Here is the last email from Mark to the ABS leaders, just for information if you are curious what is happening in our leadership.

Chris

Things you should know:

- November/ December Calendar

o 21 – Normal

o 24 – No Activities

o 26 – Iron Bowl (UA Recently Asked Our Pastor to Dress for this game and he IS expected to play! Watch for #00)

o 28 – Normal

§ December

o 1 - Normal

o 5 – Normal

o 8 – Adult Service in Gym (Children in Worship Room in Prep for Musical)

o 12 – Normal AM/ Kid’s Musical in PM

o 15 – Normal

o 19 – Normal in AM/ Adult Choir & Praise Team Worship in PM

o 22 – No Activities

o 24 – Lord’s Supper @ 4 PM

o 26 – One Service Only – 10 AM

o 29 – No Activities

§ January

o 2 –Normal – Happy New Year – Life Returns to Normal…. 2011 is a year that is loaded with expectancy!

- I will release our 2011 Training and Equipping Calendar by early December. This will be a GREAT year of ABS team unity and training.

- There are so many mission projects going on among our ABS that I can’t begin to list them without missing several things that are going on…. Here are a few examples – kids are being fed every weekend in 3 of our schools; a group is preparing to be trained in disaster relief; a group just went to Branscomb (sp?) and fed a boat-load of kids on Veteran’s Day; a group is raising resources for a family who needs help with a special needs child; ministry @ hospice care; and I am leaving out SO many stories. We are a church on mission and our lives on mission will be great news to this city!

Pray for…

- Our Student Ministry! God is alive and well and He is continuing to lead the way as Vv longs to impact our students. As we move much closer to God’s next leaders in our student ministry, I am asking you to continue to pray for clarity, purpose, and passion for what God has for our kids. As you know, we are seeking two leaders for our students – A MS Leader and a HS Leader. Christ is resurrected and alive among our students and we have major expectancy!

- Our fellowship as we move into the holiday season. I am asking God to guide our fellowship to honor God with our resources; to approach Christmas in a way that does not leave us strung out, but filled up with our God; to approach Christmas as a people who are debt free on Dec 26!; to approach Christmas with Christ as the center and a consumer mentality as an after-thought.

- THANK YOU! You guys prayed for me and I am so grateful. Last week was an amazing week of Revival in Aliceville. I walked away encouraged and amazed by our God. Thank you for your prayer!

I love what God is doing among us. I am praying that our ABS will be a place that is fixed on Christ; that is filled with hope; and that lives with great expectancy because Christ is alive and His life is fleshed out among us. Pray for your ABS. Pray for what God is doing in this church. Pray for unity and expectancy and let’s watch as God uses us to change this world for His sake and for His fame. I love being a partner with you for His gospel.

By Grace…. For Glory,

Mark