Doin' That Thing We Do

Sandwiches and Salad, Salad, and more Salad

2008-04-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

After last weeks cream cheese affair salads are sounding really good this week. So we could have a couple of different salads and then sandwich stuff as well.....and of course desert!!

I am going to bring a greek salad and may attempt to make a cucumber dressing or if I chicken out I will just bring some dressings from the store.

See y'all tomorrow!!

Iron Chef - Part One

2008-04-07T12:27:00.001-07:00

Ok let's have some fun with cream cheese this week.

For anyone who wasn't here last week, we are going to make every dish with cream cheese. Be creative, and let's see what everyone comes up with.

See y'all on Thursday!!

Is it really healthy??? Don't know but it's GOOD!!!

2008-04-02T19:48:00.000-07:00

That's the challenge for the menu. Is it healthy or not? It's got to sound healthy but be "slap yo' granny" good.

Amanda is bringing a salad. My favorite salad she makes. Salads are healthy right? I'm not so sure this one is. Caesar salad with the good dressing and croutons and real peppered bacon and cheese tortellini.

What else can you come up with? Oatmeal is good for you, raisins are good for you so ... oatmeal raisin cookies!

You get the idea. Let's have some fun and get some good for you ingredients and some good for your taste bud ingredients and go to town!

Remember, be there on time so we can eat on time so we can spend our time discussing and in the word!

-Garner Zoo

Spaghetti Day!

2008-03-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

Every year on March 27, we Hendricks celebrate Spaghetti Day.

You can read more about it here.

For HOPE Group, I will make enough spaghetti to feed us all.

I would love this meal to be Hayden friendly, so others of you could bring...

Salad (Hayden won't eat salad, so this doesn't have to be Hayden friendly)

Bread (Lots of Italian bread doesn't have milk in it. Avoid ingredients like, milk, eggs and whey.)

I would love for Amanda to make Hayden's rice crispy treats (if she can).

See you tomorrow night!

Jason's Deli at the Hendrick House

2008-03-20T06:14:00.000-07:00

Aaron wants to do sandwiches tonight.

So, we can bring stuff like:

Lunch meat

Cheese

Bread (cool bread would be neat)

Lettuce

Tomato

Fruit

Chips

Dessert

We'll have a package of lunch meat, cheese, bag of chips and some sort of bread.

See you tonight!

Pizza Night

2008-02-27T19:04:00.000-08:00

Let's do pizza & salad this week.

We could have all different types of pizza's or a toppings bar so you could add whatever you wanted. I know CiCi's & Sam's has really cheap pizza's (I think $5 pizza's) or you could buy frozen pizza's from the grocery store or if you are really motivated you could make your own.

We also need some yummy salad, possibly some fun toppings, and of course dessert.

I hope this is really easy for everyone since I am getting this out really late......sorry. Will try to do better next week. See y'all soon!!!!!

Let's Play Ball

2008-02-19T08:56:00.001-08:00

Let's go out to the ball game.........

Popcorn!!

Peanuts!!!

Iced coooooooooooold coke!!

Friday night Aggie baseball starts up again.......Whoop!!!

So, let's have some baseball fun at the Hendrick's house this week. Come sporting your favorite team shirt and let's eat baseball food.

We need hot dogs, sausage wraps, nachos, popcorn, pickles, cracker jacks, and whatever else makes you think of baseball!

We got the sausage wraps! Can't wait to see everyone on Thursday!

Soup & Salad Night

2008-02-12T08:25:00.001-08:00

Let's do soup and salad this week.....mmmmm. We will bring a baked potato soup and rice krispie treats.

We just need: other soups, yummy salads, dressings, and DESSERT.

See everyone on VALENTINE's DAY!!

Italy to Mexico

2008-02-03T17:01:00.000-08:00

How about Mexican Food this week? That is another favorite of mine. We will bring beef enchiladas and rice krispie treats. Heather, I promised Hayden some rice krispie treats. Will you email me the Hayden friendly version?

We will need:

- 1 or 2 more main dishes

- maybe another yummy salad

- desert (did I mention we were having mexican food Chad....mmmm your super delicious empanadas would go really well if it wasn't too much trouble :)

- and whatever else y'all can think of

Can't wait to see everyone Thursday!

