SOUPER Bowl Sunday is Feb 7th

HAFBC will be collecting canned goods on February 7th, so please grab some extra cans of food when you grocery shop this week and bring them to church with you on Sunday, Feb 7th. There will be boxes around the church to deposit your donation. THANKS!

January 24th Announcements

We had another great lesson in class yesterday morning and lots of good discussion. Thanks to Jared for teaching the lesson! Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class. Let us know if you have anything to add and enjoy your week!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Haiti Survivor Support: Sunday in our worship services we will have a special time of prayer for our Haitian friends. Our church through the Cooperative Program is presently providing funds for Haitian relief. For additional personal donations please go to our website (www.hafbc.com) to donate to one of three organizations that are having a major impact in Haiti both physically and spiritually - Samaritans Purse, World Vision, International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

2. MOM2MOM is a great menor ministry for mothers of babies, toddlers and preschoolers. The next meeting is Feb 17th at 9:30 a.m. You need to RSVP and sign up for childcare by Feb 12th. Send an email to mom2mom_hafbc@yahoo.com.

3. Fresh Truth: Bringing Ancient Stories to Life. Beginning Wednesdays, at 6:45 - 7:45 the church will be offering training for all LifeGroup teachers and anyone else who desires to discover or improve teaching skills. Johnny Buckles will be leading the 6 week study. You can sign-up in your LifeGroup or email Rick Whitaker at rwhitaker@hafbc.com. Anyone is welcome to attend.

4. GNO! – Girls Night Valentine Cookie Decorating, January 25th @ 7 p.m. An Evite has been sent out with all the details. If you need an Evite or have any questions contact Sabrina at sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.

5. H2H is Saturday, February 6th from 8:30 to noon. H2H is our church’s ministry for local missions. We can choose a local missions project to participate in that day. If you would like to coordinate this event for our lifegroup, please contact Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com or talk to her in class.

6. SUPER BOWL OF CARING, Sunday, Feb 7– Bring one canned food item or $1 to donate during the worship service to this collaborative missions effort for the hungry in Houston.

7. Men! Beginning Wednesday, February 3 from 6:45 to 7:45 the men of HAFBC will be meeting monthly in the Worship Center for a night that focuses on scripture and the challenges it offers to men. Stuart Henslee will be challenging men in their daily walk with the Lord. From this gathering of men, we will be forming weekly mentoring groups of 7 men or less. The purpose of the groups will be to share life together with the intention of building strong bonds of friendship and accountability around God's Word. Watch for more details to follow.

8. Women! She Celebrates is scheduled for Sunday night, Feb. 28th.

9. Feb 7th @ 4:30 p.m. the Starks are hosting their 5th Annual Super Bowl Party. Check your Evite, RSVP, vote for what you want to eat, and see all the details. If you need more info, please contact Paul at paul.d.stark@sbcglobal.net.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please lift up these prayer requests this week:

1. Matt C is a firefighter and he rescued a 21 year old girl who was dead, they were able to bring her back and she is currently in the hospital.

2. Derek A.'s sister has a c-section scheduled for this Friday.

3. Dustin and decisions that have been made at work.

4. Our pastor search committee and prayer for the heart of our future pastor.

Winter Games 2010

Looks like we started a new tradition...the CBS Lifegroup Winter Games. This year we all decided to take part in an olympic themed social, but our games were a little less intense and a lot more silly! We took part in three events; the three legged race, the balloon bust and ice blocking. Each event was broken into heats, the winners advanced to the next heat and we ultimately declared a winner in each event. Thanks for all the laughs and memories folks! We have photos to remember the night for years to come. See y'all this summer for the CBS Lifegroup Summer Games!

January 17th Update

So good to see everyone at church yesterday and to hear everyone's opinion. Thanks, Paul, for bringing another great lesson on being a leader!

There are lots of announcements coming up so mark your calendars so you don't miss out on the fun!

Announcements

1. GUYS NIGHT, BOWLING, this Tuesday night, Jan 19th at 7 p.m. at MAX BOWL on Wilson Road. Address: 2390 Wilson Road, Humble.

