Update for September 13

Hope you're having a fantastic week! I encourage you to visit SMBC's blog, as this entry this week ties in nicely with Jim's lesson! As always, be sure to check out the SMBC College Community's blog, tweets, and Facebook page.

Prayer Requests:

• Rachel's suitemate from HBU was in a bike accident. Please pray for healing.
• Marie visited her grandmother in Arkansas last weekend. She has ALS and has declined a lot since last time Marie saw her.

Praises:

• Jennifer's memaw turned 98. Jennifer had a good visit with her in Crockett, Texas.
• Virginia took the GRE and it went well.

Annoucements:

• Blood Drive: on September 20, from 8am-1pm in the Fellowship Hall
• State of the Church Address: On September 20, immediately following 11am worship, Steve Wells will talk to our church family about new and exciting programs, about our call to "worship, discover and share," and yes, even the truth about the numbers: are we really growing? Make plans to join us in the Activities Building for lunch ($7) and Steve's talk.
• College Tour: We'll be coming to a town near (most of) you. The tentative college tour dates are October 25-27. More information to come. We hope you can join us!

Update for August 30, 2009

By now, school has started up for most of you. Know that we're praying for you to have a fun and successful year!

Stay connected to the College Community during the week by joining our Facebook page! Coming soon... Twitter!

Praises and Prayer Requests:

• Virginia's job is going great!
• Jennifer's cousin had healthy, happy baby Brenden last week!
• Grant is job hunting right now
• Sara's mother is not doing well
• Peter's family is going through a rough time right now, and, on top of that, his grandmother is not doing well

Announcements:

• Please stay after the 11:00 service this coming Sunday, September 6, to help pack shoes for the Shoes for Orphan Souls program
• We want to let you know about some weekly campus ministry opportunities:

• Free lunch at UH BSM, every Tuesday at noon at the BSM on Calhoun
• Free lunch at Rice BSM, every Wednesday at noon in Farnsworth Pavilion
• Free lunch at Rice Progressive Christian Fellowship, every Wednesday at noon at the RMC

Lectionary

Happy New Year/ Happy MLK Day!

Hopefully with the new version of our class website on the SMBC website (http://www.smbc.org/NEWSITE/college.html) this page will get used more. First order of business, though, is to direct you to the lectionary website that Jim is using for our class lessons. If you want to read ahead of time go to textweek.com.

Don't forget that tomorrow is stewardship Sunday as well. I know that college students are pretty much tapped for cash, but I'd find it hard to believe that anyone would not be able to pledge $10 a month.

See you tomorrow!

Claire

Welcome!

Greetings! This is the latest addition to the "SMBC goes hi-tech" craze. On this blog will be information about what we're doing in class and the ability to post responses to the Sunday school lessons, as well as keep up to date with what we're doing outside of class.

So stay tuned!