SPOTmail Update!!!!

Sometimes something just has to give, and this week, unfortunately, it's your trusty SPOTmail class newsletter. Over the holidays, check the SPOTclass blog for important information and prayer requests, www.thespotsspot.blogspot.com.

• This is the final weekend of our series on Advent. (Last week Kevin Hurt did a fabulous job facilitating the session.) Don Robbins returns to wrap it up.
• No class on Sunday, Dec. 27
• Snack Providers
     o December 20 -- Lori Robbins
     o January 3 -- Dani Cotter
     o January 10 -- Linda Conrad

• Prayer requests

     o A sense of peace through the holidays, rather than the usual chaos.
     o Message of Christmas show yields a harvest of souls in 2010.
     o An accurate diagnosis and treatment strategy for Kevin Hurt.
     o Safe round-trip to Chicago for the LaRowes on Dec. 19 to retrieve Sally and her rats.
     o Wisdom tooth update:
          - Daniel Massey, Dec. 18
          - Mary Jane LaRowe, Dec. 21
          - Next ????

• Christmas Project

o Gifts delivered to Missouri Baptist Children's Home on Dec. 18.
SPOTmail will return after the holiday seaason. So, Merry Christmas to everyone and we'll all look forward to filling in the pages of our currently SPOTless 2010 calendars.

Cookie response!!!!!

We are starting to receive responses from the successful college care packages.  The cookies are a hit!  We got this response from Zenobia's niece:

Thank you very much for all the wonderful treats you sent me during
finals week! I shared half of the cookies and chocolate with my
roommate, so she sends her love as well. The sugar helped energize
us and let us study even more vigorously, so here's to hoping we made A's.

I thank God for each and every one of you who slaved for hours in the
kitchen over these delicious treats. You all are truly a blessing!

~Kristyn Liu

PRAYER REQUESTS

Well...I forgot one that was on the sheet from class this morning. We need to pray for college kids going through finals this week.


We also have another prayer request:

Daniel Massey is coming home from school Thursday night, and then having his wisdom teeth removed on Friday morning. Pray for a successful removal, and a quick recovery for Christmas!

Sunday Update!! 12/13/09

Lesson Recap

In today's lesson we studied about preparation for a journey, as well as God's preparation for the Christmas journey. We noted the precision and hope that His preparations are announced...and given!

Reference passages:

Isaiah 7: 10-14
Isaiah 2: 1-5
Jeremiah 33: 14-16
Micah 5: 2-5a
Matthew 24: 37-44
Romans 13: 11-14

May God help us and our families in their preparation for the Christmas journey!

Major Announcements

There were no major announcements today! Have a blessed holiday season!!!

Prayer Requests

-Praise for the blessings God has bestowed on us and his glory through the Christmas show! Many lives have been touched already...some we know of...others we don't!!! Praise God!!