New Year's Eve PARTY at the Bowen's

We are having the New Year's Eve Party at our house this year. I'm sure a lot of you will be out of town, but if you will be in town & would like to come please let us know.
Mon., Dec. 31st at 6:30ish until ???
Bring: your kids, drinks, finger foods, or dessert

You can sign up by adding a comment on this post or emailing us.

Prayer Requests from Sunday, December 16th

The following are prayer requests from class today:

*Heather Adcock, Len's sister- having complications with pregnancy
*Bill Webb, Aaron's grandfather- fluid on his lungs and has other health problems
*Marcy Hayes, has cervical cancer
*Mandi Terry's mom- has breast cancer and have masectamy tomorrow, 12/17
*Sheryl, Robert's cousin, has breast cancer and having masectamy this week
*High's- having ultrasound on the 20th, prayers for healthy baby!
*Family in Arkansas, friends of Janna's parents- had a car accident today and their two children were killed, father in critical condition and mother also hospitalized

PRAISE- Baby Drew home from hospital!
PRAISE- Aaron graduated from nursing school on Friday!!

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Food for the Parkers

We are going to sign-up to take food to the Parkers for this week- lunch & dinner. We will take it to Vanderbilt as long as they're there & we will continue to take food to them once they go home this week. I know they'll appreciate it! Just call one of their cell phone #s & let them know the day that you sign up to take food. As long as they're at the hospital something disposable & easy to eat would be ideal. You can sign up on our class blog by leaving a comment.

Andy's cell 497-7409
Rebekah's cell 500-0304

Mon. Dec. 10th lunch- Julie
dinner- April & Dana

Tuesday, Dec. 11 lunch- Christine
dinner- Katie Holliday

Wed.12/12 lunch- Mandi
dinner-Candie

Thurs. 12/13 lunch-Laura Beth
dinner-Molly

Friday 12/14 lunch-Stephanie
dinner-

Sat 12/15 lunch-
dinner-

Sun. 12/16 lunch-
dinner-Emily S.

Prayer Requests from Sunday, December 2nd

Here are the prayer requests from class on Sunday:

*Julie Dunn, friend of Victoria- complications with pregnancy
*Cheryl, Robert Byrd's cousin- doctors have found lumps
*Heather Adcock, Len's sister- on strict bed rest with complications from pregnancy
*Melanie Bush, many know her or her sister Lindsay- Melanie is 21 yrs old has only been given a couple of weeks to live due to cancer
*Donna, Stephanie's sister in law- two weeks late with delivering new baby
*Troy's mom- having tests run
*Bill Pauley- health issues from heart attack last week
*Al Bradshaw, Alan's father- suffering from pneumonia
*David Carrol's father- having surgery this week
*families suffering from loss of child hit at Vandy game last weekend

PRAISE- Karkau's and Partezana's both expecting!! Congratulations!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Prayer Requests/Upcoming Events

Here are the prayer requests from class on Sunday:

*Mr. Williams, Rebekah's grandfather- health problems
*Nance family, little boy was hit by taxi at Vanderbilt football game on Saturday
*Ryan's boss, struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues

Just a reminder regarding upcoming class events:

Monday, December 3rd- Girl's Night Out at church- Ornament making! Feel free to invite a friend! We'll get started at 7:30p- please let us know if you are planning to come so we can make sure we have enough ornaments, etc. Plan to bring a few dollars to over the supply costs.
Sunday, December 9th- Class Holiday Potluck/Christmas Party after second service at church- there will be a sign up in class
Monday, December 17th- Shopping and Wrapping for Kids- we will meet at Wal-Mart in Cool Springs at 5pm then plan to meet back at the Segadi's around 6:30p to eat pizza and wrap the presents. There is a red envelope on the clipboard in class to put your money in to go towards shopping. We will have around 10 people to shop for this year!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Prayer Requests from Sunday, November 11th

Here are the prayer requests/praise from class:

