Community Group summary and info

Thanks to Donna and Ernie for a great night of prayer and fellowship. We came home refreshed in the Lord and pray that you did also. Please keep the prayer requests going up to the Lord with whom nothing is impossible. Praise His Name!!!

Nicholas, Suzanne, and Nick; Dan, Dorothy, Mel and David; Shawn Hufnagel's plan to go to Landscape Architect School... wisdom and direction; Felicia's ski trip coming up; Mike Brown; Jeremy, Sherry, Jerry (adding praise for all that He has done); Com Group hearing God on how we each are to serve; the country, the church... 501 ministry... Marriage 911.... Sageworks meetings and going forward; Suzanne's dad, Jerry Fuess; Susan Bowden's fall (hurting knees), etc. Meet you at the throne for praise and for grace to help in time of need.

Here is the schedule of coming attractions (meeting times).... at least two of these will be "eats" so stay tuned. This is when and where we will be meeting... God willing!

March 12... Susan and Jim Brown
March 26... Linda and Jim Smith
April 9.. Suzanne Patton
April 23.. Susan and Jim Brown
May 7... Donna and Ernie Peters
May 21 Linda and Jim Smith... this will be an EAT for sure.

We will hope to see you all at 6PM at the Warehouse for Sageworks meeting on Sunday night. Robert will be speaking. Mike Hufnagel told us that those who saw a preview of his talk and slides said it will be FANTASTIC!!!! God be praised. See you there.

Update Nicholas

Suzanne said that this morning was not what she expected. They found that they were not actually on the docket and that some of the charges had not even been looked at..... like traffic tickets to be paid, etc. I will try to explain more on Friday night. Soooo they have a new court date which is the end of May. Although Suzanne was not completely clear about that charge, she said that it had to do with Nicholas being drunk and being hostile to an officer. so Please continue to pray for Nicholas.. that God would keep him from more trouble until then.... that Nicholas would really "get" how much God loves Him and how He sent Jesus to die for Him..... that God would intervene in his life by His Spirit and save him for eternity... that God would have His way and that Nicholas would be delivered from drugs and alcohol and Nicholas would be free... free indeed. Praise His Name!!!!

Thanks, Ernie, for reminding us of Friday night. Can you give us a code, Ernie... Sorry you can't come, Dan, but we will be in prayer for you. AND don't forget that Sunday night is the first Sageworks meeting, in the Warehouse from 6:00- 7:30 PM. Hope you can be there, too...

See you Friday night!!!!!

Community Group This Friday Feb 26th

just a reminder of Community Group This Friday Feb 26th @ Peters'
Praise Him!

Nicholas Prayer

Please pray NOW for Nicholas... court date.....

Community Group Meeting

Community Group will meet at 6:30PM on Friday night at Suzanne Patton's for Dinner and prayer. I think you all know what food item you are bringing, but if you have any questions please email me. Thanks to Suzanne for offering to have us at her home. If there is snow (?) we will be communicating with you.

I thought it would be a blessing to come to this time with something to share. Please come with something that you are praising God for... and maybe even how God is speaking to you right now in your time with Him.

Please let me know if you have received this. Thanks so much.

Thanking Him that in all these things going on in the world and in our lives ... we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Community Group Update

Well, Community Group prayer was wonderful and Spirit led. AND we had one of the Birthday Boys here to celebrate. We missed you Donna and Ernie, but are glad you got to help out Robyn at Ella's gymnastic's meet. Susan Brown graciously added the calories to our diet with a yummy cake. Pictures tell some of the story... and here is a prayer and praise update.

Dan shared a lot about his last few months. The praise is that David is not only doing better, but he is talking about the Lord and the Holy Spirit. Now THAT is a praise for sure. His physical condition remains about the same in that he still has the infection, etc. Please keep praying for them all.

Jeremy is auditing or sitting in a class at UALR and that seems to be going well. Please continue to pray for them all.

We are praying for the people of Nigeria and the making of the Jesus movie in the Dadiya language.