Italian Food

2008-01-29T07:15:00.000-08:00

How about Italian food this week? I have a yummy manicotti recipe that I can make.

We just need:
one or two more main dishes
hot bread/breadsticks
maybe someone could make a salad
and someone else could bring different dressings
and of course dessert(s)

I hope everyone is having a great week! We'll see you Thursday!

Let's Try the Breakfast Thing Again

2008-01-23T13:21:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is so late! I will try to get this up way earlier next week.

Breakfast seems to be a hit, so let's do that this week. And, hopefully this will be really easy for everyone and maybe you will even have this kinda stuff on hand.

We will bring a breakfast casserole (it has ham, hashbrowns, cheese, etc.)

I can't wait to see everyone again, it has been way too long!!

Breakfast Sequel

2007-11-28T08:15:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate way too much. I know we did!

Breakfast was such a hit before Thanksgiving that we have had a request to do it again. This will give us something new to eat after all of those turkey leftovers :).

We will make a breakfast pizza!! Y'all know all of your favorites to bring. See you Thursday!

Let's Do Breakfast!!

2007-11-13T14:19:00.001-08:00

Breakfast sounds really good this week, especially after looking at those blueberry crepes (Hint Hint Chad)! Hee Hee

We will bring eggs and sausage. The Amy's are making those homemade biscuits that Liz does so well with yummy gravy.

We will need tortillas, cheese, maybe salsa for the breakfast tacos, and whatever else people eat when they wake up first thing in the morning.

See y'all Thursday!

Ross King Concert

2007-11-12T19:03:00.001-08:00

Hey guys,
just posting a link for a few pics I took at the Ross King concert.

http://inphocusonline.com/rossking/

Chilly Time!

2007-11-06T15:39:00.000-08:00

I don't know if it'll still be chilly out on Thursday but it feels good today so let's have CHILI this week.
We'll need a couple of kinds of chili, lots of cheese, sour cream, cornbread, maybe fritos, and, hmmm, what else do we need, oh yeah DESSERT! Garners will do a kind of Mexican chili (gave it a test drive last week, mmmm!).
See y'all Thursday!

2007-10-08T06:37:00.000-07:00

Ok Amigos! It's time for a fiesta. This should be easier than last week.

Chips and Salsa
Guacamole
Queso
Fajitas
Quesadillas
Enchiladas
Gorditas
Chalupas
Tacos
Rice
Beans

Take your pick, bring what you like, or what's easy. I'm making an Enchilada bake thing...

Have a great week!! See ya Thursday

Praise God for Baby Quinten!

2007-10-03T16:15:00.000-07:00

We are so excited for Stephen, Emily and Titus! What a beautiful baby!

Congratulations!

What good work the Lord does!

International Cuisine

2007-09-28T07:28:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we've talked about missions and reaching the nations, so I thought we should do foods from different countries. I'm going to request that you lean away from Mexican or Italian...those are easy... try to do something different. Here are some ideas...

Swedish Meatballs
Greek Salad
Sushi (Japan)--you can buy it
Hawaiian Bread
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
German Apple Strudel
Kung Pao Chicken (they sell pre-cooked at HEB)

I'm going to bring Thai Pasta Salad...and I also have a recipe for Asian Salad if anyone would like it... Here are some websites you can get ideas from

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/category/international.html

http://www.useekufind.com/international.htm#international

Try something new... Think of the countries that need to hear the gospel and make food in honor of their culture.

Disc Golfin'

2007-09-21T12:05:00.000-07:00

Hey there guys,
I mentioned this last night at Hope Group, but anyone interested in playing some disc golf or just hanging out today (Friday the 21st) - were going to play a round o' golf at 5ish. Not 100% on the location yet, so give me (Stephen) a call 979-204-3325 if interested.

Don't worry if you can't throw a flat thing to save your life, just come to have some fun and probably make fun of some other people who can't throw.

Pizza, popcorn, pretzels, pop, PJs, and Prayer

2007-09-18T08:31:00.000-07:00

Don't forget that Thursday, we are showering the Ward family in prayer. You can bring a present too if you would like. Quinton is due in like two weeks. That is so exciting.