2. Girlfriends By Grace bible study, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in Room 2209. Join all the women from our lifegroup for bible study every Wednesday night. We are on the fifth week of a 12-week study entitled Calm My Anxious Heart, by Linda Dillow.

3. Fresh Truth: Bringing Ancient Stories to Life. Beginning Wednesday, January 20th at 6:45 - 7:45 the church will be offering training for all LifeGroup teachers and anyone else who desires to discover or improve teaching skills. Johnny Buckles will be leading the 6 week study. You can sign-up in your LifeGroup or email Rick Whitaker at rwhitaker@hafbc.com. Anyone is welcome to attend.

4. Lots of Discipleship classes are being offered at HAFBC on Wednesday nights. For a list of the classes, email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com

5. H2H is Saturday, February 6th from 8:30 to noon. H2H is our church’s ministry for local missions. We can choose a local missions project to participate in that day. If you would like to coordinate this event for our lifegroup, please contact Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com or talk to her in class.

6. Men! Beginning Wednesday, February 3 from 6:45 to 7:45 the men of HAFBC will be meeting monthly in the Worship Center for a night that focuses on scripture and the challenges it offers to men. Stuart Henslee will be challenging men in their daily walk with the Lord. From this gathering of men, we will be forming weekly mentoring groups of 7 men or less. The purpose of the groups will be to share life together with the intention of building strong bonds of friendship and accountability around God's Word. Watch for more details to follow.

7. Women! She Celebrates is scheduled for Sunday night, Feb. 28th.

8. Girls Night Out is Monday, January 25, at Kim Davis's house. We will be making Valentine's cookies so make sure to put what you are bringing on the evite. If you did not receive an evite please email Sabrina at Sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net

9. Baby Shower for Nicole Agnew and Crystal Boomer is Sunday, January 24 at 4 p.m. Hosted at Nicole Brian's home.

10. Super Bowl Party is Sunday, February 7th at the Starks. Come have some fun and feel free to invite your friends!

11. Meals will be scheduled soon for the Jones Family so be on the look out for the sign up.

Prayer Requests

• Praise! Laura's, Paul, brother is getting over having rabies. Continue to pray for him as he leaves for Haiti.
• Continue to pray for Stefanie's family has they deal with the lost of her cousin, Morgan.
• Pray for Dustin C.'s brother has he travels to Afghanistan for work.
• Pray for the Greenfield's ultrasound to show a healthy baby this Monday.
• Praise! Derek A.'s brother won a car!
• Pray for Derek B.'s spine and overall health.
• Pray for Crystal's family to have wisdom and to listen to God's voice with their current issue.
• Praise! Paul and Sabrina are pregnant and will be expecting Baby Stark in August!
  

If you have more prayer requests or announcements you would like to add please contact Jenna Childers at jnhc99@yahoo.com or Crystal Boomer at crysmer@hotmail.com

Kim & Elizabeth's Diaper Shower

Our first of many baby showers for 2010 was hosted last weekend. Thanks to all the ladies that helped with the shower and to Nicole B. for coordinating and hosting the special event. Here are some pics I took that day.

January 10th Announcements

Howdy CBS Lifegroup! Class was wonderful yesterday. Thanks to all who brought breakfast to share. The food was delicous. It was great to see all the familiar faces and all the new faces that walked through the door. We'd like to welcome our newest visitors, Noah & Donna Nix and Derek & Amanda Adams. Hopefully you all felt right at home with our lifegroup and we'll see you all again real soon.

Thanks to Paul for our lesson on the role of the Holy Spirit from the book of Acts. Our new study, Ekklesia- The Unstoppable Movement of God, began in January and we are headed into week three. The study will last the full year and the book is available downstairs in the library (which is next to the welcome desk on the North side) for $5.

We've got a lot going on, so be sure to read to the end and see you all soon!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. GUYS NIGHT, BOWLING, this Tuesday night, Jan 12th at 7 p.m. at the AMF bowling lanes in Humble on the feeder next to the Ford dealership. RSVP to the evite you will receive today.

1. Girlfriends By Grace bible study, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in Room 2209. Join all the women from our lifegroup for bible study every Wednesday night. We are on the fifth week of a 12-week study entitled Calm My Anxious Heart, by Linda Dillow.