Susan Bowden is having physical problems that will require Physical Therapy. Susan was also without water for three days and without a car for several days. Please pray for her. I will be back in touch with you about ways we might be able to help her. Thanks again to Susan Brown for her ministry to Susan Bowden. God is good.

Much more was prayed about... friends with physical problems... Nick, Nicholas, .... the country.... Haiti... etc.

We love and appreciate you all.

Happy Birthday Jim Brown

Happy Birthday from the community group, Jim! Thanks for being a key part of the group and for all you do. Hope you have a very blessed and peaceful day. Also, hope the Hogs can deliver a victory over the Gators on your birthday. May God continue to bless you with health, wisdom, and success as you labor for Him.

Reminder

An orientation for helping with the Marriage 911 Ministry is scheduled for Saturday morning, January 23rd, from 9-11 AM. Linda and I are going to try to attend this session to find out more about helping. Bill Parkinson said Marriage 911 would be one of the SageWorks service projects. So if anyone is being led to serve in this area, this will be a good opportunity to get info and ask questions.
Those already serving in this ministry are very excited about it. Steve Freeman, who is the leader, says many servants are needed. Pray and see what God says. Have a blessed week and watch God move.

Happy Birthday Ernie

Ernie, we all want to wish you the happiest of birthdays! You are a prized and highly valued member of our community group. Know that you are loved and appreciated by all. May the Lord continue to grant you wisdom in all you do for Him and may you find favor with all those He puts you in contact with. It may not feel like it all the time, but older is better. Don't hurt yourself blowing out those candles. Have a great and blessed day.

Community Group info and prayer needs

Community Group will be held next week at the City Smith's at 7PM. Please let me know this coming week if you will be attending. We have much to be thankful for and to pray about....

Please continue to hold up Jeremy, Sherry, and Jerry ..... pray for healing... absolute complete healing. (Father, You are the Healer and the Mountain mover) Also strength and encouragment for them all... renew their strength that they might mount up as eagles and walk and not faint..

Suzanne (poor baby) has had to go to Cabo San Lucas for a week. Pray for safety, relaxation, and bunches of fun!!!

Dan and family. Please continue to pray for them all. That David will come to know the Lord in a real and intimate way. For Mel.... and for Dan and Dorothy that God will grant them strength for the task and times of refreshing in the Holy Spirit.

Susan Brown has been sick off and on for a while now. Pray that God will complete her healing and give her physical strength and health.

Jim and I appreciate you all. We WILL meet next week, God willing, and we will give Him glory for all He has and is doing.

Canceled

Community Group meeting for Friday night, January 15th, is canceled. We will try to get together the next Friday, January 22nd.

Jim Tolbert and Community Group Meeting Friday

Don't forget to pray for Jim Tolbert today as he has surgery for prostate cancer!!!! Father, give him peace as he goes in to the surgery and help him to feel Your precious presence. Father, You do the surgery and bring about a full and lasting recovery with no complications. We know that You can do far beyond all that we ask or think.... and we praise You and will give you all the glory.

Also can you please let me know if you are going to be able to attend Com Group this Friday. Since Steve and Shay Freeman may be coming, I would like to know how many of you will be able to attend. Also, wanted to let you know that there are many opportunities to serve in this Marriage 911 ministry. One of them is just to be the ones praying at exact times they are meeting with and ministering to the individual couples. That, my friends, is the precious purpose of this group so we can look forward to hearing about that part for sure. Again this is just one ministry that is part of Sageworks, and no one of us is required to participate in any of them.... that is between each of us and God.

Thanks for you response..

Jim Tolbert (Randy's Dad)

Jim Tolbert (our son-in-law's dad) is scheduled to have his prostate cancer surgery Monday Jan 11th. He is nervous, but ready. Please pray for him. Thanks.

David Goes Home

David should leave the hospital tomorrow. He couldn't get in the nursing home where his Dad is, so Dan had to take off work to look for a place for him. Pray Dan finds a good place for David, and pray for Dan's strength and perseverance. Also, continue to pray for David.
This info was relayed from Dorothy to Linda to me. Please forgive any errors made in transmission of this information. God knows the facts, so pray.

