The world seems hopelessly lost.  But if we fail to obey because of discouragement, we forfeit blessing. 

Many years ago Terry Strawn, (one of our security guys, pictured below, left) was active in his little church in Lytton Springs, Texas.  A fishing and hunting partner he knew since Jr. High, Bud (pictured below, right, with his wife Rosie), lived lost and was lost.  He  was a heavy drinker, and scoffed at the idea of going to church.  These two friends went fishing and hunting together, but one man was a believer and the other man was not.  Terry brought up spiritual matters and his Bud's need for Christ, but Bud had no interest in it.

 

Whenever Bud's daughter spent the night with Terry's daughter, she would go to church the next day with Terry's family.  She heard the gospel and met Christ.  Then Terry's family invited Bud's son to church and he heard the gospel and was saved.  And this unchurched, scoffing dad had to find out what it was all about so he went and confronted the pastor.

In talking to the pastor Bud heard the gospel and was saved--by God's grace.  His wife was also eventually saved and they became active in the little church, working with youth.  Some years later Bud followed a call to pastor and has been pastoring that same church for a couple of decades--leading men and women to faith in Christ.

It began with an invitation to church.  We have folks in our church who started their journey with Christ because of someone's invitation.  Cards, like the one pictured above,   will be available Sunday morning.  Take a few and use them to help invite others to church!

Don't enjoy eternal life without helping someone else find it also!

Student ministry is going well! We continue to see solid growth. We are still up significantly from last years attendance trends. God is working in the hearts and minds of our youth! We are seeing students coming to Christ, and students taking their faith seriously and digging deeper. Thank you for your support and prayers as we continue to pursue God's leading for HHSM.

Our students will have Bible study opportunities as well as service opportunities over the next several weeks! Bible studies were supposed to start last Sunday but I came down with a nasty cold. So we will jump into our bible studies this coming Sunday! Super Sports Camp is coming up quick! Students are encouraged to take part in leading Super Sports which is a spring break camp for K-5th grade students. We teach basic sports skills as well as teach the Gospel to the kids who attend!

Mark your calendars! The Backyard BBQ will be in May this year! We believe moving the BBQ the spring will have a great impact on the event. This helps spread out our major event weekends and gives us a fun new tradition for closing out the school year! We are looking forward to Backyard BBQ 2019!

Important Dates:  

February 17, March 3 - Bible Studies

March 10 - Laser Tag Tournament (at church - Free!)

March 17 - Mandatory Super Sports Meeting

March 18-22 - Super Sports Camp!

May 5 - Backyard BBQ

Yesterday we had our first Children's Worship in the Family Ministry room, D-213. The Lord blessed us with an awesome morning! Feel free to come look in the room next week if you would like to see what a blessing it is for our children to utilize this space. Our lesson yesterday for Bible Life and Children's Worship was about the Passover. We learned the significance of the Passover Lamb and how Jesus is our Passover Lamb who died to take away our sins. Each week we also highlight our 20% to Our Neighbors and the Nations partners. We discussed our church's ministry in the Kyle Prison lead by Tim Snowden. 

Should you give your kids an allowance? Mark your calendars for our next parent equipping event on Sunday 2/17 from 4:30 to 5:50. We will be discussing how to teach our children wise money management. Join Greg and I in the High School room for an afternoon of awesome discipleship! 

Heroes Camp will be here soon, and I am super excited about all the Lord has in store for this year! We have a renewed vision guiding everything we do. Camp has an intentional schedule, meaningfully fun activities, and Bible focused teaching.We cannot wait to see the Gospel transform lives this summer and allow our campers to have the most fun of any camp experience. We would love to have you join us as a part of the Heroes Camp Worker Team. To join the team, please fill out an application and turn it in to me. Feel free to call/text (812-786-0038) or email ( [email protected]) with any questions. Visit  www.hayshills.com/heroescampworkers to learn more!