September 13th Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. NEW Lifegroup 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. The cost of the book is $5. Questions? Contact Jenna and/or Sabrina at jnhc99@yahoo.com or sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net .

2. September 23rd and every Wednesday after, while the women are in bible study upstairs, the men will meet in the foyer or the church and go visit all the new couples who visit our class on Sundays or express an interest in our class through the church’s visitor cards.

3. Prayer time with the Pastor Search Committee, this Sunday at 5 in the Student Building. There are no "big" announcements at this event but there is a great opportunity for us to encourage our Committee by praying over them. Your presence and prayers would bless everyone.

4. The Newcomers' Class, September 27, 5:30 - 7:15 p.m. in the Student Building.

5. Humble to Humble Missions Saturday, October 3, 8:30 to noon. This is a special mission day for our whole church, driven by our LifeGroups. We will meet at the church for breakfast at 8:30 and then everyone will have an opportunity to go to specific service projects all over the Humble area. It is a really feel good day that does impact many great folks in our community with the love of Jesus.

6. Christos books are the basis for our study in lifegroup each week and they are available in the library for $5.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Pray for Jacob and Emily K. as they travel and celebrate their first year of marriage.

2. Pray for all of our class members that are out of town this weekend.

3. Pray for Clay P. as he travels home from Floriday today.

4. Pray for Elvira and her students to all have patience this school year.

5. Pray for all the H.S. students as they take part in homecomings around the area.

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!!

GNO! Pampered Chef Par-tay

Last Monday night was full of fun, laughter and good food for the ladies of our lifegroup. Thanks to everyone that came to Jenna's house for our monthly GNO! We had a Pampered Chef consultant come and cook fajitas for us with her nifty products and then those who wanted to order some products got the chance to in the end. The food was wonderful, gotta WANT IT, NEED IT, that deep covered baker in the microwave! FABULOUS!

Looking forward to next month's GNO! at the end of September! MARK YOU CALENDARS LADIES!

August 30th Announcements

Hello friends! GREAT class today! Thanks to Paul for bringing us the lesson on The Parable Of The Vineyard Workers from Matt 20:1-16 and for getting up at 4:15 a.m. in Dallas this morning so that Sabrina and he could drive back to Houston in time for class this morning. We've got a lot coming up in the month of September and one last shindig for the month of August tomorrow night. Check it all out below!

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. She Celebrates and ManChurch, TONIGHT, August 30, 5:30-7:15 p.m. Women go to one room to worship their way and men go to another room to worship the way they want. Both worship events have proven themselves to be a great time of fellowship and worship. A light stand-up meal will be provided at 5:30 and at 6 worship begins. Don't miss it. Childcare will be provided.

2. GNO! Girls’ Night is a Pampered Chef party TOMORROW, August 31st, at 7 p.m. at Jenna’s house. RSVP to jnhc99@yahoo.com. Sign up sheet is in class today!

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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.

7. 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, or
Shirley Sims ssims@hafbc.com

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

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Derek and Crystal have friends named Heath & Ally that need prayer for marrital problems right now.

2. Please pray for the marriages in our class. For God's direction, grace, mercy, healing, love and forgiveness as we all strive to strengthen our marriages with God's word.

3. David & Danyel Humphrey are almost through HALF of the adoption process to adopt a child/children from Brazil. Please pray for their paperwork to be approved by the Brazilian judge.

4. PRAISE! The school supply drive was a huge success! Thanks to everyone that donated supplies to the local Sudanese students. There are pics from the supply drive on another posting below.

School Supplies Drive a Success!

Thank you to everyone who donated school supplies as part of the CBS Lifegroup 2nd Annual School Supplies Drive for Local Sudanese Students.

We partnered with AIDSUDAN to donate school supplies to 25-30 children that attend a Sudanese church in Belaire. David and Danyel Humphrey, of Aid Sudan and members of HAFBC, picked up our supplies and delivered them to the kids on Sunday, August 23rd. Here are some pics of the excited students picking out their school supplies. David and Danyel said the drive was a success and that the children were very happy and some even made thank you cards for our class! Danyel will be in class this Sunday to share with us about the delivery of the supplies. I am so proud of our lifegroup for making a difference in the lives of these young boys and girls. We'll all have a chance to meet the Sudanese children and their parents when we visit the Sudanese church this fall!

Class Social

Loading up our plates!
Chatting in the kitchen

Mark to the rescue!

Time to swim!

What happens when boys hit balls over the fence

Corsos

There were lots of yummy desserts to eat!

climbing in the bushes to retrieve the ball

who's gonna get it?

Thank you again to the Greenfields for opening up your home for the class social.

August 23 Announcements

Once again, thank you to Paul for bringing a great lesson on the Prodigal Son and relating it to being "Lost and Found". Welcome Back Sunday was another success and the class social hosted by Matt and Tessa Greenfield was so much fun! (pictures to come soon)

Announcements

• She Celebrates/ Man Church is next Sunday, August 30th, from 5:30-7:30. Childcare is provided.
• GNO! Is next Monday, Aug 31st @ 7pm at Jenna's house. It's a Pampered Chef Party. RSVP to jnhc99@yahoo.com
• Guy's Night Out will be Thursday, September 10. Poker night at Derek's house. If you need more information or did not receive the evite please email Derek: derek.boomer@hatchmott.com.
• Discipleship classes are schedule to begin in September.
• God's Blue Print for Marriage conference is September 11-13. God has already used this conference to change hearts and lives in men and women and their marriages. Come experience it for yourself.
• Girlfriends By Grace Bible study will have our kickoff on Wed., Sept 23rd. This study is for the women in our class only and will last for five weeks. The books will be $5 and the title of the study is The Darkest Hours: Seeking God in Desperation. Questions? Ask Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com or Sabrina at sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.
• Newcomers' class is September 27.
• Mali, Africa trip is scheduled for October 27 - November 6. If you would like more information on participation in this event please email Richard Barrow: missions@hafbc.com or Shirley Sims: ssims@hafbc.com

Prayer Requests

• School starts this week so please keep the teachers and students in your prayers as they begin another school year.

• Stefanie's parents are traveling to Alaska. Pray for safe travels there and back.

• Continue to pray for the marriages in our class. That the Lord will strengthen each relationship and each individual will strive to work together.

• Tessa's foot is feeling numb so please pray nothing is wrong.

• Sabrina's aunt is cleared of cancer! Praise God!

• Continue to pray for jobs in general for the Boomer family. Crystal's dad was laid off of work this week and has a short amount of time to find another one. Other members of the family are still without work or in need of a new job.

Hope everyone has a safe and blessed week!

**be watching for pictures from the class social**