In this issue:

Escape to Contentment

Thanksgiving Week

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Escape to Contentment cont. 2

Contentment concluded

Replenish Ladies Retreat

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December Church Calendar 4

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Escape to Contentment. Comparing kills contentment. And lack of contentment poisons the heart's ability to appreciate and say

“Thank you.” The old saying that says “I complained because I had no shoes until I saw someone who had no feet” is fine, until

you compare yourself with someone who wears a pair of two hundred dollar Johnston & Murphy shoes and drives a brand-new

Toyota Tundra truck. King David wrote a short psalm that gives us a map to

contentment and to thanksgiving. He wrote, “My heart is not

proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.” (Psalm

131:1). The first stop on the road to contentment and thanksgiving is humility. More from Lakan on page 2

Fall in San Angelo

Have you called or emailed the

church office to reserve your

Thanksgiving Meal tickets?

Time is running out!

Call and reserve now and you can

pay for them on Sunday!

Cost: $3 each/$12 family

Turkey & dressing and Mashed Potatoes

& gravy catered by McGowan’s.

Those attending will provide the

side dishes and desserts.

Call: 325-949-5788 or email:

info@collegehillsbc.org

Escape to Contentment cont.

A lot of people have the world and all its problems figured out. Humility is having a

proper perspective on who we are in our universe. It is coming to grips with our

limitations, our finiteness, our lack of strength. It is seeing ourselves the way God

sees us.

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of

man that you care for him?” Psalm 8:3, 4

There are a lot of things we do not know and more we do not understand. The

Hebrew word for “proud” is the same word for “high.” It is the word that describes

God in Isaiah 55:9, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways

higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

God's ways are higher, not ours. His thoughts are higher, not ours. To get to

contentment and thanksgiving, we first need to get off our high horse.

The second stop on the road to contentment and thanksgiving is a quiet heart.

“But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a

weaned child is my soul within me.” (v. 2)

A weaned child no longer cries for his mother's milk. He may have screamed

incessantly at the beginning of the weaning process but now he is content with his

bottle or with table food. A quiet heart means he is no longer dependent on the

things without which, he thought, he could not live.

A friend who was struggling financially excitedly told me that he just saved a

thousand dollars. I was excited with him until he told me how. He went to an estate

sale and bought a set of firearms worth $2,000 for only $1,000! It is a set he had

always wanted and could not live without.

What are things you need to be weaned off?

The third and most important stop on the journey to contentment and thanksgiving is

hope in the LORD. “...put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.” (v.

3) Hope means “to wait expectantly,” to wait for something that is certain. The

object of this hope is not our circumstances but our Lord. Griping and complaining

are a sure sign we are not hoping in the Lord.

“Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying, 'GOD has

lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me'? Do you not know? Have you

not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”

Isaiah 40:27, 28

To hope in God means we trust him for everything. And when we trust him for

everything we see and appreciate everything he is going on in our lives, the good and

the bad, the pleasant and the unpleasant. Because we understand his purpose.

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“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,

for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he fore-

knew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order

that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he

predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and

those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:28-30

We may not understand everything that is going on in our life and in the

world, but we can trust in the Lord who is in charge of both. Joseph, Jacob's son,

expressed this hope in the Lord at his deathbed:

“And Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am about to die, but

God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land

that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.' Then Joseph

made the sons of Israel swear, saying, 'God will surely visit you,

and you shall carry up my bones from here.'” Genesis 50:24, 25

Joseph was so certain about what God was going to do more than four hun-

dred years later that he gave instructions about his bones.

May we learn to put our hope in God that we find contentment in him that

produces a heart of thanksgiving. For everything.

Lakan

Location: Abilene, TX Speaker: Kim Ransleben

Payment Schedule:

Non-refundable deposit due by Nov. 1st— $25

Next payment due by Dec. 1st— $25

Final payment due by Jan. 1st— $20

December Calendar Events: 1st— Monthly Men’s Breakfast at 7AM

God’s Gardeners’ Class Party at the Pool’s home

3rd— Women’s Ministry Cookie Baking Night (6PM in Fellowship Hall)

4th— Final Fall Precept (introduction to 2 Timothy)

7th— Final Redeeming Marriage Conference Session at 6:30PM

8th— Monthly Women’s Breakfast at 8AM

Youth One Day Retreat: Unity Project

Still Young Adults Class Party at the Weber’s home

Work in Progress Class Party at Gayle Bryan’s home

9th— College Graduation Recognitions

BodyLife Christmas Parties

11th— Church Office Christmas Open House (10AM—2PM)

12th— Youth Christmas Caroling at Nursing Home

15th— Children’s Cookout and Hayride 5-7PM

16th— Kids Choir Musical “Signs of Christmas” at 5PM

followed by Christmas Fellowship in the Foyer

(everyone bring your favorite Christmas Goodies to share!)

19th— Love and Joy Class Party at 11:30AM at Zentner’s Daughter

AWANA Baby Shower for Jesus at 6PM

Youth Christmas Party at 6PM

24th— Church office closed

Christmas Eve Service at 6PM

25th— Have a Blessed Christmas!

Church office closed

26th— Family Week (No Evening Activities)

30th— Agape Sunday

31st— Church office closed

1st— Church office closed

YOUTH MINISTRIESYOUTH MINISTRIES

Sunday School: Sundays at 9:30AM CHBC Upstairs

Home Groups: Sundays at 6:00PM Various Homes

Outbreak: Wednesdays at 6:00PM CHBC Upstairs

Weekly Meetings

Sunday School: Sundays at 9:30AM (in the College Room)

Home Groups: Sundays at 6:00PM (Various Homes)

Pause: Wednesdays at 8:00PM (Siefker’s Home-1734 Weston) FMI: Contact Ryan Connel at 227-1778 or church office at 949-5788

College Ministries Weekly Meetings:

YOUTH

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Our AWANA clubs need our help collect-ing new or gently used items for the AWANA store. Several times a year, stu-dents are allowed to “buy” items from the store with “shares” they earn by completing sections in their workbooks and memorizing scriptures. The first Wednesday in December, they have their Christmas store and are encour-aged to purchase gifts for all their family members and friends. There are collec-tion boxes in the foyer and in the office hallway. If you have any questions, please contact Vickie LeWallen (895-0330) or the church office.

We will present our Christmas Musical “Signs of Christmas” on Sunday evening, December 16th at 5PM in the sanctuary. Afterwards we will enjoy a time of good food and fun

in the Fellowship Hall with our families and friends! Come and bring your favorite Christmas sweets to share with everyone. The church will supply the drinks, etc.

Children’s Ministries

WEEKLY MEETINGS:

Sunday School: Sundays at 9:30AM Classes for all ages Preschool—5th Grade Kids on Fire Choir: Sundays at 6:00PM CHBC AWANA room Grades K-5th Grade AWANA Clubs: Wednesdays at 6:00PM Preschool—5th Grade FMI: Contact Philip Cross at 277-7980 or the Church office 949-5788

November Club Calendar:

11-21—No Club—Happy Thanksgiving! 11-28—Club Night 12-05—Nativity Night

AWANA stands for "approved workmen are not ashamed". This wonderful, international children's program provides a clear, consistent presentation of the gospel through--

Bible memory – our cornerstone • Circle games exclusive to Awana • A fun approach to learning God’s Word • Leadership training that is second to none • The church leaders of tomorrow trained to serve today • Evangelistic focus designed to reach unchurched youth and their families

AWANA Clubs—

HOW TO CONTACT US:

By Mail: College Hills Baptist Church 2102 Johnson Ave San Angelo TX 76904

By Phone: 325.949.5788

By Fax: 325.949.6877

By Email: info@collegehillsbc.org

Online: www.collegehillsbc.org

Look us up on: YOUR CHURCH STAFF:

Lakan Mariano: Senior Pastor

Philip Cross: Family & Education Pastor

Ryan Connel: Pastor to Students

Micah Mariano: Worship Pastor

Cynthia Hickey: Ministry Assistant

CHURCH OFFICE

HOURS: Monday—Thursday:

8:30AM—4:00PM Friday:

9:00AM—4:00PM Lunch Break:

Noon— 1:00PM

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Session 4: Nov. 30thSession 4: Nov. 30thSession 4: Nov. 30th Cost for Course: $25 (single)Cost for Course: $25 (single)Cost for Course: $25 (single)

Session 5: Dec. 7thSession 5: Dec. 7thSession 5: Dec. 7th $40 (couple)$40 (couple)$40 (couple)

Nursery for CHBCNursery for CHBCNursery for CHBC

by reservation onlyby reservation onlyby reservation only

ELDERS AND DEACONS: These men are responsible for hospital visitation and are available to any-one who has needs. Elder Fred Rike…….…...227-4208 Deacon John Bilberry……....942-1012 Elder Rex Stephenson.942-9537 Deacon Charles Harrison....653-4386 Elder Andrew Siefker…212-4410 Deacon Jerry Walls………..…944-1876

EXTENDED SESSION WORKERS:

We appreciate all our extended session workers. Please be in your place by 10:20AM so you can be there before the children arrive. Please call Cathy Blair at 405-496-5769 if you are unable to work your extended session or if you have any questions. 1’s and 2’s: 3’s & 4’s: 11-25 Rex & Josh Stephenson Taylor Stephenson/Presley Fisher 12-02 Cami Mariano/Bethany Cross B Haskins/Valton Lewallen 12-09 Jackson/Allie Rike Ashley Minor/Avery Brown 12-16 Brittany Guevara/Cameron Cross Brad & Michon Grissom