May 16th Announcements

Hello CBS Lifegroup! We had another good class yesterday as we discussed Acts 14:21-28. Thanks to Paul for preparing the lesson and to all who took part. Here are the announcements and prayer requests from yesterday. Let us know if you have anything to add by sending an email to jnhc99@yahoo.com

1. May 23 - Global Day Of Prayer, special service hosted at HAFBC for the community. Please attend and represent our church.

2. May 24 - GNO! We're making handmade greeting cards ladies, so bring any supplies you have and a dessert to share.

3. June 5 - 52 Houses of Prayer, HAFBC's new prayer effort, begins at the home of one church member. The entire church is invited to their house to take part in prayer led by a church deacon and pastor. All are invited, babies to mature adults.

4. June 6 - How To Develop A Powerful Prayer Life, by Greg Frizzell, will be a conference hosted at HAFBC.

5. June 12 - A Day At The Lake lifegroup social at Lake Livingston State Park has been rescheduled b/c it was cancelled this past weekend due to the weather.

6. Men's Bible Study meets weekly, the next two weeks they will be meeting on Tues night.

7. Dave Warner is collecting donations of men's clothing for Houston's First Baptist Church. (after he gets out of the hospital...see prayer request below.)

8. FELLOWSHIP GROUPS, woohoo! We're organizing fellowship groups (like a supper club) within our lifegroup and they will meet for dinner in June & July. You have to sign up in class if you want to join a group.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Praise! Bryan and Drew both made the choice to follow in scriptural baptism and were baptized in the second service yesterday. It was awesome to stand as their friends and celebrate their decisions.

2. Mark & Kim will be traveling to OK soon.

3. Dustin and Jenna know a young single mother that may have cervical cancer. The diagnosis is unclear after talking w/ family yesterday.

4. Dustin's brother is working contract work in Afghanistan.

5. Paul & Sabrina will be traveling to OK soon.

6. Dave's leg is infected and he is being admitted to the hospital.

7. Matt G's grandmother, Annie, age 86, has many health issues including cancer and his grandfather (on the other side of the family) is in the hospital.

8. Stefanie C's dad is going through a lot of life changes and dealing with PTSD from his time in Iraq, but is seeking treatment.

9. Always be praying for our church and the pastor search committee as we continue to look for a head pastor of HAFBC.

May 9th

Hey! Hopefully all you mommas had a great mother's day!

Announcements
1. This Wednesday is the weekly men's Bible study.

2. May 15th - Day At The Lake class social at Lake Livingston State Park. Email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com for more details. Let her know if you did not get the Evite.

3. May 16th - A baby shower for Tessa! At Stefanie's house at 4 p.m

Prayer Requests
1. Continue to pray for all the pregnant ladies in the class.

2. Pray for Nicole B.'s friend who is pregnant and still had 4 weeks left but is starting to have contractions.

May 2nd Announcements

Howdy folks! We had a good number in class yesterday and it was nice to welcome our new visitors Bryan and Stacy. Thanks to Jared for bringing the lesson. Here are the announcements and prayer requests as mentioned in class:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. This Wednesday is the weekly men's Bible study.

2. May 15th - Day At The Lake class social at Lake Livingston State Park. Email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com for more details. Let her know if you did not get the Evite.

3. May 16th - A baby shower for Tessa! At Stefanie's house at 4 p.m.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. The Smith's are celebrating paying off a student loan!

2. The Childers' are celebrating Saige's 3rd birthday and praising God for the gift of their daughter.

April Class Social

Our Minute-2-Win-It Social was a mega hit! It was a lot of fun to play the wacky, but challenging, games and even more fun to watch everyone try to accomplish something so crazy in a minute or less. Here are some pics! Thanks to Matt and Tessa for coordinating the social for our class. Oh, yeah, the girls won the social, so now the tally is girls-3, boys-4. First to FIVE wins the glory! Remember to save the date for our Day At The Lake on May 15th!

Aid Sudan 5k2010

April 18th Announcements

Class went great yesterday. Thanks to Jared for teaching the lesson. We studied Acts 9:1-16 and had really good involvement and discussion. It's spring time and we're all coming out into the sunshine and our calendars are getting full. Please remember to place lifegroup and church on your priority list and take part in as many of our ministries and events as you can.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. THIS SATURDAY, 4/24, many members of our lifegroup are coming together in a local missions effort. We are all walking/running the AID SUDAN 5K. You can register and get more info at www.houstonsfirst.org/aidsudan. Dustin and Jenna, Paul and Sabrina, Derek and Crystal, Ginger and Sam and Drew and Yajaira are already registered and hopefully more of you will sign up! Come on...it's only 3.2 miles!!! Even if you don't want to run the race, come cheer everyone else on as the cross the finish line.

