July 25 Announcements

Thank you, Paul, for teaching a great lesson Sunday! Class was great, as always, but ladies...we need to step it up! The guys beat us at Bible trivia this week!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Please join us August 8th at 4 p.m. at Dustin and Jenna's house to learn more about getting involved in our class and seeing where the Lord can use you in one or mulitple ministries.
2. If you were able to attend the dinner the guys made for the ladies, please send Drew Smith $20 for buying the food.
3. HAFBC women's ministry will be offering the study of Revelations by Beth Moore on Tuesday mornings (9 a.m.)this fall. It begins on AUGUST 31st. Free childcare is provided.

**See below for the rest of the announcements going on churchwide**

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Continue to keep Sabrina in your prayers as baby Will is getting closer to making an appearance.
2. Pray for all the sick babies in class
3. Also continue to pray for Laura's uncle, Pat Kelly, who will be undergoing another surgery today.
4. As always, continue to pray for our pastor search committee and the man the Lord has to lead our church.

New Announcements

Summer is drawing to an end and HAFBC is gearing up to welcome back a lot of families to church. There is a lot going on through August to prepare, so please save these dates in your planner.

CHURCH-WIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Coordinators and Teachers it is now time for you to take your assessment with Serving Central Ministries. Follow this linkwww.hafbc.com/members/serve/ to complete your survey. Please read all instructions and comments of the link so that you will be able to provide good information to your class on August 1.

2. Teachers be looking for your lessons for August 1, 8, and 15. Once completed we will be emailing them as well as place them in your LifeGroup folders.

3. Better Together Churchwide Spiritual Emphasis. For the next six months we will be joining together to discover what God desires to show us through 6 actions; prayer, fellowship, serving, growing in the Word, sharing and giving. We will be Better Together. July's focus is FELLOWSHIP. 4. 40 Days of Prayer & Fasting. Beginning July 5 through August 13 we are asking you to share in a serious effort of prayer & fasting that is focused on our senior pastor, his family and ministry. In addition we will extend the focus to include our pastor search committee. We are asking that you join a forty-day chain of intercession by agreeing to pray and fast one day. Opportunities to sign-up will be available in your LifeGroup and our worship services. 5. Better Together in Service. Beginning Sunday, August 1 LifeGroups will be featuring three weeks of special lessons geared to the Biblical view of personal service and ministry. August 1 the lesson title is "Why Serve." August 8, "SHAPED to Serve." And, August 15, "Going to Serve." 6. "Preparing to Serve" Seminar, Sunday, August 15, 4 p.m. This churchwide seminar will bring all of our "serving" LifeGroup lessons to a conclusion. The focus will be on our personal spiritual gifts and how they equip and prepare us to serve. Everyone is encouraged to sign-up in their LifeGroup. A lite standup dinner will be provided during the training. 7. Sunday, August 22 is Welcome Back Sunday with a twist... Better Together in LifeGroups. This is our annual effort to bring everyone home to their LifeGroup as well as invite their friends. LifeGroups will be putting on their best... snacks, fellowship, and teaching. LifeGroups plan now to contact everyone in your class the week before August 22. Jenna will be organizing our outreach effort for Aug. 22nd. 8. Discipleship Classes begin the end of August and first of September! · Women's Bible Study, Beth Moore study Revelation, Tuesdays at 9 am. 8/31 · Women's Bible Study evening class, TBA · Men's Small GroupBible Studies; various studies and times · Precept Study (women) Revelation 1, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. beginning 9/7 · Precept Study (co-ed) Revelation 1, Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning 9/7 · Intimacy Ignited / Song of Solomon, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning 9/8 · DivorceCare, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning 9/8 · GriefShare, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning 9/15 · Financial Peace, TBA 9. Men mark your calendar for Wednesday, September 1, 6:30 for our first fall Momentum night. It will include worship, testimony and preaching. We will also be forming small men's groups.

A Dinner For The Wives

A few months back, Paul came up with the genius idea to play host for a battle of the sexes bible trivia game. The overall loser would have to plan and execute a social for the winning team. After months of fierce competition in class and at class socials the wives prevailed and won the title of champs! Hooray!

Therefore this past Friday night the men held true to the bargain and hosted an incredible dinner for the wives. They set a beautiful table for us at Sam & Ginger's home (thank you so much to the Burks for opening up your home just a few weeks after becoming parents) and the men did all the decorating, shopping, preparations, cooking and cleaning! As a wife at the table, it felt wonderful to get to sit still and enjoy the dinner and fellowship. The menu was something you would see in a high-end restaurant: Gourmet Cheese Ball and Cracker hors 'd ouvre, Lump Crab Meat Avocado and Mango salad, Warm Spinach and Bean Salad, Southern Potato Casserole, Pan-Seared Scallops, Filet steaks, Spice Romano Chicken Casserole and it was all topped off with homemade Tiramisu and Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake! YES! They really did cook all of it for us! It was amazing.

Being there and sharing this night together was a blessing for all who were involved. Thanks friends...can't wait to do it again GUYS! ;0)

July 11th Announcements

Hello CBS Lifegroup!

As the heat of the summer hits us hard this week, at least it is at our house with our A/C on the fritz, we're also heating up in the CBS Lifegroup! This month our church's focus is FELLOWSHIP, so please read all of the announcements and check out our class calendar to the right with details of all the socials we will be offering. If you have a prayer request, please send it to me (Jenna) at jnhc99@yahoo.com and I'll add it to the blog!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Wednesday Nights at 7:45 p.m. is the new night for our women's accountability group, Girlfriends By Grace. We all need christian love and accountability in our lives and being surrounded by girlfriends who have a love for Christ and following him is so incredibly encouraging. Please join us!

2. TEACHERS AND COORDINATORS (Dustin, Derek & Paul), if you were unable to attend the meeting w/ Rick Whitaker last week, then he needs you to meet him in room 2203 at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday so he can discuss important information about what to expect in August.

3. Monday, July 26th, from 7-9 p.m. is GNO! GIRLS NIGHT! GIRLS NIGHT! at the Brown's Golf World in 1960! Elizabeth, our in-house golf pro, will be giving us lessons. If you have clubs then bring them; otherwise, the range has clubs you can rent/use.

4. SKEET SHOOTING! Men Behaving Like Men is on Saturday, July 24th at 9 a.m. Meet at Thunder Gun Range on FM 1314 in Conroe. Price is $15.50 per person. You bring your own shot guns and your own clays. If needed, you can buy a box of clays there for $13.50 (135 clays) or pick one up somewhere else if you know where to get a better deal. Jenna will be sending out an EVITE today, so RSVP!!!

5. Close To My Heart scrapbooking party (for ladies) is on July 29th at 6:30 p.m. at Kristen Jones' house.

6. CLASS SOCIAL!!! July 23rd at 7 p.m. (place TBA) The ladies won the trivia challenge, so the men will be cooking, decorating and serving dinner that night. Centerpieces are required guys and you all have to get together and plan the menu! This night is an adult-only date night for the couples in our class, so please arrange for childcare if needed. RSVP to the Evite.

July 4th- Freedom Fest at HAFBC

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The CBS life group met at HAFBC on July 4th for tailgating and fireworks. Thanks to all the grill masters we had plenty to eat. The kids all ran around and played while the parents chit-chatted. At 9 p.m. the fireworks began and they were spectacular! Thanks to everyone for coming together to celebrate July 4th together.