Prayer and Praise

All, this is a post of prayer and praise. After reading Betsy's prayer request, I've been keeping an eye out for verses on prayer. I happened to be reading the book of James, and James 5:16 says this:

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."

And there's always Philippians 4:6-7:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

I hope we may all be praying for the family, as God promises us that the prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective, and that the peace of God will guard us in Christ. Let us never forget that!

As for praise, Noelle passed all her exams and graduated from her class! Praise God. We look forward to having you back on a consistent basis, Noelle.

5/13 Minutes!!

Sorry about the delay on the minutes!!

To start off....UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!!

Frontline Summer Retreat: May 15th....register soon! Spots fill up quickly!

Shape Workshop at McLean Bible: June 14th

Small Group Leadership Training: June 7th

Thursday Night Bible Study: Every Thursday at 7:50

Free Showing of Amazing Grace on Friday night at 7

Next Week:
Yang's Going Away Party!! Plan A: mini golf!
Plan B: bowling!
**More info will be coming out tomorrow about where to meet**

Prayers:

Keep Betsy's Boyfriend (Hunter) in your prayers....all of us know how stressful jobs and life after college can be..
Natalie's life in general...
Yang--as she moves into a new place
Pray for Lydia as she considers new jobs
A Praise!! Serena's Chiropractor!
Keep Aimee in your prayers...even if you can't pinpoint uneasiness..prayers always help
Noelle's PT Test on May 27th!!
Another Praise for Cristina--thankfulness for being surrounded by wonderful people and how God has blessed her.

Welcome!

We now have a blog!

Thanks to the brilliant suggestion of Serena and Aimee, we now have a place to share and record notes from our weekly meetings, prayer requests and praises, ideas about service projects or socials, updates, personal spiritual insights, and just about anything that's relevant to our small group!

Everyone can post (I've invited everyone to be an admin). And everyone is encouraged to write something or check here periodically--don't be shy!

If you're not familiar with Blogger and have questions on how to post...or if you want to make changes to the look of the blog, let me know!