Wrapping Up A Galaxy Far, Far Away

We want to thank all of you for joining us as we found God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.  We have enjoyed this semester studying with you.  We hope you have learned a little bit about finding awe in your everyday life with everyday people. 

 

Praises:

• Stephanie's brother will come home this Tuesday.
• Tiffany's doc report she is hormonally imbalanced. (so she is not crazy and there is a solution.) Medication will help.
• Tuesday is Heather and Ace's 15 year wedding anniversay.
• Monday is Stephanie and Jeremy's 1 year wedding anniversary.
• Heather's book is at the printers!
• Tiffany's boss is turning away clients cause they are too small but it will take $18,000 to build out. Tiffiany's boss asked team to pray and they steped out on faith. Already received $10,500. Will move in new office Oct 5th
• Papaw is home!

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for Stephanie's baby to come in next couple of days.
• Rose is interviewing for a supervisor job on Friday.
• Ace asked for prayer for a coworker's wife, Rebecca. She is only 25 yrs ols and has breast cancer. She is taking agressive treatment over next two weeks. 
• Tiffany asked for prayer for Connie's grandchild. He just came out of a 29 day medical induced comma. He is 10 yrs old and in Grady's Burn Unit. Will come home Sunday ( yesterday) but has a long road ahead of him.
• Robert's sister Jennifer is pregnant. 
• Valerie is looking into becoming a Mary Kay Rep and looking for another part time job.
• Mark is traveling a lot.  Please pray for traveling graces on him as well as for Chrisha as she keeps up with the kids.
• Also as we just received word yesterday that Michelle Chastain's grandmother passed away.  Please keep Michelle, Mark, and the entire family in your prayers.

Look for information in the coming weeks for sign-ups for Fall Connect Group.  April will be leading us through 40 Days in the Word.  We will be meeting at the Starnes again on Friday nights at 7:00 p.m.  We hope you will join us starting in mid-October.

Chapters 7 and 8

We will be taking off Friday, August 17th to attend the Back to School Bash at Clark Community Park.  Details are as follows:

Family Ministry will be hosting a Back to School Bash for families at Clark Community Park on Friday, Aug. 17th at 6:00pm. SCC will provide the main dish and we are asking everyone to please bring a side dish to share. Please sign up at http://

www.perfectpotluck.com/
meals.php?t=ZRDL8225
for a dish to bring. We will have activities for families and children to engage in like family kick ball and obstacle courses to compete in. There will be inflatables, fellowship, food and fun. Don't miss it!

Praises:

• We survived the first week of school.
• Tiffany and Brian were able to get their chair repaired under warranty.
• Douglas' seat assignment in school has been changed.
• Stephanie's "little brother" was saved!  Priase God!

Prayer Requests:

• Lynn Choate, Jaimi, and Don
• Please pray for Heather's Papaw's health. 
• Pray for peace for Roxy as middle school causing her difficulties.
• Chrisha needs continued prayer for guidance at work.
• Valerie's health is good so please pray it continues.
• Prayer for healing for JJ.
• Please pray for Stephanie to bring baby Ashtyn to full term and have an easy delivery.
• Pray for Mark as he travels weekly to Ft. Lauderdale.
• Please pray for Jeremy's work struggles with his manager.

On Friday, August 24th we will wrap up this series with Chapters 7 & 8.  We will continue without doing a full meal so please if you want to bring a dessert to share let me know.

Chapters Six and Seven

We hope everyone had a great first day back at school.  We had a good turn out at the prayer walk yesterday to cover our kids, teachers, and faculty in prayer. 

Praises:

• We made it through the week.
• Tiffany, Brian, and Ashton had good traveling graces.
• The Starnes also had a "God Moment" when someone gave them $33 towards admission at a water park.  The woman told them it was just a way to have someone have a day of fun on her. 
• The Salter boys like their teachers.
• Stephanie has less than a month till she gets to meet precious Ashtyn.
• We had a great little baby shower.

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for Stephanie to have an easy delivery.
• Please pray for Brian to have steady work.
• Please keep all the children, teachers, and staff in your prayers as everyone goes back to school.
• Stephanie's brother is going through some classes that will help him to get through the parole board.  Please pray he is granted release so he can meet his neice very soon.
• Please keep the Chastain's in your thoughts as they are covered up at work and their schedules are difficult.
• Good traveling graces for Rose and Skylar.
• Heather's work.
• Chrisha's work.

