Weekly Update - Tuesday, August 25, 2009

In This Issue:

• No Gathering.
• Special Celebration this Saturday!
• Update your information
• Prayer Requests
• Celebrations!

No Gathering.

We will not have our weekly Gathering this week due to it being the last Wednesday of the month. Please join us next Wednesday, September 2, at the Creekside Sanctuary for our regular time of worship, prayer and teaching.

Special Celebration this Saturday!

instead of our monthly Celebration this Saturday, August 29, we will have a send-off BBQ and picnic for Fei and Wen Wen, who are returning home to China in the next few days, and for Lindsy Rohlf, who is returning home to Minnesota. Everything will take place at the courtyard of John and Jade Sokoll at 157 Hawkeye Court. Each house church will be responsible for bringing their own meat to grill on two gas grills as well as different parts of the meal:

Hawkeye Court: Paper products, condiments.

North Liberty: Drinks.

Joe Abdo's: Sides.

Nathan Meyer's: Sides.

Jonathan Windham's: Desserts.

In addition, Todd and Shelly Vokoun will be collecting money to buy Fei and Wen their own side-by-side English and Chinese Bibles. They also hope to collect enough money to buy a few more English and Chinese Bibles for the Wens to give out back home in China. Anyone want to contribute can give the money to Todd or Shelly the night of the BBQ.

Hope to see everyone there!

Update your information

We are still in the process of updating and tweeking a lot of our communications, including our Web site. One way you can help is by updating your contact information, including putting your current address, phone number and e-mail address in our directory. You can do so by logging in on the Mars Hill Web site, and click on "manage my profile." For more information or for help, please e-mail the Web team.

Prayer Requests

• Comfort and grace for Jessica Darling and her family.
• Vision and zeal for the Decorah church plant.
• Continued vision and zeal for the Goerings on their mission to Germany and Europe, and for the rest of us to gain that vision and zeal with their visit a couple of weeks ago.
• A spiritual harvest from this year's service projects.
• The health and well-being of our expectant mothers.
• Vintage Faith Church in Manhattan, Kansas.
• For University of Iowa students and K-12 students as they begin the new school year.
• For University of Iowa staff and instructors as the fall semester begins.
• For Muslims to seek and find Christ during their holy month of Ramadan, which continues through September 20.
• For our nation at a time of bitter division that we all would look to the Lord for guidance and wisdom.
• The growth and reproduction of our house churches.
• The success of Pulse, our spiritual and emotional healing ministry.
• Our leadership training efforts - GCLI and leader's meetings.
• The gospel to ring forth from Mars Hill Church!

Celebrations!

• Aza Millie Sokoll was born on Monday night!
• Erika Grace Olinger was born on Tuesday morning!
• School is back in session!
• Two people were baptized recently!