Update on David and Mel

Well, Mel is back in the nursing home, praise the Lord. The doctor said that this episode (shortness of breath, etc) was just from exertion. Dan says he is eating well, but not getting much exercise so he is gaining weight which doesn't help the problem.

David is more coherent and is communicating more. However, is in La La land some of the time. He had to have a blood transfusion last night because his hemoglobin was down to 8. Not sure what that is from but it should help his energy and breathing, etc when it gets back up to a more normal level. When they get that under control and twhen the pneumonia is completely gone he will go to a nursing home.... prayerfully that will be Chenal (the same one that Mel is in). Please continue to lift them all up to the throne. God is carrying them, but I know they must be exhausted.

ALSO.... please let me know when you can how Jan 15th is for you all. I know that this is a busy time so know it might be too early to answer that. I will be gone all of next week to the ministry for a trainer meeting but Jim will be around to get the emails.

First Community Group Meeting for 2010

Yes, 2010!!! Hard to believe but here we are ready to jump into a new year. Sooooo what better way to begin than to PRAY!!! The first meeting will be on January 15, 2010 at the City Smith's home. At that meeting we will begin to discuss the Sageworks opportunities for service. Steve Freeman would like to come to the meeting to inform us about Marriage 911 if it fits his schedule. If not, Jim will try to get some info on it and relay it to us at that meeting.

However we each decide to serve (or not) is up to us and how God has gifted each of us. Nancy Vinson and Steve Freeman have both approached us since they desperately need help, but again there is no pressure for us to get involved as a group or as individuals. How we each serve depends on God's leading.

Update on David and Mel

I called you with the last update and left messages for you today but decided to quickly write what I think Dan said this morning. (I was in Drug Emporium pouring over health foods... ugh! The New Year is approaching.)

David is improving in the pneumonia and heart issues, and they think he will leave the hospital in the coming week (hope that is right). He will NOT be coming home but will be going to a nursing home since his condition would require a great deal of care. Pray that God would get him into the one where Mel has been so that it will be easier for Dan and Dorothy. His infection in his sternum is not resolved and will not be... and is what will cause his death if God doesn't intervene. They would have to remove his sternum to help that condition and that would more than likely kill him soooo... Dan is grateful for the prayers AND for the fact that this gives David more time to settle things with the Lord. Let's keep praying for that.

Mel is still in the hospital at Baptist but is doing better and seems to be himself. That may mean that he will be back at the nursing home soon. As of this morning they had not determined what caused his incident at home on Sunday.

Please hold them up all up in prayer and that God will give Dan and Dorothy strength (going to the hospital every day and wisdom for this time. (lots of paperwork and insurance stuff for Dorothy to wade through, too). He is able.... nothing is too difficult for HIM. Praise His Name!!!

Prayer Request / Brother

Hello and Merry Christmas to everyone.

It is with great sorry that I post this request. My brother Dave had to be placed in St Vincent late last Saturday with a staf invention that has progressed to pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was moved this morning to the ICU. Just received a call from the doctor with the news. He said David at this moment has a 50% chance of recovery . However, if his body starts to show a positive result to the antibiotics, the outcome would be more positive. I ask that you prayer for his salvation. He has lived a life of pain and I feel is just worn out at this time. I prayer the Holy Spirit is talking to him in a way he has never felt before and will see his true freedom in Christ. He has a head knowledge but lacks a heart knowledge. Also pray for my Mother that this would not be a sorrowful Christmas but one of victory in Christ. Pray that I would stay healthy and strong for my family. Thank you for being a help to me. God Bless, Dan

Merry Christmas!

We just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas before the season fills up with people, food, fun, travel, etc. We pray that the time with all its busyness will be full of Him and the reality of not just His coming, but His purpose in coming. He came from His home in glory, took on human flesh, and died in our place. That is why He came!!!! Amazing Love!!! And the blood that cleansed us from our sin.... the blood of that spotless Lamb continues to drip from that cross into our lives every day with His Amazing Grace. AND He is coming again to receive us to Him... Our King of Kings!!!!!! Praise His Holy Name!!! I wonder what gifts He would like from us on His Birthday??

Good Times -- Great God - Merry Christmas