What's Cookin?

NOTHING!  We are going to try to do a light snack and dessert rather than a full meal this week as we are back to school.  If you want to bring a snack or dessert please let me know.

Have a good first week of school and we will see you on Friday!

Chapter Five, A Baby Shower, and Finger Foods

We will be covering chapter five, "You Were My Brother" on August 3rd.  We will also be having a baby shower for Stephanie, Jeremy, and baby Ashtyn.  We will be eating at 7:00 and having bible study at 8:00 as usual.  During dessert time we will have the baby shower. 

Praises:

• Brian worked all week
• Heather is doing work for the Chairman's office
• Mark Chastain's work is going really well
• The Salter's are home from their vacation and had a good trip.

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for the victims in Colorado.  Also please pray the gunman finds Christ through this tragedy.
• Chrisha is struggling with work and needs God's direction.
• Pray for the upcoming vote.
• Traveling graces for the Starnes'

What's Cookin'?

It is a baby shower, so we will be doing all things small sized.  Please let me know what you plan to bring for our finger food night.

• The Israel's - Baby Ashtyn's Cake!
• Stephanie - Sausage Balls

Pizza and a Movie!

We hope everyone is having a great week.  We missed Rose, Skylar, Michelle, Mark, and the entire Martin crew last week.  This week we will be watching Episode III and having a pizza night, but before I get to those details, here are the praise and prayer requests.

Praises:

• Mark and Chrisha's air conditioner was able to be repaired rather than replaced.
• Ashton doesn't have major GI issues.
• Robert received a raise.
• Sonya is at peace after going home to be with Jesus.
• Mark Israel got a bonus.
• Heather was able to complete two pages of illustrations with her shortened hours at work.
• Stephanie is back from her travels.

Prayer Requests:

• April's family is in need of our prayers with the loss of Sonya.
• Please continue to pray for Stephanie's baby, Ashtyn, to continue to grow to be a healthy baby girl.
• Please pray for Chrisha as she is struggling with some issues at work and needs God's guidance and direction.
• Please pray the ant leave Heather and Ace's home and vehicle.
• Please pray for safe traveling graces for the Salter's as they go on vacation.

What's Cookin'?

Please plan to bring your family's favorite delivery, frozen, or homemade pizza to share.  If everyone brings at least one pizza we should be in good shape.  If anyone would like to bring a salad or breadsticks to compliment the meal that would be great. 

We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday.  We will miss the Salter's as they are on a much needed vacation.

Chapter Four and Deli Night

What an awesome night we had doing bible study without power last week!  It was truly a fun night of laughs and insight into God's word.

This Friday we will be covering Chapter Four, Our Meeting was Not Coincidence. 

Praises:

• Cheryl has a new job!
• Ruth is healing from her surgery.
• Power and A/C

Prayer Requests:

• Rose needs to sell her truck.
• Rose is also putting in for a supervisor position at work so please pray for her to get this opportunity.
• While Ruth is healing we want to continue to pray for her as she goes through this time.
• Please pray for the victims of the house fire at Flippen Road.
• Michelle's grandmother has been moved to hospice.  Please pray for the family as they go through this transition.
• Sonya, April's cousin, was moved to hospice.  Please pray for her and her family as they go through this time.

What's Cookin'?

It's deli night!  April is making a big pasta salad and we are putting together all the trimmings for sandwiches.  Oh and I"m making a chocolate trifle so we can celebrate a very special 25th birthday (yep, it is Valerie's birthday)! 

Please plan to bring enough meat for your family.  We also will need cheeses, mayo, lettuce, tomato, and bread so please let me know how you plan to compliment the meal. 

Here's a rundown:

Salter's - Pasta Salad
Israel's - Chocolate Trifle, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Ham, Two Packs of Hoagie Rolls, Two Types of Cheeses
Ozee's - Lettuce, Tomato, Side Dish, and Turkey for the Ozee's and Salter's

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Grill Out!

We hope everyone enjoyed the movie last week.  We will be covering chapters three and eight Friday night. 

I apologize for not having praise reports and prayer requests to post this week.

What's Cookin'?

It's a grill night... hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the trimmings...

Starnes' - beef hotdogs and buns

Israel's - Chips and burger buns
Chastain's - 8 pack of burgers and dessert
Salter's - turkey burgers and mac n cheese

We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday!