White Flowers

Hello everyone! I hope all of you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Ours was unexpected and difficult, but we're doing fine. It was nice to see SO many family and friends although under tragic circumstances. The praise is that my Granddaddy lived a long, joyful, beautiful and full life. I want to thank each of you for thinking about and praying for us over the past week. It was very thoughtful of you guys to send a flower arrangement to the funeral and just again confirmed what an amazing group of friends we have. I was told you guys had sent a flower arrangement, but I didn't know which one was yours. Last night my mother called to say that they were sitting down and going through all of the cards from the flowers and they found one that was addressed from "More than Sunday." She asked if I remembered the arrangement of all white flowers because that was the one from you guys. I then realized that I was standing close to the arrangement made of all white flowers during the graveside service. It was the arrangement I pulled a flower from to say a prayer over and place on the casket of my granddaddy. I could say that it was an awesome coincidence, but I believe it was a kiss from God, because it really touched my heart. Thank you guys for everything.

Kathy

Wonderful!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone. I hope you are having a great holiday week. This is just a reminder that we will not be meeting this Sunday for Life Group. We will be in contact for the Christmas party we will have on Dec. 7th.

Here are some prayer requests for the week:

Marco and Kathy---peace over Kathy's family for the loss of her granddaddy
Eric and Ranae--safe travels for family coming to Abilene
Craig and Brooke--safe travels for family coming to Abilene
Nick and Reyna--safe travels for family coming to Abilene
Will and Ros--safety while in TN.
Webb and Kristi---Webb's mother's health
Abbye and Tate---Tate's safety while away from home this Holiday and Abbye for safety while Tate is away

**Please let me know if there is anything else I have forgotten.

**Also, Don't forget to attend the 9:40 service this Sunday to see Ranae baptised.

Choices

Today's sermon was great, & so was LifeGroup. I was looking at the notes & discussion questions, & 2 of them really made me think. #5 is, "What are some important decisions you either are thankful you made or regret?" In 2001 I made a decision to leave Eastern New Mexico University. It was hard & I had lots of reasons not to. I was there on a football scholarship, had some great teammates & friends, & was 1 year from graduation. However, I was buried deep in sin, & knew I had to do something to help myself. I didn't know it at the time, but God was pouring out so much grace & love for me. His plans are always perfect & good. My mother invited me back into her home, despite of all I had done. I went to McMurry, played football again & graduated. I turned my will & life over to Jesus Christ, and became a new creation. I've been blessed by countless people. I was given a great job, fell in love with a Proverbs 31 woman & married her, and we have a beautiful baby boy. I don't deserve any of this, but God is so good. Everyday we make a lot of choices. Most of them we don't even realize. I learned to trust God, & chose Him in 2002. He chose me long before I was even born. Question #6 is, "Have any of the choices you've made to follow God produced regrets?" This one just makes me smile. There's been times when I'm fearful, doubtful, or flat-out disobiedient, but God is good, & He knows the plans. Jeremiah 29:11


-Webb

Baptism

Hey everyone!

Hope you are all having a wonderful week. We missed you all on Sunday, but it was nice to spend time with Eric's dad and step-mom too.
I was just writing to let everyone know that I am going to be baptized on the Sunday after Thanksgiving at the 9:40 service, there will be no 8:10 service that week since it is the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday. My parents will be in town from PA and they are so excited to be able to be there for it and to meet everyone in our life group.
Being baptized is something I've wanted to do for a long time. I grew up in a Christian home and was saved when I was 6 or 7 years old. There were several times when I was younger when I asked my parents if I could get baptized, but they wanted me to wait until I was older and could really understand the significance of that decision. Yet when I was a teenager during my high school years I wasn't really at a place in my walk with the Lord where I wanted to get baptized. It wasn't until college when I rededicated my life to the Lord and made the decision as an adult to be a true follower of Christ. At that time I was ready to be baptized and make that statement of my faith, but the church I attended during college rarely if ever did baptisms. So now that we are at Beltway and baptism is such a huge part of what our church stands for, it is the perfect timing. I know some of you might be out of town for the weekend because of the holiday, but if not it would be awesome to have you all there!

- Ranae

Let's Give Thanks

We pray each of you is having a very blessed week. This Sunday we will have regular Life Group and will be meeting at our house at 5:00. With Thanksgiving only being a week away we are going to make this week about "giving thanks". Please be prepared to not only voice what you are thankful for but also to bring something that shows what you are thankful for. (I am leaving that to each of your creative minds to come up with something.)

**Also please bring your favorite snack for Sunday night and Nick and I will provide the drinks and paper goods.

Pics from Fall Bash

Hey guys we had so much fun tonight! Here are some pics I took from this evening. Feel free to add your as well! We missed you Eric and Ranae!






The Murphy's



The Girls



Will and Bella playing football



Kathy and Ros



Brooke and Craig



Tate serenading us.



The corn trough was a BIG hit!


Thank you Tate and Abbye for letting us come enjoy the evening with you guys. Your home is beautiful and it was a wonderful time with good friends!