I thought, to go with the excitement, we could do things that would be easy to eat. Pizza, popcorn, pretzels, and pop ( I don't normally call it that, but it fit.) I will bring a couple of pizzas. If you would like to bring pizza too, here are some quick, low stress, low cost suggestions. Frozen or Little Cesares has $5 hot and ready's that are really good. Let me know what you would like to bring.

Eating will commence at 6pm sharp. Can't wait to see all there.

2007-06-25T06:57:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone...

I want to make a change to the way we do food for the remainder of the summer.

I want things to be a little easier during these months, so from now on, why don't we just do snacks and desserts instead of a meal?

Everyone can eat before they come.

Then we can have a few snacks and a few desserts (which can be something as simple as fruit).

This way, we can still have something to snack on, but we can get started earlier (not because we want you to leave earlier, but because we are so grateful for all the discussion lately and don't want people to feel rushed.)

Sound good?

We'll still start HOPE Group at 6:30, but be more diligent about starting the discussion part at 7.

And if you need to, please feel free to grab your supper and eat it at our house at 6:30. That's fine!

See you tomorrow night!

Hot Dog Hot Dot Hot Diggity Dog

2007-06-19T07:00:00.001-07:00

Aaron says he wants feet on a bun for dinner tonight.

Actually he said he wants hot dogs...but same thing.

So, we're providing the hiney sticks and buns.

You can bring:

Dessert

A salad (a good one, so I can just eat that!)

Chili

Shredded cheese (where is EJ?)

Chips

I have ketchup and mustard.

I'll have tea.

See you tonight!!

Mexican Food

2007-06-12T04:58:00.000-07:00

Tonight we eat Mexican Food!

Mainly because I wanted to make something in my new, cool, oh my goodness I love it, pan Wade and Liz got me.

Rock on!

I'm making enchiladas.

I think Amanda is making cheese dip.

We could have another main dish that's Mexican.

We could have chips, hot sauce.

We could have guacamole.

We could have beans and rice.

Whatever!

I'll have the sweet tea and Limeade.

See you tonight in the big green house.

Heather

The Most Important Meal of the Day. . . . .

2007-06-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

Per the request of many, we will be repeating breakfast. This has definitely been the most popular theme. It will be at the Amy house for the last time. Next week, it's onto the GREEN HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH! I will be changing things up a bit. We will be serving breakfast tacos. I will have tortillas, sourcream, cheese, eggs, potatoes, sausage. Feel free to bring whatever else you would like. We just can't wait to see you again. A good friend of mine will be coming tomorrow, she is trying out our church and she is bringing lil' smokies. Her name is Lamar, and I am so excited for ya'll to meet her and her two girls. Have a blessed day and pray for VBS.

Breakfast 4 Dinner

2007-05-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

We are back at Amyland this week. I thought it would be an awesome week to redo the breakfast menu. That went over so well last time. I wanted to make the biscuits and gravy again and lots and lots of coffee. Bring anything else you want to, but here are some ideas:

Eggs (you can cook those here)
Sausage
Quiche
Bacon
Fruit or Fruit Salad

You might want to bring creamer too. I just have vanilla individual creamers and whipping cream. Oh and Ashton and Hayden, I have your apple juice ready to go. Can't wait to see all of you.

Welcome home Chelsi and Brittany!!!!!!!!!

Fun at the Amy house Part Deuce

2007-05-21T12:55:00.001-07:00

We are so glad that ya'll are coming again tomorrow. I was planning on Hamburgers and fixins. I will have the burger patties grilling if you all can bring the extras.

Buns

mustard

lettuce

tomatoes

pickles

chips and dips

desserts

and anything else you could think of

I don't know too if any of you get off early. I could use an extra hand or two to help me prepare. Thanks guys. Can't wait to see you.

Fun at the Amy house

2007-05-15T05:35:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited that we will still get a chance to spend time with all of you this summer. As you know the Hendrick's are one step closer to their new home, YEAH, so HOPE group is at the Amy Casa tonight. We were think of doing Italian again. It's just so easy and a lot of you didn't come last week for the moving party. I am making a pizza bake and Jackie is making a pan of Italian enchiladas. This ought to be good.