2. CLASS SOCIAL THIS FRIDAY, DEC 15TH at 7 p.m. It's our own CBS Lifegroup WINTER OLYMPICS! Meet in the room #2102 upstairs, behind the elevator. Be sure to bring your coat in case it is cold outside for our events. Who is gonna take the GOLD???

3. Fresh Truth: Bringing Ancient Stories to Life. Beginning Wednesday, January 20th at 6:45 - 7:45 the church will be offering training for all LifeGroup teachers and anyone else who desires to discover or improve teaching skills. Johnny Buckles will be leading the 6 week study. You can sign-up in your LifeGroup or email Rick Whitaker at rwhitaker@hafbc.com. Anyone is welcome to attend.

3. Lots of Discipleship classes are being offered at HAFBC on Wednesday nights. For a list of the classes, email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com

4. H2H is Saturday, February 6th from 8:30 to noon. H2H is our church’s ministry for local missions. We can choose a local missions project to participate in that day. If you would like to coordinate this event for our lifegroup, please contact Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com or talk to her in class.

5. Men! Beginning Wednesday, February 3 from 6:45 to 7:45 the men of HAFBC will be meeting monthly in the Worship Center for a night that focuses on scripture and the challenges it offers to men. Stuart Henslee will be challenging men in their daily walk with the Lord. From this gathering of men, we will be forming weekly mentoring groups of 7 men or less. The purpose of the groups will be to share life together with the intention of building strong bonds of friendship and accountability around God's Word. Watch for more details to follow.

6. Women! She Celebrates is scheduled for Sunday night, Feb. 28th.

PRAYER REQUESTS - Please keep the following requests in your prayers this week:

1. Dustin's company and decisions he has to make in his job.

2. Derek's company and decisions he has to make in his job.

3. Kim's dad has Parkinson's disease and is starting his medications.

4. Kristen J. has been diagnosed with toxemia and is hospitalized until their baby is born.

5. Derek's grandmother has been diagnosed with cancer in her lungs, lymph nodes and esophagus. She is undergoing light chemo because of her age.

6. Nicole B.'s friend's father has a degenerative spine disease and is undergoing surgery again to fix complications from his last surgery.

7. Sabrina's grandpa will be having knee surgery soon.

8. Laura's brother, Paula, was bitten by a rat and contracted rabies. He is in the US Coast Guard and receiving medical care.

January 3rd Announcements

It was so good to see everyone at church this morning! I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's. Thanks, Paul, for bringing us the lesson on what the "church" is from our new bible study book, "Ekklesia - The Unstoppable Movement of God" (available in the church bookstore for $5 for those of you wanting to purchase your own copy).

Announcements

1. Fresh Start Sunday - Jan. 10. Since it is the beginning of the year it is the perfect time to start the year off right and get back in the swing of things. Please call, email, text, etc. your friends and invite them to join in on our fellowship or get reconnected if they haven't been in awhile. Get there early and get ready to worship!
2. Fresh Truth: Bringing Ancient Stories to Life - Beginning Jan 20 from 6:45-7:45. Lead by Johnny Buckles. Teacher training for all LifeGroup teachers and anyone else who desires to discover or improve their teaching skills. Johnny is an amazing teacher so make sure to take advantage of this opportunity.
3. Kim and Elizabeth's Diaper Shower - Jan 10 @ 4 p.m. Come celebrate with Kim and Elizabeth at Nicole B.'s house as they welcome their second babies! Diapers, wipes, and/or anything else you desire to bring will be more than welcomed! If you did not receive an e-vite, please email Nicole at nicjbrian@yahoo.com
4. Girlfriends By Grace - Wednesdays @ 6:30 p.m. Bible study will start back up this week in the regular room for the ladies so come with chapter 4 read and ready to have a great discussion!
5. Class Social - Jan 15. Be expecting an e-vite from Tessa.
6. Super Bowl Party - Feb 7. The annual party will be held at the Stark's. More information will be emailed in the weeks to come.

Prayer Requests

1. Be with those coming home from traveling for the holidays.
2. Pray for all the expecting mommies who are due soon.
3. Pray for Dustin to have Godly wisdom and discernment as job changes will be taking place soon.