Aid Sudan 5k Race

One of the Sudanese woman with her little girl
Paul finishing the race
Paul leaving his wife behind
This little boy had his shirt off.....
...and this was the little girls' reaction to it (EWW!)
Cheerleaders
Hard at work
First place and his time

Volunteers



Prayer before the race
Some of the men from Sudan
T-shirts

Thanks to all of you who attended the Aid Sudan 5k run Saturday, April 25. Your volunteering and participation in the run was really appreciated.

April 26th Announcements and Prayers

Thank you, Derek, for bringing the lesson this week!

Announcements

• Girl's Night Out - This Wednesday (29) at AMC Bowling Alley. Be there at 7 p.m. If you haven't received an evite from Sabrina please email her at sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net
• God's Blueprint for Marriage Conference - May 1 (at 7 p.m.) and 2 (at 9 a.m.) in the Student Building room M200

Prayer Requests

• A general prayer for the Starks
• Michael resigned his job and will be starting his new one soon.
• Cecily gave birth to baby Caroline last night. Please keep her, the baby, and Corey in your prayers.
  

Announcements and Prayers April 19

Hello friends! It was great to see everyone at church and to experience "The Other 6 Days" Seminar. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far and enjoying the weather.

Prayers
1. Healing of Dustin's foot
2. Jenna's pregnancy...Davin needs to stay put!
3. Michael is looking for a potential new job.

Announcements

Not too many new announcements this week.

1. This Saturday we are hoping to be able to participate in the Aid Sudan 1k and 5k at Bear Park. See below for more info. If you did not receive an evite please email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com

2. Next Wednesday is GNO (girls night out). Hope all you ladies can join. We will be bowling at 7 p.m. If you need information and did not receive it from Sabrina, her email address is sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net

Spring 2009 - Local Missions Project

Come run/walk with the Sudanese and all proceeds will go to Aid Sudan as they aid in growing strong southern Sudanese communities committed to serving Jesus Christ.

JOIN our lifegroup as we take part in the annual Aid Sudan 5k on Saturday, April 25th. The race is located in Bear Creek Park, Pavilion 6, Houston, TX. Here is the itinerary for the race:

7:45 a.m. Children's 1k
8:00 a.m. Adult 5k race/fun walk
Strollers are welcome, and will be lined up at the back of the participants

$30 registration fee for adults
$10 registration fee for children
(Fee includes t-shirt)

You can sign up to take part in the race at www.aidsudan.org, or in the church's lobby this Sunday.

We are also working with Aid Sudan to man a refreshment tent where we need volunteers from our lifegroup to hand out bottled waters to the race participants. We will be taking up monetary donations in class this Sunday to purchase the bottled water. We appreciate ALL donations.

Please plan to take advantage of this opportunity for your entire family to take part in a local missions project. We need volunteers to:

• Run/walk the race
• Donate money for water and ice
• Man the refreshment tent
• Lend ice chests to hold the water
• Lend a 10x10 canopy for us to sit under

If you are able to volunteer, please let Jenna know by emailing her at jnhc99@yahoo.com. An Evite was also sent out today.

April 5th Announcements

Yesterday was full of great discussion in class. It was our first week in our new bible study format and we appreciate everyone's input as we "circled up" and dove into the study of Jesus calming the storm in Mark. For those of you out yesterday, we missed each of you and hope to see you back in TWO weeks! Remember, lifegroups are cancelled this Sunday due to the special Easter Services.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• April 8th - GUYS' NIGHT this WEDNESDAY NIGHT at the Lake Houston YMCA for a friendly game of basketball. RSVP to derek.boomer@hatchmott.com
• April 8th - Mom2Mom meeting at 9:30 a.m. in the worship center. RSVP to Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com if you plan to attend.
• April 12th - Easter Sunday there will be two services offered one at 9 a.m. and the second at 11 a.m. No lifegroups will meet.
• April 12th - the preschool department is in serious need of teachers on Easter Sunday as lots of their regular teachers will be out of town. If you are willing to help out in a children's class on Easter Sunday, please call the church at 281-446-8168 and ask for Cathy Lane.
• April 17th - CLASS SOCIAL!!! Be on the look out for the Evite soon.
• April 25th -Saturday, Local Missions Project. More info to be given out soon via email.
• May 1 & 2 - MARRIAGE CONFERENCE AT HAFBC!!! God's Blueprints for Marriage. Enrollment forms were handed out in class yesterday. If you plan to attend you need to email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com. Thanks to the couples who have already signed up...we're hoping to have a big group present at this awesome event. Chris & Lydia Lewis are leading it and say that if you already have a good marriage, this will make it great. If you have a struggling marriage...this will save it. The cost is $50 per couple and covers the literature, breakfast and lunch on Saturday. There are scholarships available if you are not able to afford the $50 fee. Please let Jenna know if you plan to attend.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Jenna needs prayer for a struggling friendship.
• Crystal asks that you pray for her brother, Coy.
• Pray for our church's pastor search.
• Pray for the marriages in our class.
• Pray for the Lord to bless our lifegroup each Sunday with great lessons and discussion, strengthen our attendance, and bring us new couples to join our lifegroup and our church.