*David's sister- received good report from doctor regarding pregnancy!
*Marti Carroll- mother diagnosed with dementia
*Mike Mathney- under hospice care
*Alyson Gaither's father, Bobby Roberts- experienced a bad fall and has alheimzers
*Toby & DeeDee Smith- moving to Lousiana
*Shawn, co-worker of Troy- going through divorce
*Angie, teaches with Molly & Candie- her mother in law passed away
*Amanda Gray, friend of Bowen's- she just lost her mother in law to cancer and he father in law also has cancer
*Heather Adcock, Len's sister-in-law- complications with pregnancy and on bedrest
*Melissa Buisson- was held up at gunpoint outside her home
*Jennifer's mother- surgery from accident
*Julie's mother- recovering from surgery
*Jeremy Keoph, friend of High's- his father passed away
*Becky Purdue, Emily's aunt- her mother and brother passed away this week
*Julie Aleck, Jay's sister- going through custody battle with children

Please let us know if you have any other prayer requests or praise to add- we are a family and love the fact that we are so open in sharing hurts and excitement in each others lives. For those of you were weren't able to be in class Sunday- we had another wonderful time of sharing from David. Please keep all of these above in your prayers this week and also pray that our eyes are OPEN to opportunity.

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Food Sign Up for The Parkers

If you would like to sign up to take food to the Parkers, leave a comment and I will update the list. I will send the list around Sunday in class as well!
Thanks,
Molly

Sun Oct 28 April
Tues Oct 30 Christine/Brooke
Thurs Nov 1 Candie
Sat Nov 3 Laura Beth
Mon Nov 5 Lauren
Wed Nov 7 Dana
Fri Nov 9
Sun Nov 11 Laura
Tues Nov 13 Ashley B
Thurs Nov 15 Niki/Ashley S
Sat Nov 17
Mon Nov 19 Katie
Sun Nov 25 Reid Bennett
Tues Nov 27
Thurs Nov 29 Julie Tanner

Game Night at the Tanner's House

I wanted to update the Nov.10 activity. We are going to have a game night at our house. (If you have a good one-bring it!) My parents and other 1st priorities parents (please let me know if yours are willing) are going to keep the kids up at church, so we can actually play! The Stephens are helping us host this at our house. It will start at 5:00 and we will order pizza, so just bring money for that. Everything else will be provided. Hope everyone can come. Please sign up in class or add a comment to the blog to let us know. Thanks!

Baby Drew Is Here!

Andrew "Drew" James Parker was born yesterday, 10/23, around 1:05 pm at Baptist Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs, 8 ounces and is 19 inches long. Congraulations Andy, Rebekah and big brother Jackson!!

Prayer Requests from Sunday, October 14th

Here are the prayer requests from class today:

*Dana's brother and sister in law, David & Angela Burnett- new baby, Ethan and twin girls 16 months
*Jamie Karkau- pregnancy complications, due Jan 08
*Lawton High- home with croop
*Mike Pulis- friend of High's, brain surgery
*Jarod's grandfather- diagnosed with colon cancer
*Ryan & Brooke- traveling/first time away from Lauren
*Parkers- upcoming arrival of baby Drew
*Peyton & Jenny- friends of Segadi's, jobs/finances
*Upcoming family church retreat

Please lift these up in prayer. Hope you all have a blessed week!

Opportunity to Help!

As was announced in class on Sunday, we will be taking up money during class on the next 2 Sundays (Oct. 14th & 21st) to help purchase gift cards to Super Suppers for David & Angela Burnett, Dana Byrd's brother & sister-in-law, who were recently blessed with baby #3! As most of you know, they also have twin baby girls who are not quiet 16 months old. So, they definitely have their hands full, living in Virginia with no family close. I know they will appreciate our generosity! If you are unable to be in class (since many of us teach) you can give your donations to Laura Karkau. What a great idea & a great way to show our love & support to fellow Christians!

Prayer Requests from Sunday, October 7th

Here are the prayer requests from class yesterday morning…

*Chad and Laura Beth High are expecting baby #2 in May….yeah!! Congratulations!!!
*Chad’s coworker’s husband, Mike Pulis, is having brain surgery on Wednesday.
*Ethan Burnett, Robert and Dana’s baby nephew…returned home last night and is doing great!
*Troy’s coworker, Shawn Orange, is having marriage issues, pray for him and his wife and their 5 children.
*Try and Nikki’s friend, Kat, and her drug addiction and rehab.
*Mike Matheny and his cancer, he is now off chemo; also remember his family during this difficult time.
*Lauren and Will McDonald and their recovery
*Rebecca, Andy, and Jackson and baby Drew’s upcoming arrival!! (only about 4 weeks to go!)

We hope everyone has a wonderful week and hope to see you all Wednesday night!

