Emily

Valerie, Elise, and Carrie

Laurie and Kathrine

Let it Snow! - Emily, Carrie, Laurie, Amanda, Kathrine, Jenna, and Sabrina

December 7th Announcements

Howdy Friends! Great class today with a lesson on CONSISTENCY reiterated by Daniel's Unwillingness to Compromise. Great group participation! We're looking forward to seeing you all back in class next week. Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class on Dec. 7th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. DISCOVERY Young Adult Bible Study continues this Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the student bdlg.

2. GNO! Girls Night is this Wednesday, December 10th at 7 p.m. at Sabrina's house. We'll be decorating Christmas cookies and drinking yummy hot cocoa. The cocoa, cookies and frosting will be provided, but be sure to bring your favorite toppings for both!!! RSVP to sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.

3. Dec. 13th- Annual Christmas Angel Party given by HAFBC for children of incarcerated parents and needy families. The church needs more volunteers to work the event. If you are interested, call the church at 281-446-8168.

4. Dec. 24th -Annual Candlelight Christmas Eve Service. Two services offered at 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. Bring your entire family and all of your friends for this Christmas tradition of worship.

5. Dec. 28th - NO LIFEGROUPS!!!!

6. January 10th - God's Blueprint for Marriage Seminar. Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Awesome opportunity for the couples in our class to attend this and renew and strengthen our marriages. Chris & Lydia Lewis will be leading our sessions. They have worked seven years on staff with FamilyLife Ministries and have led many conferences. They are also members of HAFBC!

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Please continue to pray for the Warners as they both recover from surgeries this past week.

2. Pray for the Biggerstaffs and their soon-to-be born baby! Due Dec. 15th!

3. Please pray for Bonnie and Robert.

4. Please pray for Derek as he travels for work this week.

5. Please pray for Matt as he travels home today.

6. Please pray for Jenna's nephew, Ryan, as we await the results of his tests taken in Budapest.

7. Please pray for Bonnie, as she suffered a miscarriage this week.

8. Praise God for the Childers' celebration of FIVE years of marriage on Dec. 6th!

NOV 30TH ANNOUNCEMENTS

We hope that you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving this past week. Thanks to Dave and Amanda for taking care of announcements and prayer requests in class as we were out this past Sunday. Also, thanks to Michael for bringing the lesson. Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class on 11/30:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dec 2nd - DISCOVERY Bible Study Series continues! Guest speaker this week is Michael Kelley. Join us in the student bldg at 7 p.m. Childcare is provided in the church if needed.

Dec 6th - She Celebrates Christmas! This is a really wonderful event for all the women of our church and I encourage our ladies to go as a group. For more info visit the church website at www.hafbc.com

Dec. 10th - GNO! Cookie Decorating, YUMMY! Sabrina will supply the cookies and frosting. Everyone else bring your favorite cookie and hot cocoa topping. (There will also be a hot cocoa bar to go along with our yummy snacks.) Questions and RSVPs to sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Amanda Warner is having surgery on her shoulder this Friday.

2. Noel's brother got engaged recently, pray for the engagement and marriage.

3. Noel's aunt's tests on the cysts she had run last week came back okay!

4. Bonnie Brown needs our prayers for family issues and to find a new job.

5. The holidays are a busy time of year, so pray for the safety of the couples in our class.

6. Pray for all the marriages in our class.

Tacky Christmas Sweater Party

Last Friday, we had our Tacky Christmas Sweater Party at the Childers' house. We had a great time playing a "Guys against Girls" Christmas trivia game where the girls did win. We also had a contest for the Tackiest Guy (which was almost unanimously Derek), the Tackiest Gal (Emily), and the Tackiest Couple (The Starks). All in all, it was a great time of fellowship with friends and delicious food.

The Greenfields
The Boomers

The Williams

The Davis's

Playing Christmas Trivia

The Omensons

The Childers

Emma, Madison, and Saige

The Starks

The Biggerstaffs

NOV 23rd Announcements & Prayer Requests

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We hope that everyone enjoys a blessed time with family and friends this week. Stay safe if you are traveling! Be sure to read the following announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class on Sunday, Nov 23rd.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Dec 6th - She Celebrates Christmas - Women's Christmas dinner and marketplace. See www.hafbc.com for more details. This is a fantastic women's event for women of ALL ages. Please take part if you are free that morning.

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Noel's Aunt Donna has some cysts that are being removed today and examined. Please pray for a safe procedure and good diagnosis.

