November 24, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving! Before you take off for the week, would you take a moment to jot down a few events and action items into your planner?


UPCOMING EVENTS

11/30 Church-School Partnership Survey Due

Loving Houston is conducting a research project to better understand the impact of church-school partnerships in our city. If your church currently serves a local school by volunteering or donating resources, would you complete this 15-minute survey to help inspire and equip others to serve their local schools also? Survey link here.

Loving Houston is sponsoring HCPN's final gathering of the year! Join us at White Oak Baptist Church from 11:30am-1:30pm as Pastor Gregg Matte shares how churches can make a lasting impact on our world and in our communities. (Arrive at 10:00am to hear about different models for reaching non-English speakers.) Click here for more details.

2/22-2/23 Greater Houston Pastors Prayer Summit
Save the date! Join hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders in prayer for our city. Register by Dec 3 for the Super Early Bird rate. Click here for details.

HCPN prayer


HOW YOU CAN HELP
How awesome would it be if every school in Greater Houston had a church partner? Imagine the impact on our communities, and imagine how differently people would see God! Also, imagine if every Christian in Greater Houston stepped out in faith to love their neighbors with Christ's love. What an opportunity for spiritual revival in our churches!

Did you know that schools are asking churches to partner? Will YOU answer the call to serve? Here are 4 ways for you to help catalyze this church-school partnership movement here in Houston:

1) START A PARTNERSHIP. To learn more about starting a partnership with your local school, contact Mike for information about our Equipping Sessions.

2) FILL OUT THE SURVEY.
If your church is already serving a school, please fill out this survey and let us know! We would love for other churches and church leaders to be encouraged by your story and to learn from your experiences.

3) SPREAD THE WORD. Let your church leaders and friends know that schools are looking for volunteers! , share our Facebook and Twitter posts, or even invite us to present the school partnership model to your church or network.

4) VOLUNTEER. If you (or someone you know) is a writer, social media expert, or just someone who wants to help celebrate and accelerate church-school partnerships, please let me know! I would love for you to join our Volunteer Team!


Thank you for your continued engagement with Loving Houston. We have been so blessed and encouraged by your stories of mutually beneficial transformation in church-school partnerships across the city. We look forward to celebrating even more stories with you in the months and years to come.

May this week be a sweet time of thanksgiving for you and yours!


Marilyn




Blessings,
Marilyn for Loving Houston



Peter Forbes | Executive Chairman | peter@lovinghouston.net
Michael Kraxberger | Operations Manager | michael@lovinghouston.net
Marilyn Lee | Communications Manager | marilyn@lovinghouston.net
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