We will need:
Salad
Dessert
Breadsticks
Dessert
Another Main Dish
Dessert

We will see you then. Have a blessed day.

You are NEEDED!

2007-05-08T08:58:00.000-07:00

This week is crazy for two groups of people in our HOPE Group.

Today we will be moving Chelsi and Brittany into the house that we, the Hendricks will be using during the period of time that we are homeless.

We need your help.

PLEASE don't poop out on us this week!

Aaron will begin the moving process at 4 p.m. today. Tell all your friends. We need them!

By the end of today, we need to have the girls moved into their new house and all our outside stuff moved over to their new house as well.

That's a large task.

I think I'm making spaghetti.

Chelsi...where's the beef?

Call me.

I'm headed to staff meeting right now, but will be home by 2.

I'll go buy some noodles and sauce.

Others can bring:

bread
finger-food desserts...I'm imagining Lindsey walking in the house with her cake cookies.
salad

We'll eat at 6...and then finish getting everyone's stuff where it needs to go!

Thank you so much.

Creative Team HOPE Group rocks.

Really.

On another note...

Praise God our EJ is safe.

I had a huge knot in my stomach all day yesterday.

I couldn't stop praying for our boy.

We love you!

Heather

We're Gonna Rock We're Gonna Roll We're Gonna Score We're gonna Bowl

2007-05-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Let's bowl let's bowl let's rock n' roll

Hey come on let's get the show on the road.

Let's bowl let's bowl let's rock n' roll.

Sittin' on a bomb that's about to explode....

What movie is that from? Huh? Huh?

For real yo, we bowl tonight.

HOWEVER, we won't know until 4 p.m. if it's cheaper to bowl at Triangle Bowl.

That's when they open, and unfortunately, they are not web-savy. No webpage with prices.

If we bowl at Wolfpen, it's $3.75 per game and $2.50 for shoes.

Aaron is almost certain that it's cheaper at Triangle, and they may make us a group deal.

I, Heather, may not be going. I've been sick and right now, I'm not feeling well enough to think bowling is fun.

Check back after 4 to see where we are going.

Pray for little Luke! Poor little man!!!

Heather

Partial Obedience

2007-04-26T09:01:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone ... we need some skit ideas.

What are some examples of things that would be bad if you left out some steps or only did them half way?

Like baking a cake but leaving out an ingredient.
Or working on your car but leaving a few pieces out.
Or building your kid's swingset but not following the instructions exactly.

What are some more ideas of where doing something "half-way" would ruin the whole thing?

Post your ideas.

Thanks

2007-04-23T06:07:00.000-07:00

How about Italian food?

I can make lasagna.

Someone else could make spaghetti,
or something else Italian.

We could have salad...

bread sticks...

Chad's dessert...

More dessert...

Will that work?

2007-04-17T06:04:00.000-07:00

How about we do SANDWICHES and pasta salad this week?

I'll make a creamy ranch pasta salad.

Does anyone know how to make a different kind?

Other people can bring:

chips
bread
lunch meat
cheese
lettuce
tomato
and whatever else people like on sandwiches

I have mustard, mayo and miracle whip

Chad can bring dessert!

See you tonight!

Where's the Breadsticks?

2007-04-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

I thought how nice it would be to go a little on the lighter side of life. How about going with soup and salad. I will make a chicken noodle soup and an asian salad. We will need a couple of other soups and salads, bread (corn or sticks or rolls), crackers, dessert, and maybe bowls. Can't wait to see you.

What-cha, What-cha, What-cha Want?

2007-04-02T18:04:00.000-07:00

What are we eating tomorrow night?

I am idea-less.

Anyone??

Happy Spaghetti Day Hayden!

2007-03-26T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I think we are going to have to move spaghetti day to the church! It's supposed to rain tomorrow night...poo!!!

We will meet in the Fellowship Room at 6 p.m.

For those of you who would like to bring bread, all you really have to do is look on the ingredients. Any time milk or egg is included, they will be in bold print under the ingredients. I would still read them if I were you...all the way through, but most brands will put the allergens at the bottom in bold print.

I really just want this to be a night where we do not have to worry at all about Hayden. I know we usually do dessert at HOPE Group, but tomorrow night, I'd like to pass unless people bring fruit, or rice krispy treats...both are fine for Hayden.