Welcome to the World Baby Will!

Congratulations to Ryan, Lauren and big sister Anna Kate on welcoming William "Will" Colson McDonald into the world on Friday, September 28th at 7:47am. Baby Will weighed 9lbs 1 oz and was 20 inches long.

Food Sign-up for Ryan & Lauren McDonald:

*Remember to call before taking them food to see how many you will be cooking for.
*IF you would like to sign-up to take them food please leave a comment & I will update the list. Thank you!

Oct 1 Mon. April

Oct. 3 Wed. Rebekah

Oct 5 Fri. Candie

Oct 7 Sun. Emily Stephens & Julie Tanner

Oct. 9 Tues. Jennifer Belue

Oct. 11 Thurs. Stephanie

Oct. 13 Sat. Victoria Owens

Oct. 15 Mon. Laura Beth High

Oct. 17 Wed. Ashley Birch

Oct. 19 Fri. Niki Luckett & Ashley Sasser

Oct. 21 Sun. Christine Adcock & Brooke Semanchik

Oct. 23 Tues. Molly Roark

Oct. 25 Thurs. (McDonald's Care Group)

Oct. 27 Sat. (McDonald's Care group)

Oct. 29 Mon. Dana Byrd & Janna Walters

Prayer Requests from Sunday, September 23

Here are the prayer requests from class today:

*Alli Patterson- brother committed sucide
*Ashley Wilson family- Ashley was Brad Eatherly's fiancee and she passed away last week
*Ryan & Lauren- preparing for the arrival of baby Will on Friday
*Harding nurses- terrible car accident involving drunk driver, nursing students and professor critially injured and three from car of drunk driver died
*Rebekah Parker's brother- having another eye surgery on Tuesday

Please keep these in your prayers this week.
Hope you all have a blessed week!

Combined Devo at the High's, THIS FRIDAY 9/21

This Friday night, at 5:30, the Highs will be hosting fellowship/devo. BBQ Nachos are on the menu . . . you don't want to miss it! Let us know if you can come - we will let you know what you can bring to the table! :) We'll see you there!

Chad and Laura Beth

phone #371-0474

Directions: From church, turn left on Franklin Rd, then turn left on Old Hickory Blvd. After passing Target, you will turn right on Cloverland (I think the 4th light past Target) Our street, Valley View Rd, will be the only street to the right. It is not marked on Cloverland, but it also connects to OHB which you might see and can turn on. If you come in from Cloverland, our house will be on the right - 5652 Valley View Rd.

Luau Pictures and Details

Here are some pictures from the class Luau Saturday night! It was a wonderful time of food, fun and fellowship! Congratulations to the following winners for the evening-
Tanner's - best dressed
Mandi Terri- female limbo champion
Robert Byrd- male Limbo champion
Brooke Semanchik- hula hoop champion

Prayer Requests from Sunday, September 16th

Here are the prayer requests/praise from class-

*Mr. Stephens, Jeremy's dad, PRAISE- feeling better following surgery
*Shawn, friend of Troy Luckett- family issues
*Ryan & Lauren, planning to welcome baby Will into the world
*Adcocks, PRAISE- expecting baby #2, congratulations!!

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Prayer Requests/Announcements from Sunday, Sept. 2nd

Please keep the following in your prayers this week:

*Those out of town and traveling
*Baby Bennett Speck- grandson of Steve and Cilla- www.prayingforbennett.blogspot.com
*Mike Mathney- www.folksformike.org
*David & Laura's sister in law- Jamie Karkau, complications with pregnancy- due 1/08

Please remember to RSVP for the Luau next weekend, Sept 15th!! You can RSVP via the evite email or through the blog and please give your $15 into Jay or Robert. Hope you're all able to come- it should be a wonderful evening of food, fun and fellowship!

Hope you all have a blessed, short week!

September Activity- LUAU!!

FIRST PRIORITIES
LUAU

You’re invited to a Luau
at the summer’s end
put on a flowered shirt
come celebrate with friends
There will be virgin pina coladas
grass skirts and leis
a limbo contest and music
a Great Hawaiian PARTAY!

Saturday, September 15th
Festivities will begin at 5:00pm at the Segadi’s

• Cost per family- $15, includes food, drinks, activities
• Please wear your luau attire- prize given to “best dressed”
• Fun, games, fellowship!
• Water activities will be available for kids

Please RSVP through Evite or sign up in class on Sunday. Please put $15 in envelope on clipboard in class and put name on outside as paid or give money to Jay or Robert.

