Praises & Prayer Requests: 28 March 2010

PRAISES:

Adam & Kristi C. are closing on their house this Friday! Pray that their old house will sell quickly.

Aimee & Lee M. received the deductible back on his car.

Caden is home!
Sydney is here!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

Michelle C.'s sister & husband are considering moving from Florida to Madison. This is also the first week of a healthy household for Michelle.

Amanda C. is sick again; Ansley Kate is still recovering; Brett C. has a lot of soccer games in the next 2 weeks (one of his kids is Muslim and is having problems with is family along with having a cancerous lump on his back)

Kevin P.'s aunt Janie W. is in the hospital in Decatur after an ulcer started leaking

Aimee M. is having a CT scan done to have a view of her lungs

Laura Beth B.'s father and stepmother are getting divorced after 15 years of marriage. Pray for Laura Beth's children who don't understand, and that God's will would be done.

Rebecca B. could possible have a new job opportunity.

Kristi C.'s brother totaled his truck, but thankfully he is OK

Sydney Marie is Here!

Class,

The Lord has blessed our Sunday School Family with another bundle of joy. Baby Sydney Marie was born to Steve and Jennifer Case this past Friday afternoon. Praise God for this incredible gift. God is so good!

-Posted by PB

A Call to Witness

For those of you that attended Willowbrook this weekend, a challenge was issue by our Pastor. We were asked to invite our unchurched friends to church this weekend to celebrate Easter. It has been presented to us that more people go to church on Easter than any other Christian holiday (I'll have to check the sources on that one...). So, if you know anyone who might need a refresher course in Christianity or there's a person you've been asking the Holy Spirit to inspire and make "ripe for harvest" (John 4:35), this might be a good time to do it.

In that same light, I invite you to listen to Pastor Lon Solomon's most recent sermon. A little background about Lon, he is the Pastor at McLean Bible Church in Washington, DC. Lon grew up Jewish and has since become one of the leaders in the Jews for Jesus movement. He has recently been working his way through a series called People Jesus Met. It's a pretty interesting study about the people Jesus interacted with in the New Testament during his 3.5 year ministry. I encourage you to listen the his most recent installment about the Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42). Go to McLean Bible Church's Sermon Page and select Part 34 of this series. In his sermon he outlines how to witness to people just like Jesus did. This message really spoke to me, and I hope it speaks to you as well.

Have a blessed week, and we will see you on Sunday.

-Posted by PB

Caden is Home!

I wanted to post this on the Blog, because I know how difficult this had to be for the Hortons! Praise God for little Caden!

CADEN IS HOME!

The MRI came back normal. Thanks for your prayers. We appreciate all the e-mails and food so far. Ya'll are amazing.

-Email from Emily H.

The Staff in Your Hand - A Devotional

Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?" Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. (Exodus 4:1-2)

Devotional
Sometimes we agonize in prayer over a particular situation and we ask God to give us wisdom as to what to do. We may wonder what is taking him so long to answer. Our problem may be that we are looking for the answer to come our way when the answer is already at hand. For Moses, the answer was actually in his hand. Moses had the answer he was asking God for, but he had to first learn that he could use his staff in a new way. God may be speaking to you about a new path, or, he may be prompting you to do the ordinary in a more extraordinary way. Stop and think about the abilities, possessions, relationships or experiences that you already use. As you spend time in prayer, ask God to show you how you can reorganize those into new patterns to pursue the new paths or ways he has in mind for you.

-Posted by PB

Welcome, Caden Horton!

It's late, so you probably will not get this until Thursday, but baby Caden arrived tonight (Wednesday) at 10 pm!! He weighes 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Mom and baby are doing great. Emily was still in the labor and delivery room when I talked with her, so she did not know her room number on the Mother/Baby floor yet. She is at Huntsville Hospital. She and Jamey welcome any visitors and you can start coming by Thursday afternoon. If I find out a room number tomorrow, I will email it out. If not, you can just go the Mother/Baby floor and ask for her room number. I believe that is the 5th floor. I should know after delivering two babies there myself, but I can't remember if that is correct!! Let us all praise God for a healthy baby and new addition to the Horton family! God is so Good!!! :)

-Email message from Amanda C.

The Drake-Hamilton Open

For this month's social event, we've planned a night of bowling at Plamor Lanes in Huntsville (see link on the sidebar for directions) on March 20 at 6 PM. I spoke with the manager there and she was able to get a pretty good deal. The cost will be $10 per person, which includes 2 games and shoes. I estimated 40 people (if we have more, that's cool), which will get us 8 lanes. I read a review online that said Plamor is "smoke free" since 2008, so we won't have to worry about that. Also, they have standard bowling fair (pizza, nachos, soda, etc.) if you want to grab a bite, too.

So bring your family and some friends, and we'll have a great time of fellowship and bowling.

-Posted by PB