2. Lift up the Pike family in your prayers. They are former classmates who now live in Midland.

3. Brad, Nicole and Reid Brian would all like to say THANKS for the meals and support after Reid was born!

4. Lift up Ann Childers, Dustin's step-mother, as she is having a procedure done this week and we are all hoping for a simple and easy diagnosis and treatment.

5. Ryan Silby, Dustin & Jenna's nephew who is living in the Czech Republic w/ missionary parents, fell and hit his head on cement this week. He suffered a severe concussion, was unconscious for five minutes, unresponsive for 30 min and showed signs of a seizure. The english-speaking neurologist diagnosed him with a severe concussion and released him from the hospital after 24 hrs. Ryan is allowed no tv, videogames, or school for several weeks b/c they do not want any additional brain stimulation. Praise God for Ryan's quick recovery and thank the Lord for watching over him during what could have been a much worse situation.

6. Pray for Jeremy Williams as he speaks at the Keller-Williams prayer meeting on Tuesday. This is an awesome opportunity for the Lord to use him to work in the lives of others.

7. Pray for all of our friends as they travel this holiday week.

8. Pray for all of the marriages in our class. Many times even our closest friends are in the midst of hard times in their marriage and we don't even know it. We need to always be lifting each other up to the Lord.

Girls Potluck Dinner and Baggie-Making!

Everyone from left to right: Kathrine, Jenna, Laurie, Valerie, Kim, Tessa, Emily, Sabrina, Crystal, and Carrie!

November 16 Prayers and Announcements

Good job to Paul today (as usual)! We had a pretty good turn out in class today but missed everyone who couldn't make it.



Prayer Requests-

• Pastor Search Committee


• Amanda Warner's boss had two loses in the family this week (mother and son)


• Jeremy Williams had his wisdom teeth removed


• Jeremy Williams father's health


• Matt Greenfield is sick


• Saige Childers is sick
• Pray that the guys will become closer in the class and want to work on relationships with one another.

Please look to the right for upcoming events this week and the weeks to follow!

David Cox is here now to be the interum pastor!!

WEEKLY ANNOUCEMENTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS

Class was fantastic yesterday. We had four new visitors and a total of 21 in class. Paul brought us a great lesson on Josiah and his faithfulness to God and The Book Of The Law; which led the entire nation of Judah back to the God of Israel. Next week we'll be talking about Jeremiah and we hope you can all be at lifegroup with us! Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class on Nov 9th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS for THIS WEEK:

1. Nov 11th - Ladies' Lunch at La Madeline in Kingwood at 11:30 a.m. RSVP to Sabrina at sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.

2. Nov 12th - Playtime at the Rushings house at 9:30 a.m. RSVP to Kathrine at kathrine_rushing@hotmail.com.

3. Nov 12th - DISCOVERY Bible study series at 7 p.m. in the student building. This is an awesome bible study for our age group, and you can join in at anytime, so if you haven't attended yet, please make plans to come this week. Johnny Buckles is leading the study on the Character of God and he will be teaching us about God, the Father this week. FREE childcare is provided if needed.

4. Nov 13th - This Thursday night is the guys Wii party! Meet at the Starks at 7 p.m. RSVP to Derek at derek.boomer@hatchmott.com.

5. Nov 16th - Angel Trees will be downstairs in the lobby of HAFBC for you to pick a needy child to purchase Christmas presents for this year.

5. Nov 17th - Girls Night Out! (GNO!) Potluck and baggies at Kathrine's house at 7 p.m. RSVP to sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net. Let her know if you want the Evite!

PRAYER REQUESTS/PRAISES

1. Michael & Brittany Cline are expecting their second child in May!

2. Please pray for our new president elect and our country.

3. Please pray for the marriages in our class.

OSU v TT Watchparty!!!

The Starks are pumped up about the upcoming Oklahoma State v Texas Tech game this Saturday night and they'd like to invite everyone over to their house to watch it. Kick-off is at 7 p.m. on November 8th. Feel free to bring snacks and drinks to share! RSVP to paul.d.stark@sbcglobal.net.

Prayer Requests and Such

Paul did an awesome job with the lesson yesterday! We spoke about the story of Jonah and all the miracles God did with and through Jonah.

Prayer Requests...

