September 6th Announcements

It was so good to see everyone in class yesterday as Paul talked on seeking God during grief and how we can look to the story of Mary and Martha for examples of how we can trust him to comfort us! To study more on the subject you can look to John 11: 17-27; 41-45.

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. MEN's POKER NIGHT at 7 p.m. at Derek's house. Bring a good poker snack and your poker face! Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner...that's blackjack, but oh well. RSVP to Derek at derek.boomer@hatchmott.com

2. God's Blue Print for Marriage conference is scheduled for September 11-13. God has already used this conference to change the hearts and lives of men and women and their marriages. Let me urge you to go to this weekend event. See more details in church bulletin and website. You can even sign-up on our website. www.hafbc.com

3. NEW Bible Study for WOMEN ONLY will begin on September 23rd. Receive a flier in class and sign up today! This is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen your walk with Christ and build friendships with the women in our class. The first study is only four weeks long and titled The Darkest Hours: Seeking God in Desperation. We’ll study the stories of Samson, Hannah, Ruth and Hezekiah. We will meet every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8 p.m. at HAFBC. Childcare will be provided downstairs. The study will be facilitated by Jenna and Sabrina. Questions? Contact Jenna and/or Sabrina at jnhc99@yahoo.com or sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net .

4. Churchwide Discipleship Classes are scheduled to begin in September. See www.HAFBC.com for details.

5. The Newcomers' Class will be on September 27. This class is intended for those of you interested in learning more about HAFBC before you join.

6. Mali, Africa. Our church will be continuing its evangelism and church planting efforts in Mali, West Africa from October 27 - November 6, 2009. The team will be sharing evangelistic and discipleship bible stories among the Dafing people group in the remote village of Goere. If you would like more information please contact: Richard Barrow missions@hafbc.com, orShirley Sims ssims@hafbc.com

7. Christos books are available in the library for $5.

Prayer Requests

1. Keep everyone traveling in your prayers for safety.

2. Please pray for the Childer's friend's daughter, her name is Moriah Nelson and her parents are Justin & Victoria. They live in Los Angeles and Moriah has been in the hospital continuously for the last 11 months. She was born with a massive heart defect, but a doctor at Stanford performed radical surgery and fixed her heart 100%. Praise God! Then, she got terrible respiratory problems and has had to be intubated too many times to count. She was born with C.H.A.R.G.E syndrome. They found out this week that she has no hearing in her left ear and very little in her right ear. This may cause her to never walk. She was supposed to go home on Sept 9th for the first time in nearly a year (with at-home care), but now she has pnuemonia and won't be leaving the hospital. Her parents are only 25 years old and this is their first child. They are awesome believers and their faith and trust in God through all of this has been amazing to watch. Please pray for healing for Moriah.

3. Jenna's college roommate suffered a miscarriage this past week and it has been difficult for her and her husband to understand, but they are placing everything in God's hands and trusting Him.

4. Please pray for Saige to get better soon. She has a stomach virus. And please pray that no one else in their house gets it.

5. Please pray for Dustin at work.

6. Please pray for Jenna's dad. He retired two months ago and feels "lost" without going to work each day and needs things to keep him busy and healthy.

7. Pray for Paul's co-worker's 21 year old daughter who had a major accident a couple weeks ago and is still in a coma. It is the Kallmeyer family.

8. Jennifer Huff's car was broken into so pray they find the funds to get the damages fixed.

9. Pray that the Huff's credit while they are in the market of buying a new home.

10. Jennifer will be traveling alone with their son this coming weekend so pray for safety.

Enjoy the rest of the Labor Day weekend!!