The Audience

of One. CNN reported late Saturday morn-

ing that there were 8,000 peo-ple at “The Re-

sponse,” a day of prayer and fasting at Reliant Stadium in Houston. This is after the floor

seating had been overflow-ing with partici-pants since 7:45 that morning,

and the crowd started to fill the

next level. Fox News reported that there were 30,000 people at the stadium that day.

The night be-fore, I was hav-

ing dinner with

some of the people who were also helping with

the event. A couple of them wondered how

many people would show up the next day. I immediately thought about a chapter in Os

Guinness’ book, The Call, entitled “The Audience of One.” While Os Guinness was

not specifically talking about

prayer, I thought that the title of that chapter captures the sense of what was really im-

portant at “The Response.”

While our cul-

ture defines suc-cess by how many people

show up, what really mattered was whether

God was present or not. A multi-tude gathered for a religious event is mean-ingless if God is

not there. And the number of people present is not what de-fines God’s pres-

ence and activ-ity.

The Bible says that “the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effec-

tive.” (James 5:16) Cont. on p. 3

Mark Your Calendar:

AUGUST:

14TH-DEACONS MTG.

14TH—CVBA LEADERSHIP

CONFERENCE

21ST—ELDER AFFIRMATION

21ST-CLT MTG.

21ST-LORD’S SUPPER

22ND—SAISD BEGINS

28TH—ELDER ORDINATION

30TH—REMEDY LAUNCH

31ST—BSM LUNCH

SUNDAY EVENING HOME GROUPS MOVING FORWARD

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AUDIENCE OF ONE (CONT.)

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CVBA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HORSE WHISPERER

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STUDENTS

5

CHILDREN

6

MINISTRIES 7

Inside this issue:

August 10, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 18

C O L L E G E H I L L S B A P T I S T C H U R C H

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Moving Forward...

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Sunday Evening Home Groups!

Join us at one of the following homes for Family Home Groups:

201 Churchill Blvd. (Sam & Tracy Torbett)

6706 Grand Canal Court (James & Nina Reid)

208 Edinburgh (Lakan & Kim Mariano)

30 Clare (Ryan & Kira Connel)

5833 Dearborn (Charlie & Becca Woods)

2102 Johnson St (John Bilberry)

Note: There will be no nursery during the summer.

Bring your entire family with you to home group!

Then James gives the exam-

ple of Elijah who prayed that it

would not rain, and it did not rain for three and a half years.

Again he prayed that God would send the rain, and the Lord gave the land rain. One right-

eous man before the audience of One.

I appreciate very much the heart

of the organizers wanting the event to be a

time of confes-sion of personal and corporate

sins, an ac-knowledgment that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has

strayed away from the gospel

and the truth,

and that our wit-

ness has not matched our be-liefs.

Our church hosted a day of prayer and fast-

ing the same day. The Lord used Shayla Grelle’s mom, Nona Horner, to organize a simi-

lar prayer and fasting day in the Bangs/Brownwood

area. There was a similar gather-

ing in Mertzon. It was good to know that there thousands other gatherings around the na-

tion, and there were believers in Indonesia, India, Iran, and Africa praying for the

Church in the

United States

leading up to

that day. My personal

prayer is that we will not just look back to August 6 as something

great that we did, but August 6 was the begin-ning when God’s people began to respond to the

call of the Holy Spirit to humble ourselves before God, confess our

sins and get right with him,

and recognize that we need his grace for every-thing in life. And that we become a people of the

word and of prayer.

Lakan

Audience of One (cont. from p. 1)

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“Transformational Church Goes to Sunday School” (Free Book for All Participants) Sunday, August 14th, 3:00—5:30PM Paul Ann Baptist Church 2531 Smith Blvd, San Angelo Author, Speaker, Teacher—Dr. David Francis Director Sunday School/Discipleship Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, TN Childcare will not be provided by the Host Church

2011 CVBA Bible Study Leadership Conference

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Paul Daily of Wild Horse Ministries will share the gospel while he “tames” a wild horse.

Date: Thursday, September 22nd Location: First Community Credit Spur Arena Time: 7:00PM Come early and enjoy the following! FREE burger meal FREE country music entertainment by Clifton Jansky

Meal & Music from 5:50—6:50

(This special ministry provided by the churches of the Concho Valley Baptist Association.) For more information, call 653-4314 or 653-4898.

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Student Ministries

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Outreach… Angelo State University move-in weekend

begins August 19th. We will be offering our help to the students but our plans for lunch have changed. The cam-

pus has asked all campus ministries and those off campus to take a year off from providing meals to help with the traffic flow during move

-in weekend. The situation should be rectified by next summer. We will still be providing bottled water. If you can help by providing bottled water, money, or your time please contact Ryan Connel or the church office. If you’d like to donate money, please place it in the offering or send/bring to church office, desig-

nated “ASU Move-In”.