• Election Day is tomorrow! Pray that God will have his hand in everything and that we can be at peace and know he has it under control no matter who gets it.
• Amanda Warner has been having bad headaches. Please be praying for her.
• The Williams are having a baby boy! Logan Austin will be born in March!
• Crystal Boomer has been on a yeast overgrowth diet for her intestines. Please pray that God will rid the yeast soon!
• Our church is still looking for a pastor so please keep the search committee in your prayers
• The Pruitt family has been under the weather and need prayer to be healed from sickness and rest from being overworked!

Playgroup Costume Party

This past week our playgroup met at Kim & Madison's house for a costume party and to have fun decorating pumpkins! Fun was had by everyone...especially the little ones! Here is a pic of Briggs (Spider), Madison (Fairy), and Emma (Princess).

THIS SUNDAY!!!

A message from Paul Stark:

Happy Thursday to everyone! This Sunday we will study the book of Jonah. Of course most people immediately think about Jonah and the whale, but the heart of the story is actually chapters 3 & 4. I encourage everyone to read the book of Jonah before Sunday...

1) Ladies: Why is Jonah often referred to as the "reluctant prophet"? Why did he not want to go to Ninevah?

2) Guys: What is the "sign of Jonah" (see Matthew 12:40)? This is a tough one because scholars have differing views on this topic, but see what you can find...in fact I need to do some more research on this topic as well.

Oh yeah, don't forget that this Sunday is Daylights Savings Time. Remember to "fall back" one hour. So there are no excuses for being late on Sunday morning :)

Hope to see you on Sunday, Paul

Girls' Night Out Pumpkin Carving

We had our annual Girls' Night Pumpkin Carving on Monday night. We had a great time carving pumpkins and snacking on yummy fall treats! We thought all the pumpkins turned out quite cute! Some of us got very creative with the costumes this year. If you can't tell, Emily is the virgin Mary and Crystal is a gangsta. Nice grill, Crystal!

Sabrina, Valerie, Emily, Tessa, and Crystal

BOOTH SIGN UP

The church has asked our class to run the Clown Bean Bag Toss Booth at the Fall Festival this Friday night. Please sign up to help out the church and make sure the kiddos have safe and fun halloween. I know that this is a major outreach event for HAFBC every year.

To sign up, email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com and tell her which time slot you want to take.

Teams of Two (husband/wife, two women, or two men)
Available Shifts:
5:20-6:30 p.m.
6:30-7:30 p.m.
7:30-8:30 p.m.

Oct 26th Class Announcements & Prayer Requests

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Tuesday Nights!!! DISCOVERY Young Adult Discipleship series. Please join all of us for this awesome weeknight Bible study in the student bldg. Everyone keeps talking about how fantastic it is and how much you will learn about who GOD really is. Every Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

2. Oct 27th IS GIRLS NIGHT OUT! We'll be partying at our annual pumpkin carving costume party! Remember to bring a pumpkin, carving tools, wear your costume, and a snack to share. If you haven't gotten the evite, reply to this and let me know.

3. Oct 29th is PLAYGROUP! We'll be dressing the kiddos up for a costume party and letting them decorate little pumpkins. Bring a little pumpkin and treat to share.

4. OCT 31ST is HAFBC's ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL!!! Drop off donated bags of candy and cookies in the boxes in the lobby each Sunday. Sign up to work our class booth. We need teams of two for one-hour sessions. (5:20-6:30) (6:30-7:30) and (7:30-8:30). Email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com to sign up.

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Keep praying of our future pastor and for the search committe as they look for our future pastor.

2. Please pray for the marriages in our class. We ALL need to pray for each other and support each other to build our marriages on Christ.

3. Pray for Saige Childers as she has had hand, foot and mouth disease this past week and is having a hard time eating and drinking.

Down On The Farm

For our October social we all went to Dewberry Farm outside of Katy for some fun times in the "country". Hey, anything with corn in the Houston area is country, right?!? We had a lot of fun. There were a TON of things for kids to do, and they tired out pretty quickly. Some folks took the hayride, picked pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, strolled through the jack-o-lantern trail, rode the human size mouse wheels, and I'm sure many other things. The adults had super fun running through the corn maze and getting lost...yes Dustin, we said LOST! The men would like to beat on their chest and say that they got us all out of the crazy thing, but the women have to argue that we are the ones who talked the men into finally trying a NEW route instead of the one they took like 30 times! Ha! Kidding. It was all in good fun, and we all left laughing.

Here are some pics from the night. Can't wait for our Christmas social!

We're BLOGGING

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