If you make rice krispy treats, all you do to make them Hayden friendly is use marshmallows instead of marshmallow cream, and use squeeze butter, Parkay brand. It comes in a blue container with a yellow lid.

Nobody worry too, too much.

I love you all, but I will still only feed Hayden the bread I bought and the rice crispy treats I'm making! Ha! But please make Hayden friendly ones so we don't have to worry about anyone touching him with buttery hands. I want the whole night to be Hayden safe...and a wonderful night of worship and thanksgiving!!! God has done great things in our son's life...and we NEVER want to forget it or let our kids forget it! Thank you for celebrating with us!

I'm making all the spaghetti, but if you want to bring bread or salad, that would be great. Remember...no milk or egg in the dressing!!

People can also bring drinks...2 liters. We'll have cups and ice.

See you soon!

2007-03-19T19:05:00.000-07:00

Ok...I caught the "hint" from Ryan.

Yes...let's do hot dogs.

Even though I, Heather, HATE THEM.

So PLEASE, someone bring chili and cheese so that I can eat chili bread.

We'll do all the hot dogs and buns.

Chips could be nice, but please, no cheesy ones. I want Hayden to live through HOPE Group.

Funyuns are my favorite.

Baked beans would be delicious.

Dessert is necessary.

What else do you eat with hot dogs...this is hard for me, since I'm not someone who eats hot dogs.

Oh! Condiments!

I have ketchup.

And mustard.

If you like other things on them, then maybe you should bring it.

I was thinking...

I've never tried a chili dog with onions on it.

Maybe if I actually ate one with all that on it, I could stomach the nasty "toe-nail meat" part.

Vomit.

So come...and we'll eat hot dogs...and hopefully other things that are actually good.

Oh....

AND PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR HOUSE TO SELL!!

These people love it, and are supposed to make an offer tonight or tomorrow morning. PLEASE pray that they do!

Then we will be creative team hope group in "da-hood."

Woo-who!!

Love you guys...

We'll see you soon.

Can't wait.

Hot dogs taste like feet smell.

Mi Enchiladas Es Su Enchiladas the Sequel

2007-03-05T19:14:00.001-08:00

Since Liz didn't get to eat Mexican Food last week, she is demanding a recount...I'm with her! Yum!

Aaron says that he would like to experience deja vu...and it should include Brittany and some cheese dip in a crock pot.

I'll make tacos.

Liz is making something delicioso...that's Dora for tasty.

Some guacamole would be terrificosos.

So would some dessertioso.

So would some sour cream ole oso.

So would some shredded cheese and tortillola.

I hope you guys are bilingual, because there is an awful amount of Spanish in this post.

And what about some chips and dip from Casa Ole?

Or some lettuce/tomato?

I am so hungry right now...I want this today.

OH...

And Aaron wants to hang out in our back yard because it's relationship week...and we don't have to plan anything for the services this weekend. Fun!

See you tomorrow night. Come ready to talk to people about yourself...not about the services.

Can't wait!

Mi Enchiladas es su Enchiladas

2007-02-27T06:42:00.000-08:00

I'm making enchiladas! They won't look pretty like this picture, but they will be edible.

We could also use some:

Other Mexican Dish
Spanish Rice
Chips and Salsa
Cheese Dip and chips
Guacamole

We'll have the tea and limeade!

Can't wait to see you guys tonight...and hurray for the Garners being all better!!

Heather

Skit

2007-02-23T14:15:00.000-08:00

Ok...

I need some awful descriptions about friends and marriage.

Here's an example...

Friends only like you when you're happy.

When friends get boyfriends/girlfriends, they forget all about you.

Wives yell.

Men only think about themselves.

I need all the bad stuff.

This will be fun.

You can sort of vent about all the sad parts of friendship and marriage or dating...and you're doing it for the greater good of the skit this weekend.

It's guiltless griping!

Hurry...be HONEST! Skits don't work unless you see yourself inside them.

I'm needing SHORT answers. Again...no theology. We already know what we are saying, we just want a lightening round of examples of how we do NOT represent God clearly in our relationships.

Heather

On What Shall We Sup?

