Foundations Blog

Upcoming Events:

• Dinner at the Smith’s house on Friday (7/25) at 6:30pm. Children are welcome, and all you need to bring is your appetite! We look forward to seeing everyone!
• Astro’s Faith & Family Night on August 16th. Tickets are $20 (for game and Steven Curtis Chapman concert) and can be purchased in class next week. Follow this link for more details:  http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/ticketing/faithandfamily.jsp

Next Week’s Lesson: What Will Heaven Be Like?

• Focal Passages: Revelation 21:1-5, 22-27; 22:1-5
• Background Passages: Revelation 21:1-22:5

Hi guys,

No big announcements this week, but wanted to send a reminder of our July social calendar. Since we finally have study guides for our lesson, I’m not going to scan it, but I have typed up the synopsis and key verses below. Hope everyone has a fantastic week!

July Events:

• July 14 - Cross Connection, 6pm
• July 20 - Lunch after church
• July 25 - Social at home of Doug & Mary Lynn Smith

July 13th Lesson: What Will the Antichrist do?

Focal Passages: Revelation 13:1-10; 16-18

Background Passages: Revelation 13:1-14:13

Session Overview: Pop culture has greatly influenced our understanding of the end times. People are concerned about being “Left Behind,” they consider the possibility of an “Apocalypse Now,” and the name Damien is not as popular as it once was. There is perhaps no figure surrounded with more mystery or apprehension than the Antichrist, a shadowy world leader who, according to pop culture, is far too evil for heaven and maybe even so bad that hell doesn’t want him. People read through the following passages of Revelation with dread and morbid curiosity. The time is now to find out what the Bible really says so we can live confidently now - and when the time comes to move into the days that Revelation predicts.

• July 6 - Smith
• July 13 - Silberman
• July 20 - McClusky
• July 27 - Gould
• August 3 - Shinogle
• August 10 - McClain
• August 17 - Woodward

• June 29th Lesson: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

• Bible Passages: Proverbs 3:9-10; 11:24-26; 13:11; 15:16-17; 16:11; 23:4-5

• Session Overview: Money - we all want it, but can we handle it? If we could all handle it, I think we’d be allowed to have more money. Why would God not just give us an unlimited supply so we could help others and end poverty - if in fact there was not some danger involved with money? While money is something we all want more of, the truth is, it can be dangerous. Money itself is neither good nor bad, but what it does to us can be. If we don’t keep our motives in check, we can very quickly fall to the allure of riches. Soloman very practically teaches how to make money work for Him rather than working for it!

• Personal Bible Study: June 29 Lesson (click for link to scanned lesson)

To kickoff the summer season, we’re having a barbeque social on Friday. Childcare is available through the church - please call for reservations.

• Friday, June 27th
• Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
• Location: Home of Phil & Katherine Silberman (directions to follow)

The Silbermans have opened their home & will provide hamburgers & hot dogs. Others who were in class on Sunday have signed up for the following items.

• Silberman - hamburgers & hot dogs
• Berry - chips & dip
• McClusky - coleslaw
• Lofts - drinks
• Shinogle - fruit & baked beans

Even if you weren’t in class this week, we’d love for you to join us! Please email the group to let us know you’re coming and what you would like to bring. See everyone on Friday!

We’re back on the Quarterly lessons through Lifeway, but we messed up when we made the book order last quarter! The problem is that we have a few leadership guides, but no books for you guys to take with you. So for the summer, I’ll be posting the lesson on the blog for you to review during the week. I’ve typed up the synopsis, but I’m attaching a scan of the actual lesson for those who want to dig a little deeper. If you have any ideas/feedback, please let me know. Thanks!

If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Don’t Say Anything At All

• Study Theme: Proverbs - Timeless Truths for Everyday Living
• Bible Passages: Proverbs 17:27-28; 18:20-21; 25:11-12; 26:20-22, 28
• Session Overview: How do these jeans makes me look? Does this goatee make my baldness kinda trendy? What do you think of my mother’s meatloaf? How should we really answer questions like this? It would appear that if we speak truthfully, we will get in trouble - and at the same time hurt someone’s feelings. But we also know that lying is wrong. We can’t shove a Twix candy bar into our mouth and wait for the situation to take care of itself, as the commercial suggest. So what do we do? This week we will discover several principles from King Solomon that will help us learn how to use our words wisely, and at times, simply say nothing at all.
• Personal Bible Study: June 22nd - If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Don’t Say Anything At All (follow this link for the PDF file)

 Here are the annoucements for this week:

• Baby Hyden is here! William Garrett Hyden was born on Thursday, June 12th at 8:19! If you would like to visit Scott & Amy or help them out as they adjust to the new baby, give Amy a call on her cell.
• Women’s Bible Studybegins Monday, June 23rd. It meets 5 or 6 times over the summer from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Fireplace Room. Quite a few of the ladies in our class have signed up so far. If you’re interested, please register at http://www.tallowood.org/ministries/women.aspx - we’d love for you to join us!
• Lunch on June 22nd- Meet at Fuddruckers after church.
• June 27th Social - Details are still TBD, but we’ll announce it in class next week. Childcare will be available at the church, so please sign up if you would like to take advantage of it.

Next Week:

• Lesson: Proverbs 17:27-28; 18:20-21; 25:11-12; 26:20-22, 28 (I’ll post details on the blog)
• Breakfast:  Compliments of the Shinogles (so essentially, I’m reminding myself!)

As you’re running through the craziness this coming week, please take a few minutes each day to pray our class as a whole, or a single person that’s been on your mind.

Hope it’s a great one!
Melissa

Here are some upcoming events to put on your calendar for June:

• Eli Lofts birthday - Eli is celebrating his 3rd birthday on Sat 6/7 from 2-4pm at the Tallowood indoor playground. Give Nicole a call if you’ll be joining in the fun!
• Outreach - We’re taking the month off, so no outreach this month.
• 3rd Sunday Lunch - June 22nd, location TBD
• Childcare Social w/ Disciples class - June 27th, details to follow

For next week:

• Lesson - We’ll be starting the new quarterly. I’ll send an email with the lesson when I get the literature from John.
• Breakfast - compliments of the Berry’s
• Ethan & I will be in Dallas for his brother’s high school graduation next week. Thanks to the Russell’s for filling in for us!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day! Here are some announcements for the week:

Girls Night: Tues 5/27 - Meet at 6:30 at Mary Louise’s place for dinner and a discussion of Eat, Pray, Love. Please drop her an email to let her know that you’ll be attending.

Dave & Jess Ray’s CD Release Concert: Fri 5/30 - In the Tallowood Activities Center at 7:30pm. Free admission.

Class outing to Kemah: Sat 5/31 - We’ll meet at the church at 10am to carpool. More information coming soon…

Women’s Bible Study: Bad Girls of the Bible - Some of the girls will be participating in this study and we would love for everyone to join us. The Study will meet on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 in the Fireplace Room, begining June 23. You can register online at http://www.tallowood.org/ministries/women.aspx. You can also purchase the study book for $14 on the first night of the class.

May 18 - Music

May 25 - Hyden

June 1 - Crockett

June 8 - Berry

June 15 - McClain

June 22 - Shinogle

June 29 - Lofts