Hope you are all able to come!!

Prayer Requests from Sunday, August 26th

Here are the prayer requests from yesterday.

*Bennett Speck, grandson of Steve and Cilla Speck, newborn in critical condition (blood infection)- http://www.prayingforbennett.blogspot.com/
*Bradley Roark’s coworker, Dawn, sudden passing of her father
*Wayne Stephens, Jeremy’s dad, surgery to remove colon tumor
*Laura Karkau not feeling well and has had fever for 4 days
*Aaron’s granddad is having a pacemaker replacement
*Resa-Marie Byrd, Robert and Dana’s niece, pray for God’s guidance

Please lift all of these and their families up in prayer this week. Hope all of you have a wonderful week!

Prayer Requests from Sunday, August 19th

Please keep the following in your prayers this week:

*Mike Harvy's grandmother- Dorris Cleaver, eye surgery this week
*Julie Tanner's friends-Blanton's daughter Boothe- trouble with pregnancy, baby not expected to live
*Charlie Hale
*Mike Mathney
*Kelly Helmlinger's friend-Joe Posey, cancer
*Kelly Helmlinger's friend- Cartright family, Mr. Cartright passed away
*Bennett Speck- newborn grandson of Steve & Cilla, critical condition at Georgetown Hospital, www.prayingforbennett.blogspot.com

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Prayer Requests/Announcements from Sunday, August 12th

PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please keep the following in your prayers this week:

*Mike Mathney
*Joey Jones
*Andy's grandmother- surgery
*Jake Dolittle- head injury
*Brent & Julie's fried, Will- received good report- PRAISE!
*David's sister and brother in law- pregnancy/marriage- problems with pregnancy
*Rebekah's brother- going back to school
*Ashley Wilson- battling Cystic Fibrosis

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
*Monthly Class Activity, Picnic at the Park- THIS Saturday, see sign up/details below in previous post
*BHCC Fall Retreat- October 19-21
*TEACHERS- if you haven't taught class in a while please consider teaching this fall! There are still several opportunities to serve, possibly with another couple and could rotate, so please take a look at the sign up board in the lobby.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Prayer Request for Jake Doolittle

Please pray for 15 month old Jake Doolittle from Nashville, TN. He sustained a head injury when a TV fell on his head.
Jake Doolittle's Caring Bridge Website
I truly believe that God will listen to our prayers and heal this little boy. It has really hit home to me and I can't imagine being in his parents' shoes right now.

Julie has also posted a comment with an update on Will McPherson
Update on Will McPherson-He met with the oncologists today and his MRI is stable!! This is the first report since Nov. '06 that the tumors have not grown. They have lots of hope now!

Prayer Requests for Sunday August 4th

Here are the prayer requests from class:

Niki's grandmother- lost her husband 1 year ago today
David's brother and siser-in-law- expecting baby and anticipating complications
Aaron & Janna- safe trip to Hawaii- whew hoo- have fun!!
Julie's dad- serious spider bite
Tragedy in Minniapolis- bridge accident

Please pray for our marriages that we will always keep Christ at the head and for our children that they will grow to fall in love with Jesus and that we will be blessed with wisdom as parents.

PRAISE- Mandy's brother's girlfriend- baptized this week

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Urgent Prayer Request

A co-workers friend had to be rushed to the hospital last night for an emergency baby delivery.... the child was born at 5 only months, and fortunately doing fine.... the mother Kerry Case however has had a rough night... she is having kidney failure and liver problems... pray that the doctors can bring her back to good health, and for her family as well.

Regards,
Mr. McDonald

Important Notice

Hey everyone,
I just realized that I put Aug. 11th down for the August Activity. It's actually August 18th. Please put this on your calendar!!

Playdate at Lawton's House

This Thursday we will have a play day at Lawton's house. Bring your lunch, a swimming suit for the kiddie pool (if you want) and we will have some fun inside and out (depending on the weather!) Come at 10:00ish (or whenever you can get yourself together and out the door.) :) Call Laura Beth (371-0474) if you need directions to Lawton's new house. See you there!

