Weekly Connect

HELLO HOPE…

There are three things I wanted to touch on quickly and make sure you had an updated schedule of our calendar. [FYI: The calendar is on the Hope Fellowship Facebook page and is updated regularly]

1. God has been moving radically within our church. Yes, I know some of you are struggling with job loss, job decisions, family deaths, and the many other burdens or roadblocks that come with life, but that does not mean that God is not moving. I believe that God is just beginning to move in unique and real ways among our church.
2. It’s here: Online giving. In recent weeks, some people have asked if we had on-line or website based giving opportunities. We now have an on-line portal through Pay-pal. The portal is on our website at www.hopefellowshipfc.com/give.php and is a safe, secure national provider for online donations, purchases, and e-commerce. If you click on the link above you will see the DONATION button. FYI: you do not have to have a Pay-pal account to use the service. You do need a credit or debit card.
   It does not allow for repeat transactions: It is a single transaction process.
   Multiple Transaction Support will be available sometime in the future
3. Facebook Ads: We are running Facebook adds at this time.  Please be praying for this opportunity. 10,000 unique impressions or views this week alone! We have two separate adds running.
   • We have one general Hope Fellowship add that shows our logo & the below phrase:
     You’re important to God, You’re important to us. Connect – Grow – Engage
   • We have a series specific one that has the logo for the series: The Benefits of Experiencing God. It has this tag line:
     Hope can’t solve life’s problems in 5 steps. We are a place full of people like you seeking God.

Calendar:
October 22          Band of Brothers Men’s Breakfast
October 23          Sunday Service – the Promises of God [faithfulness]
Membership Lunch / Outreach Summit – if you have outreach or evangelism ideas… bring THEM

October 28-29   Women’s Burning Fire Within Retreat
October 30          Special Guest & Testimonies from BFW
No Sunday Night Life Group This Night

November 10    Hope’s Ladies Night Out – Fondue Night
November 12    Hope’s Prayer and Worship Night

Important Prayer Concerns:

• Please be praying for the Women’s BFW next weekend.
  • Pray for the team, the flames (attendee’s), the Holy Spirit to impact and impart the Kingdom a this retreat
  • Please be praying about who to invite to our series launching November 6. I believe that God wants to touch lives through this series. YES… I know I say that a lot, but I really believe that this is THE series that can completely change the lives of those around YOU!
    • Hints: write their name down, pray for them daily, and invite them the week of November 1-5.
    • Please be praying for your Hope family. Pray for unity in families; favor, protection & provision with jobs; and wisdom & direction relating to family, work, and finances.

In Conclusion:
I am completely blessed to serve as your pastor. This week I will be praying for you, and I ask that you be praying for me. We will only see the glory of God and the move of His spirit in our church and in the lives of each and every one in our body through prayer. So please, be praying for your Hope body this week.

I look forwarding to seeing you this Sunday. Meet me at 10:00 AM for some coffee and donuts before we get the privilege of connecting with God in worship!

Pastor Kevin
www.hopefellowshipfc.com

Weekly Connect

Howdy Hope,

There are a few things that I wanted to communicate to you tonight.

Reminder: Effective This week Hope’s Sunday Morning Service Starts at 10:15 AM

a.   10 AM – Coffee & Donuts
b.   10:05 – Countdown
c.    10:10 – Welcome
d.   10:15 – Worship

The past couple of Sunday’s have been awesome. God is really using this series on baggage to touch lives. I have had countless comments on the messages. It is quickly becoming one of my favorite message series that I have preached in a while. It has challenged me each and every week to take it to a new level of depth and help bring healing to lives.
[Interesting tidbit: this was designed as a single message or stand alone message as I call them on my preaching calendar. It obviously was not what the Lord had in mind, and I am thankful He continues to lead us here at Hope. [Final MSG on baggage this Sunday]

Even though I have enjoyed the Unloading Baggage series, I am energized about the outlines and preparation that I have been doing for our series launching in a few weeks titled: The Benefits of Experiencing God. The series [launches 1^st Sunday in November] right now is an eight week series and will take us through to the beginning of the year. This series has the potential to be the most powerful we have ever done at Hope. I have been asking God to move powerfully through your lives, and the lives of those guests that join us during this series. If you know someone that needs a change of pace, or that is struggling in life this is the time to bring them to Hope.

The rest of this month’s calendar is filled with some wonderful opportunities to spend time with God and your Hope family.

Thursday, Oct 6     – Hope’s Ladies Night Out
Sunday, Oct 16      – Sermon: Tired of Religion
Saturday, Oct 22   – Band of Brother’s Men’s Breakfast
Sunday, Oct 23      – Sermon: The Promises of God [Faithfulness]
– Hope’s Membership Lunch / Outreach Summit
– You do not want to miss this opportunity to hear and be a voice concerning the outreach opportunities around Hope.
Sunday, Oct 30      – Pastor Nancy Stone (All Nations Church – San Antonio & Holli Honeycutt will be sharing at Hope Fellowship)

No Ladies… I did not forget October 28 & 29… it simply needed it own number.
The Women’s Burning Fire Within Retreat
Ladies, plan on attending this event and never being the same.

Men, plan on making sure your wives attend this event at all costs. $75 is reasonable; the time away is less than 48 hours. Also, men please do not use the phrase, “I will babysit so you can go sweetie!” You are their father, man-up and take care of your kids. Bringing a friend in or dropping them off at aunt Judy’s is babysitting. You just need to take care of your kids so your wife can go and spend time with the Lord.

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who serves in any capacity at Hope Fellowship. You are making this whole thing possible sharing your time, talent, and treasures… Lives are being changed, and people are giving their life to Christ, because you are serving the Lord. No matter what you do on Sunday mornings or preparing for a Life Group, I mean YOU!

Hope, I am eager to see all that God is going to do these next couple of months.

Meet me this Sunday at 10:15 AM to see what God is going to do this week!

Pastor Kevin