Weekly Update - Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In This Issue:

• Leaders Meeting
• Bell ringing
• Faithwalkers coming up!
• Gathering is next week
• Update your information
• Follow us on Twitter and YouTube!
• Prayer Requests
• Celebrations!

Leaders Meeting

House church leaders will have their monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, at the Creekside Chapel.

Bell ringing

The Salvation Army is once again having volunteers ring the bells outside of 15 locations in Iowa City and Coralville as their major fundraiser for the year. And once again, Mars Hill will be helping out. Matt Eisenhammer will be organizing times to do bell ringing for each house church.  Please call or email him for details.

Faithwalkers coming up!

Still looking for a time that could be life-changing? Then it's not too late to sign up for this year's Faithwalkers, taking place December 27 to 30, at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.. This year's conference will be focusing on the theme of "Changing Lives." If you register by this FRIDAY, December 4, you can save $20!

Though meals will be provided along with conference materials, everyone is responsible for their own lodging.You can go to a nearby hotel (Here are some suggested places), or you can be blessed by Candlewood Church in Omaha. Candlewood's members are opening up to 25 houses and apartments where folks can sleep and get breakfast during the course of the conference. This would be ideal for anyone considering not coming because of financial pressures or the prospect of hotel costs. For more information, contact Pastor Rory Whitney.

For more information on the conference itself or to register for it, go to the Faithwalkers Web site.

Gathering is next week

We will have our monthly Gathering a little early, this time at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9, at the Creekside Chapel. Stay tuned as more information is forthcoming!

Update your information

Do we have your updated contact 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.

Follow us on Twitter and YouTube!

Are you on Twitter? Do you like getting your info in a 140 characters or less? Then be sure to follow Mars Hill on Twitter today! How about YouTube? New videos will begin being posted at Mars Hill's own YouTube page. Subscribe to both today!

Prayer Requests

• Continued healing 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 last month.
• For our sister church in Pamplona, Spain, for grace and wisdom in making disciples for Christ at both universities in Pamplona.
• For the continued outreach efforts in India, including showings of the Jesus Film and Tom Short's planned trip there in January.
• For the Milan, Italy, church to be able to start a Bible study with those who are spiritually interested.
• For the success of the "Family Zone," a new fellowship focused on marriage and family issues, at the Poznan, Poland, church.
• For our and others' gifts to Operation Christmas Child this year. 
• For our sister church in Guapiles, Costa Rica that their economic situation would improve to be able to pay the rent on their building, for recovery efforts following last year's earthquake, 
• The health and well-being of our expectant mothers.

Celebrations!

• Gemma Sautter!
• Our sister church in Guapiles, Costa Rica has had 19 baptisms and has its first deacon!