Prayer Requests for Sunday July 29th

Please keep the following in your prayers this week:

Mike Mathney
Joey Jones
Julie Tanner's friend- Will McPherson, going to Alive Hospice

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

August Service Project

August “1st Priorities” Service Project
School Clothing Drive

Beginning this year all Metro. students are required to wear “standard school attire”, which consists of white or navy blue collared shirts (or turtlenecks) and pants, shorts, capris , skorts, jumpers or skirts in black, blue or any shade of khaki. Every Metro. school is required to develop a clothes closet for indigent families and families that come in from other districts and need help getting started.

There are several ways to help with this service project:

• Donate used or new clothing – Shop at consignment sales, Dollar Market (on Nolensville Rd. across from Tusculum Elem.) or Wal-Mart, or any other clothing store. You can put these clothes in the bin in the foyer at church by August 12th.

and/ or

• Donate gift cards, or cash – Principals in Metro. have been given vouchers to use to buy clothes at certain stores at a discounted rate, so we would be able to make better use of our money by donating cash. There will be an envelope on the clipboard in class during the next few weeks if you wish to donate cash or gift cards. Please turn in money by August 12th.

Questions??? Contact Candie Bowen at 500-5738 or candiebowen@yahoo.com

Thank You for participating in
our August service project!!!

Prayer Requests for Sunday July 22nd

Maples/Harris Families- loss of baby Eden

Jim Bob James- niece died this week

Mike Matheny- bad test results, please pray for him, his wife and children

Robbie & youth group- safe and productive trip to Robbins, TN

Craig's customer, Mr & Mrs Smith- 15 yr old boy died of cancer

Robert's sister in law- test for cancer next week, please pray for good results

Aaron's friend from home, Carol Hix- breast cancer

Janna's basketball coach from home, Todd Carpenter- brain cancer

Christine's brother, Edward- serving in Iraq, please pray for safety

Aaron Arnold Smith- passed away from tubing accident

Please lift these families up in prayer this week

August Activity

August Activity
Where: Owl Creek Park on Concord Road
When: Saturday, August 18th
Time: 4:30 until your ready to go home!
What to bring: Pack your own picnic. They have basketball courts and a field area, so you might want to bring sports equipment.
Food Sign Up:
Drinks
1. Adcocks
2. Parkers
3. Roarks
4. Bowens- kids drinks
Cooler
1. Adcocks
2. Bowens
3.
Ice
1. Bowens
2.
3.
Desserts
1. Helmlingers
2. Tanners
3.
4.
If you want to sign up to bring something, leave a comment and I will update it. We will also have a sign up sheet in class.
We still need to come up with a service project for August. If anyone has any ideas, let me know and we can create a new post for it. School time is starting up again, so we could gather school supplies for children that can't buy them. I also know that Metro Schools have a new dress code policy and we could get some clothes together for families that can't afford them.

Playdate at Owl Creek Park

Hey everyone!
We're going to meet at Owl Creek Park at 10:00 Tuesday
morning, the 24th, to play & eat lunch.

Directions: The park is located on Concord Rd between
Concord Pass and Chestnut Springs Road. It's about a
mile from where Concord Rd. dead ends into Nolensville
Rd.If you're coming from Nolensville the park will be
on your left. If you're coming from I-65 it will be on
your right just past a (white or black?) pickett
fence. There's a small sign that says Owl Creek Park,
but it's easy to miss, so be on the lookout!

Be sure to bring/wear sunscreen. There's a covered
picnic area where we can eat lunch or if it's too hot
we can go back to Brody's house & eat.
Also, if it's raining we can meet & play at Brody's
house.
Directions are below. Hope to see everyone Tues.
morning!
Candie

Directions to Brody's house:

Head south down Nolensville Rd.
Pass Nolensville Elem School (the old one),
Nolensville Church Of Christ & then go through the
small town of Nolensville.
Turn LEFT onto Rocky Fork Rd. by a pretty white
church.
Pass the ball park on your left & then turn LEFT onto
Newsome Ln. You will see/pass the big new Nolensville
Elem. School on the corner of Rocky Fork & Newsome.
Turn RIGHT into Ballenger Farms subdivision.
Turn LEFT onto Cowan Dr. My house is the 5th one on
the right (I think)- 762 Cowan, brick w/black
shutters.

Here are my phone numbers in case you need to get in
touch with me!
home 283-4053
cell 500-5738

Devo at the Tanner's House

We had a great night at the combined devo at the Tanner's house on Friday.