Remedy is a weekly collegiate service that exists to engage students with Christ-centered worship and teaching for the purpose of creating faithful dis-

ciples who join in God’s redemptive mission through local communities of faith. It is a joint effort of College Hills and Glen Meadows and officially

launches Tuesday, Aug. 30th, 7-8:30PM here at CHBC. Please be in prayer for this new college ministry.

On August 31st, we will be hosting the Wednesday lunch for

the Baptist Student Ministry at ASU. If you can help prepare, serve, or clean up, please contact Ryan or Kira Connel.

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FMI ON

STUDENT

MINISTRIES

CONTACT RYAN

CONNEL AT THE

CHURCH OFFICE

OR 227-1778.

Coming Soon 08-21: Parent/Youth

Team Mtg.

09-07: Outbreak Kickoff

09-12: Saturation

09-18: Home Group

Kickoff

09-28: See You At The Pole

Children’s Ministries News….

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Wednesdays this Summer— This summer the kids (Grades K-5) will have a great time learning about God and His plans for their lives.

August Schedule: 3rd— Jesus Comes to Serve

10th— Redemption 17th— Back To School Celebration September 7th—AWANA Clubs resume!

PreSchool-5th Grade Awana helps churches and parents work together to develop spiritually strong children and youth who faithfully follow Jesus Christ. Our pro-grams offer a proven approach for evangelizing and discipling kids in the church and community.

FMI: Contact Philip Cross or Commander Greg Jackson

Kids Choir Our Kids’ Choir (for K-5th Grade) will resume Sun-

day, September 18th, meeting at the church from 6-7:30PM under the leadership of Stacy Stephenson and her team.

FOR MORE

INFORMATION ON

THESE OR OTHER

CHILDREN’S AND

FAMILY MINISTRIES,

PLEASE CONTACT

PHILIP CROSS

Congratulations to

Raymond and Jessalyn Cherry.

Their beautiful daughter,

Hannah Rose, arrived Thursday,

August 4th, at 5:18PM,

weighing in at 8lbs. 7oz.

Baby, mommy, and daddy are

doing fine and are at home now.

Extended Session Teacher Schedule for August: We appreciate all our extended session workers!

2’s&3’s: 4’s&5’s:

08-07 Rex Stephenson/Brittany Guevara Taylor Stephenson/Presley Fisher

08-14 Rutherford/Stephen Guevara Amber Minor/Jordan Fisher

08-21 Dalgliesh/Mackenzie Shanafelt Larmon/Blake Weber

08-28 Jessie Rike/Tye Weber B Haskins/Valton Lewallen

NOTE: Extended Session Workers should be in their places by 10:25AM each Sunday. If you are unable to

fulfill your obligation, please immediately contact Cathy Blair @405-496-5769. Thanks for your cooperation.

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Men’s Small Groups

Women’s Small

Groups

For more information

on Men’s and Women’s

Small Groups, please

check the website, the

foyer information ta-

ble or call the church

office.

2102 Johnson

San Angelo TX 76904

325-949-5788

325-949-6877

info@collegehillsbc.org

Look us up on

We’re on the web:

www.collegehillsbc.org

DEACONS OF THE WEEKDEACONS OF THE WEEK (These men are responsible for hospital visitation the month of August and are

available to anyone who has needs.) Aug 07 Rex Stephenson…………. 942-9537 Aug 14 John Bilberry……………..942-1012

Aug 21 Jerry Walls……….……..944-1876 Aug 28 Bob Gilliam………………655-6067

Sep 04 Fred Rike……………….227-4208 Sep 11 Charles Harrison…………..653-4386

Coming Soon to CHBC

08-14 Deacons’ Mtg @3PM

08-19 ASU Move-In Help

08-21 Elder Affirmation

Lord’s Supper

CLT Mtg @4PM

08-22 First day of school

08-28 Elder Ordination

Last Summer Sunday

Evening Family

Home Group Mtg.

08-30 REMEMDY:

College Worship

Partnership Kick-Off

08-31 BSM Lunch

09-07 AWANA resumes

09-11 Patriot Day and

Picnic at Pecan Creek

YOUR CHURCH STAFFYOUR CHURCH STAFF

Lakan Mariano.……………..Senior Pastor Philip Cross………....Family & Education Pastor

Ryan Connel……….…..Pastor to Students Micah Mariano……………...….Worship Pastor

Cynthia Hickey…..……..Ministry Assistant

CHURCH OFFICE HOURSCHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Thursday: 8:30 AM—Noon/ 1:00 PM—4:00 PM

Friday: 9:00AM—Noon/ 1:00PM—4:00PM

Fall Semester Study: Isaiah Pt. 2 Meets Tuesdays at CHBC Fellowship Hall 9-11AM (Nursery provided for B-PreK)

Teacher: Candy Blackwood

Deadline for having money turned in for workbook ($20.25) is August 29th. If you plan to attend you must have a workbook. If you are unsure if you have paid please contact Denise Hatcher at

617-2132.