2007-02-19T13:33:00.000-08:00

HOPE Group resumes at the Hendrick house this week.

The death fog has lifted from our home!

What do you guys feel like eating? Mexican food, Italian, American, Indian?

Let me know what your tummy wants!

See you tomorrow.

Lady Heatheren

Run for Your Life! - UPDATED

2007-02-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

Danny still has fever. When is our life going to go back to normal??

What do you guys want to do tonight? Any ideas? Do you just want to meet at the Amy's? Does someone else want to have everyone over to their house?

Man! This is a drag.

Ideas?

And what do you want to eat?

I'll make a main dish and send it with Aaron.

I'm so sorry about this you guys! Our house misses you!

Heather

*****************************************************************************************

Sorry everyone, but we're going to cancel HOPE Group for tonight.

We still have sick kids, and the Amys have been out of town so their house is out.

Thank you Lindsey for offering your house, but honestly, with the kids sick it would be a blessing to my wife if I stayed home and helped instead of leaving her with sick kids so that I could go teach HOPE Group.

So ... take the night off. Feel free to meet, hang out, fellowship, whatever.

All of our kids should be well by next week, so we'll pick up then.

Post any prayer requests on here and we'll be sure to keep up with everything.

See you guys this weekend.

Aaron

Build a spud

2007-02-05T16:38:00.000-08:00

So I was thinking that maybe a build your perfect spud night was in order. Man my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I will provide the potatoes and the bbq. Ya'll just bring your favorite tater topping and we will eat til we sprout (HAHAHA). Oh and someone must sign up for a desert, lest we be so brutally reminded that Bethan is no longer with us. We miss you sister!!!! Or maybe we can overnight a desert from Kentucky? I'll check on that. Later taters. Love you all, Liz

2007-01-29T14:15:00.000-08:00

Stacker ole anyone?! How about taco stackers? Heather will do the beans and rice, and Liz will take care of the taco meat. The rest is up to you. What will it be? Will it be lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, salsa. . . . . .?

1st HOPE group meeting in 2007

2007-01-22T17:10:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! We miss you all so much that we couldn't wait another week to see you. So please come on over to our casa.

I was planning on making spagghetti (or busgghetti as Grady calls it). Please bring whatever fixin you want to. We will make tea and I have plenty of plates, cups, and napkins, but if someone could bring forks that would be fantastic. Oh and I also heard that Ryan was bringing an extra special desert.

We live at 228 Pronghorn Loop in C/S. Please call if you need directions 450-3928. HOPE to see you there. ~The Amy's

Christmas Concert

2006-12-11T10:07:00.000-08:00

Christmas Concert
Tuesday night, 6:30-8:00
Hendrick Driveway

Come meet my neighbors.

Bring finger-food desserts.

I’ll have hot chocolate, apple cider and paper products.

Our family is going to take around invitations today.

Who can come help set up early on Tuesday?

Who is going to play something?

We will print up sheets of paper with the words to the Christmas songs.

Can’t wait! Big fun!!

Look, it's Will!!!

2006-12-07T18:21:00.000-08:00

Here's some pics of little William Wade and the proud mom and dad! Under that hat is a full head of dark hair. 6lb, 7 oz and 19 3/4" . They're planning on going home Friday afternoon if at all possible. Let's help them out with some meals for a few days so they can relax and enjoy Will and Grady together. We'll take care of dinner Friday night. Post if you'd like to take them a meal Saturday through????
Ain't he a cutie?!?!?!?!?!

Two Weeks

2006-12-02T13:00:00.000-08:00

I have an idea.

How about if we do a backyard Christmas concert at the Hendrick House on Tuesday, December 12 during our HOPE Group time?

We would invite my street.

I know some pretty talented musicians who are usually here on Tuesdays anyway...who could play some Christmas songs in our backyard.

I know a man who could lead us in some great jams about Jesus on our back porch.

I know some little kids who could sing Silent Night, not very silently.

I know a man who has a ton of sound equipment that he can loan to himself if it's not already promised out that evening to some famous singer.

I know a bunch of people who could make some hot chocolate, apple cider and cookies to also bless all of Inwood.

What do you say?

Sound fun?

