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