Sunday, April 18, 2010

April 18, 2010

We discussed Ephesians 4:7-16 today and talked about how our spiritual gifts can be used for the glory of God...

We have been putting prayer requests first, so we have plenty of time for people to reveal what is on their heart. We have notecards and pens available for everyone to jot prayer requests down so we can be reminded to pray for people in our group throughout the week.

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ Traci's mom is doing well after her surgery last week.
~ Heidi's grandma Violet is recovering from surgery
~ Renee's sister Deanna had her Tonsils and Adnoids removed and is recovering
~ Waiting on Renee's MRI results
~ Traci's mom's family and their kids and the situation
~ Julie and the Howlett's
~ Stephanie's sister CHeryl is having a hysterectomy
~ A family in Mitchell who is having financial trouble and needs prayer for their marriage
~ Olivia - 10 years old has diabetes - her and her parents as they figure out this illness
~ Ruth's job situation
~ Foziah (our child we are sponsering as a group)
~ Jon's position change and God's will.

Have a great week everyone! See you next week!

Fredel

Sunday, April 11, 2010

April 11, 2010

We had another big group today! It is so great to see everyone... We discussed Ephesians 4:1-6 today.

We passed around the list for the email group today. We have been using Yahoo email groups and so if you want to email the group just use this address: northridgelegacybuilders@yahoogroups.com

If you are not on the group email list and would like to be, please email Karisa Hart - karisahart@gmail.com and she will get you added.

Our group is sponsoring a child from Ethiopia through World Vision.
Foziya is her name and she is 9 years old. She'll be 10 on July 2nd. Please add her to your prayers.
You can give any financial gifts to Blake Waddell or bring them to mini-congregation.

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ Blake's sister Jill is having reconstructive surgery this week Wednesday.
~ Traci's mom Sue is having tubes put into her eyes (yep that says eyes) this week Wednesday.
~ Ruth's job and where God is leading their family on the tuition front.
~ Prayer for baby Julie and her aunt and what next steps there might be for the Howlett's
~ Chris and Missy's extended family is having a tough time.
~ Praise that Jackson is feeling much better and they are home from the hospital

WAYS TO SERVE
~ Amy Kahl stopped by to ask that we be in prayer about helping out with Sunday School in the summer to give the teachers a break. She will be passing around a sign-up sheet next week.
~ Also Mary with the 2-3 year olds is in need of some volunteers to assist each Sunday (there are 15 kids in there).

Sunday, March 14, 2010

March 14th, 2010

Today we discussed Ephesians 2:1-10. We had great discussions about God's incredible mercy and grace!!

Next week we will be discussing Ephesians 2:11-22.

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ We read a "Letter to the Editor" today and we need to pray for the author Eric.
~ Celebrate Recovery and where God wants Amber to serve
~ Stephanie's Mom has a biopsy on Tuesday.
~ Matt is in Korea, please prayer for safe travels and for Kari and the boys at home.
~ Jason and Fredel are leaving for Mexico this week - safe travels.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

March 7th, 2010

Austin "facilitated" :) our discussion this morning and we covered Ephesians 1:15-23. Austin did a great job leading our discussion. Thanks, Austin! For not knowing what facilitating means, you sure did a nice job facilitating!

Next week we will discuss Ephesians 2:1-10

Reminder that the Parenting Bible Study "Value-Packed Parenting" starts this coming Tuesday, March 9th at 6:30pm at the church. Hope to see you all there!! (more info on the church website)

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ March 19th, Will's sister has her court date.
~ Prayer for the Parenting Bible Study and it's impact on the church
~ Carisa's brother's Father-in-law died
~ Jon's cousin just got married and he's leaving for Afghanistan
~ Austin finds out soon if he will be going to college
~ Jennifer Jacks is getting close to having her baby
~ Matt Howlett is going to Korea on a trip
~ Howlett's and God's will for Baby Julie

Have a great week!!

Monday, March 1, 2010

February 28...

Our esteemed leader Casey was gone this week, so Amy Storm stepped in as group leader in our discussion of the Book of Ephesians. We began with the following prayer requests:
- Austin has a phone interview Tuesday at 4:00 to see if he is accepted to college.
- Will Quinn's sister has violated her parole again and Amber has asked to pray that she is able to right her ways and find God.
- Will decided to take a new job
- Earthquake victims in Chile
- Jared's 96 year old grandma had a stroke and appears to be recovering
- Continued prayers for the search committee as they seek our church's new leader
- Prayers for the kids and adults who traveled to Dare 2 Share
- Prayers for Blake's sister Trisha who is having troubles in her marriage, help to give her the strength she needs to handle the situation
- Hannah's friends Sarah who's baby is coming home soon, still a month prior to the due date and Jenny as she is now home with her new baby.

We began a study on the book of the Ephesians and had great discussion this week on God's will for us and looked at versus 1, 1-14.

Austin agreed to lead the group next week.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 21st, 2010

We will be starting a study of Ephesians next week and will be discussing Ephesians 1:1-14.

We will discuss Ephesians 1:15-23 on March 7th.

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ Jon has a job offer and for guidance on what is best to do.
~ Melissa's cousin had a stillborn.
~ Our church search committee & Pastor Paul & Pastor Dave
~ Marriages of all those around us.

See you next week!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Feb 7th 2010

This week we started off with prayer requests for the following:
- Amy Storm as she recovers from surgery
- Health for the Johnston family as they prepare for a trip to Florida
- Will Quinn as he is deciding to accept a new job or not
- Amy Gebhart's friends who adopted a 3 year old girl from Haiti, they brought her home on her 3rd birthday, but the transition is difficult as they had no time to adjust, they just had to leave with her and bring her home
- Hannah's friend Sarah and baby Landry are doing well, but Landry will be in the NIC Unit for several more weeks
- Hannah's friend Jenny had the mother sign papers to waive her rights, but they still must wait 5 more days to have it finalized
- Search Committee who is seeking to find our churches next leader.


Amber Quinn shared her thoughts about the Celebrate Recovery Program. She wanted to make sure that there was no misperception that it was for addicts only, but rather anyone who wants has had their life affected by some form of addiction and that wants to help deal with their issues and become closer to God.

Casey wanted to challenge us all to remember to pray for our spouses as it is very easy to forget to pray for the person who you are closest to and around every day.

Amber also announced that the Spring Fever Pool Party will be postponed as the weekend she had planned is the Life 96.5 Tubing weekend at Great Bear.