2010 Marriage Retreat

It is time to start thinking about our 2010 Marriage Retreat!  It will be held January 22-24 at the Retreat at Artesian Lakes, located in Cleveland, TX (north on Hwy. 59 between Houston and Livingston).  Our speaker will once again be Randy Roper from the Edmond Church of Christ, and he will be speaking on the subject of "The Incredible Love".  Randy conducted our Retreat last year, and is a wonderful and motivating speaker!

The cost per couple is only $100 (food is included!) - our Elder's have been so wonderful to pick up the remaining costs per couple for the weekend.  If you would like to attend, but cannot afford the cost - please see Skip Wagner or another member of the planning committee - we do not want anyone to not attend due to cost.

Artesian Lakes is so pretty - you can check out their website by clicking here.  I cannot begin to tell you what a fun and spiritual weekend this will be... please make plans to attend!  If you are planning on attending, there will be retreat committee members in the foyer before and after services for the next few weeks, or you can give your check to one of the committee members anytime (Skip and Cindy Wagner, Aaron and Cindy Deister, Tom and Lori Messick, Courtney and Anthony Squillante, Courtney and Justin Robertson).  Your $100 check will reserve your spot for the Retreat :)

We look forward to having as many as possible next month!

Class Changes

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder that next Sunday will be the official beginning of our 2 new classes.  The "Young Marrieds" class will meet in the room next to our current room, and the Humphrey's and Wagner's will stay with the Young Married's class as well.  The new "Honeymooners" class will meet in our current room, with Frank and Jeannine Devine as the class "hosts" and filling the role that Humphrey's and Wagner's previously held.

It is up to each couple as to which class you would like to attend.  At other churches, the "Honeymooners" class is reserved for those married about 2 years or less - but this is not a mandatory time frame. Please feel free to attend where ever you are most comfortable... there are no rules :)

This is such a blessing that our class has the need to split!  It is crazy to think that only 3 1/2 years ago we started our Honeymooners class with just 3 couples... now look at us!  God has been so good!

Baby Dylan is Here!

Congratulation to Jason and Kim Zeller!  Baby Dylan was born this morning at 11:35am and weighs 8 lbs 12 oz.  He's healthy and everyone is doing well.  The Zellers will be in the hospital until Thursday morning.  Thanks so much for everyone's prayers!  

Baby Noah is Here!

Noah Thomas Bayles arrived yesterday, November 16th at 2:19 pm!! He weighed 5 lbs. 12 oz. and is 18 1/2 in. long. Noah passed all of his initial tests in the NICU with flying colors and was actually sent down to the regular nursery after only 2hrs. He was able to be in the room with his parents last night and everybody is doing well. A lot of prayers have been answered.... God is so good!

Baby Dylan Zeller should arrive sometime today, so updates on Kim and Jason will be coming soon! Please also be on the look-out for emails about meals for everyone once they are home and settled.

There is so much to be Thankful for today :)

Bible Study!!!

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder about our monthly class Bible study tomorrow night at casa de Robertson. We'll meet at 7 p.m. and normally are finished by 8:30. Directions have been sent out to the list serve, but if you did not receive them, please email me at courtney.robertson@yahoo.com and I will forward them on :)

Hope to see as many as possible tomorrow night!

Courtney

Party Pics!

Thank you, thank you to everyone who helped out with making the Halloween treat bags for the kids down at Texas Children's! There were so many who could not make it, but wanted to contribute, and dropped off tons of candy and little toys for the kids. With every one's help - we were able to make over 200 bags to be distributed, which should cover about 6 floors!!

Here are some pictures from Friday night:

October Get-Together

Hey Everybody,

Hope your week is going well. For our October class get together, Courtney and I would like to have everybody that can make it over to our house next Friday, October 23rd. We will be ordering pizza and hanging out. We will also be putting together treat bags for the kids at Texas Children's Hospital. The Schaefers, (Ben, Kerri, Emily & "Baby") who are members at Memorial, have a tradition of going down to TCH and celebrating Halloween. For those of you that don't know, their son, Malachi, lost his battle with cancer 2 years ago, and this is their way of spreading cheer to the kids of TCH and keeping Malachi's memory alive and well. Because of the flu/swine flu, TCH is not allowing the event to take place in the hospital for fear of spreading illness. They have decided to take treat bags to the kids instead. We would like for everyone to bring a couple of bags of your favorite candy, little toys, etc. (anything that will help brighten their day). We will make the treat bags and give them to Kerri to deliver to TCH.

This is a great opportunity for us to get together and do something for these kids that are going thru tough times. Please let us know if you will be able to attend so we can make the proper arrangements. If you can't make it on Friday, but would still like to help out, please bring your candy/treats/small toys on Sunday and we will pack them up for you.

We haven't decided on a time, but probably in the 6:30-7ish time frame. We'll worry about directions later. And of course, if you have kids, please bring them. . . Jack will need some help sorting thru all of the sugary goodness.

Thanks,

Justin