2. SOCIAL!!!! THIS SUNDAY, 4/25, from 4:45-8 p.m. is our lifegroup social for April. Tessa is putting together a real fun event based on the TV gameshow, "Minute To Win It". We'll be competing in a variety of crazy events. The church changed things up on us and offered us free childcare on a Sunday instead of a Friday, so free childcare IS PROVIDED! You have to email Jenna at jnhc99@yahoo.com to let her know if you need childcare TODAY.

3. GNO! April 26th at 7 p.m. All the ladies are meeting at The Mud Pie Co in Kingwood for a hi-ho good time painting pottery! RSVP to sabrina.m.stark@sbcglobal.net.

4. HAFBC is hosting Missions Sunday on May 2nd. Please plan to be in class and service to learn more about the international missions efforts of our lifegroup and our church.

5. Men's monthly meeting is Wed., May 5th at 6:30 p.m. in the student bldg. Led by Stuart Henslee.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. Pray for safe travel for all our friends in the lifegroup.
2. Pray for everyone who is sick right now.
3. Praise, Drew's mom's surgery went well last week!
4. Pray for Tessa to pass her glucose test today.
5. Pray for Dustin's brother, Brandon.
6. Pray for Laura's father, Ross Hodges, he is in London on business and the ash from the volcano has delayed his travel home by more than a week. He needs peace, protection and patience b/c he is ready to be home.

April 11 Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Annual Aid Sudan, "Walk a Mile, Save a Child, Run a Mile, Save A Village" 5K Fun Run/Walk: It happens Saturday, April 24 @ Bear Creek Park. Sign up in the foyer or online at www.aidsudan.org. It is a great time and a great cause.

2. Men's Monthly Large Group Meeting, Wednesday, April 14th, 6:30 in the Middle School room in the student building.

3. Intimacy Ignited Seminar, Friday Evening & Saturday, April 16. This seminar will prove to be a major opportunity for all couples to enhance the emotional, spiritual and physical health of your marriage. Please don't miss this opportunity to be with Dr. Peter and Lorraine Pintus who are the founders of Hearts at Home Ministries. Peter also provides leadership assessment and executive life coaching. Lorraine is a writer, popular speaker and best-selling author of Intimate Issues, and Diapers, Pacifiers, and Other Holy Things. Follow this link for more information http://www.hafbc.com/ministries/adults/married/

4. Go Fish Family Concert 6 p.m. in the worship center on April 18th. This is the highlight of our Children's Day that begins in their LifeGroup Sunday morning. Parents make sure you and your children are blessed throughout the day. For more information go to our website at
hafbc.com.

5. H2H is scheduled for Saturday, May 1. Once again, all LifeGroups are encouraged to participate in our combined mission effort to our community. Each LifeGroup is to make arrangements to minister to someone, a nursing home or some other project that impacts people with the love of Jesus. We will meet at the church at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and then disburse to our projects. Childcare is provided till noon so please make reservations. LifeGroup mission coordinators please forward your project to Rick Whitaker at rwhitaker@hafbc.com.

6. Mission Weekend, May 1 & 2. After H2H Saturday we will be highlighting missions in our LifeGroups and worship service on Sunday. We will be asking all LifeGroups to recommit or make a new commitment to adopt a missionary and their people group they serve. Sunday during the worship service each LifeGroup will have the opportunity to share their missionary and people group with our congregation. Other details will follow that will make mission weekend a great experience for all.

7. GUY'S NIGHT! This Wednesday, the 14th, at 6:30. Playing basketball at the Kingwood YMCA. Let's have some fun! Bring your coolest headband and your shorty shorts!

8. Mom2Mom is this Wednesday, the 14th, at 9:30 a.m. This is always a great event for moms to get together and listen to great speakers and fellowship!

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. Pray for Paul and Sabrina as they leave this week for their "babymoon" to San Diego.

2. Dustin C's brother is in Afghanistan as a contractor. Please pray for his safety while he is there.

3. Mark D's grandfather is on oxygen. Pray for him to be comfortable.

4. Dave W.'s friend is in Afghanistan. Pray for safety as he is about to come home.