Sound like a great chance to meet the people whose houses your cars sit in front of every Tuesday night?

Let me know who can be here.

We could spend all day together decorating and getting ready.

But we would have to keep it on the down low. I want to bless my neighborhood, which means, there probably should not be a million people here from LH who "overheard" about this fun idea.

So....shhhh!

And, this Tuesday night, we are going to meet up at the church at 6:30 to eat dinner together and then work on the stage until forever. Stay as long as you can. We've got to make a coffee shop that's cool in one week. No stress.

I'm bringing spaghetti, paper goods and drinks.

We could use salad, salad dressing, garlic bread and dessert. And, let's do easy, finger-food types of desserts, and lots of them, since people will be up at the church working all night. K?

Love you guys...

Feliz Navidad

2006-11-28T06:42:00.000-08:00

Welcome back everyone! How about if we do Mexican Food tonight?

I'll make enchiladas and a pot of beans.

Someone else could make taco meat.

People could bring:

tortilla chips

sour cream

hot sauce

guacamole

spanish rice

shredded cheese

dessert

dessert

dessert

Anything else?

And here's another weird thing...

I will be at play practice tonight (along with our newbe Lindsey).

So, I am COUNTING on you guys to jump in, be family, and help Aaron with our kids this evening!

That means...if you know I wouldn't like what they are doing...make them stop it.

As in...not sharing, not having self-control, not being wild in the house (I'm looking at EJ and Brandon when I say this), not climbing on the furniture to belly flop onto people on the floor (again...Brandon, EJ...)...all of these things and more...

I mean it!

I want Aaron to be able to lead Bible Study, which means my kids need YOU to keep them quiet...to give them looks from across the room that mean, "I am spanking you with my eyes."

Got it?

Practice in a mirror today.

I will miss you! Please love on my family while I am away this evening!

2006-11-19T14:33:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys! Feeling bummed about not meeting this week? How bout HG at the Amy household? Aaron, Heather and the boys are going out of town, but I didn't want to go two whole weeks without seeing you. I was planning on making a huge pot of chicken and dumplin's. Wade has also requested a pumpkin cheesecake, so I thought I would give that a try. Some of the fixin's that work with that would be biscuits or rolls, a big salad and dressings, and of course more desserts. We would love to have you come and spend time with us in fellowship, and come prepared to share what God has done for you in the last year that has made you thankful. We live at 228 Pronghorn Loop in College Station. You can call or email for directions, or do a mapquest search. We don't care how you get here, just get here if you can. YEAH!!!!!

2006-11-13T06:45:00.000-08:00

How about baked potatoes?

We can bake some big ones.

People can bring the tubs of ready-to-eat BBQ (They are about $4 from HEB) We will need several of these.

We will need sour cream.

Cheese.

I'll make bacon.

Butter.

BBQ sauce.

We will still need dessert of course.

Yum.

See you tomorrow!

Hmmmm....Chili

2006-11-07T07:19:00.000-08:00

We have missed you!

HOPE Group is back on this week....our house, 6:30.

I am going to make a big pot of white chicken chili.

Can someone else make something?

Soup?

We could also use corn bread.

Dessert.

Shredded Cheese

Bowls.

Spoons.

Can't wait to see you tonight!

Trunk Or Treat

2006-10-30T20:30:00.000-08:00

No HOPE Group at my house tomorrow!

Since we missed ministry week last week, we decided to plug in and help with Northview's Trunk-or-Treat.

The event runs from 6-8 p.m. at Northview.
James said that he'd love some people to be there at 5:30 so they can get everyone lined out and stationed at the various games.

We don't have an official "Creative Team HOPE group" station, so we'll just plug in wherever we're needed.

Come hang out.
Bring some candy (the more the merrier).
And love on some kids as we take a week to be ministers.

We will post Tuesday night about the sermon and we can get some conversation going about the second half of Psalm 23.

Here's the ...

2006-10-23T17:21:00.000-07:00

(This is a scoop)

This week is ministry week for our HOPE groups.
However, we're going to wait one week to do ministry.

Northview is hosting a Trunk-Or-Treat / Fall Festival thing on Halloween which happens to fall on next Tuesday. So we will wait a week and plug in and serve there next week.

That means we will meet as scheduled tomorrow night for HOPE group at the Hendrick house.

WITH ONE CHANGE:

We're not going to do a big meal.
So stop by your restaurant of choice on your way and pick yourself up some food.
We'll eat at 6:30 and start study around 7:00 as usual.

Cool?

We'll talk more about the Northview thing at HOPE group.

Not At My House

2006-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

It's relationship-building week for our HOPE groups.

This is a week for getting to know some people who AREN'T in your HOPE group.

So we won't be meeting at our house.

I'd love to come up with some great idea for what we can do to get to know some people ... some way to hang out with people from another group ... but I don't have any ideas.

If I do come up with a great relationship-building idea, I will post it on here and let you know immediately.

But, unless you hear otherwise ... don't come to my house.

Use this week to go to dinner with that person you've wanted to get to know.

You know there's someone.
That person (or persons) you see at church and you've thought, "I should invite them over for dinner and get to know them."

Well, do it.

Invite them over. Play a game. Eat some dinner. Ask some questions. Make a friend.

Just not at my house.

2006-10-08T21:06:00.000-07:00

Chilifest anyone? I have been wanting Wade to make his famous chili and I thought Tuesday night would be a great opportunity. We already have all the stuff to make it, so some other things that might be good with it are:

Rice
Cheese
Fritos
Cornbread
Cake
Cookies
Ice Cream
Pie

Well, I hope I haven't left anything out. Can't wait to see ya'll. ~LIZ

Maybe not a huge gold statue, but ...

2006-10-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

What are they?

What are the things that entice us to bow?

Read Daniel 3 to see the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ... three priveledged, young men who chose to be faithful to their God at the risk of death.

I feel like verses 16-18 carry the weight of this passage. S, M, and A didn't make their decision because they were confident that God would protect them from the fire.

They were confident that he COULD and made their decisions based on that reality.

Too often we make decisions based on the outcome (or expected outcome). We let the end "justify" the means.

What if S, M, and A had burned up? Would God be any less faithful?

So ...

What are our idols?

To what do we bow?

In what ways do we doubt God's faithfulness by the decisions we make?

In what ways do we not obey God because the decision to do so seems like it would result in an unfavorable outcome?

In what ways have you seen obeying God confirm that we really are more than conquerors through Christ, just like S, M and A?

I loved that Aaron said these three men did not simply "get through" this trial. They didn't come out of the fire, with some burns, needing to spend some time in ICU...but praise God they lived...they came out VICTORIOUSLY with out even the smell of smoke on them! Wow!

Why don't we see that anymore?

I don't want philosophy...I want examples.

I don't want to know what is wrong with the church today...I want to know what is wrong with US, individuals who make up the church.

Why don't we live like we are more than conquerors already, unafraid to stand up for the Truth and freedom God's Word has brought into our lives instead of bowing to the gods of our culture, our feelings, what others think about us...why?

Hot Diggity

2006-10-02T07:33:00.000-07:00

Ok...

I have a HUGE thing of baked beans.

I have 900 hot dogs.

So, maybe we could do hot dogs, baked beans and hamburgers?

If that is ok, then we will need:

sliced cheese
chili?
shredded cheese
chips
lettuce (again, not the bagged kind or I'll have to spray you with Lysol)
tomato
lots of dessert (I really want some more of those cookies, BETHAN)

and hamburgers! I forgot to mention that earlier.
But if no one has time to do the burgers, then we just need some more dogs and buns.
We've got quite a few, but probably not enough for everyone to get full if we don't have hamburgers as well.

I have ketchup, mustard, mayo and miracle whip.
I'll have tea, root beer and sprite.
I'll also have the paper goods.

Sound good?

Too Legit to Quit

2006-09-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

Ok...

We're going to go with the whole....God doesn't know when to quit situation.

As in...He goes SO ABOVE and beyond...with everything He has for us.

His love.

His grace.

His mercy.

His creation.

His strength.

His freedom.

So...I need some situations where people just do not know when to quit.

Butch gave possible ideas like...bragging about a child...

I want several ideas of someone going on and on and on about something...even if it's something they shouldn't be going on and on and on about.

Then Butch will tie in with, "God is like that with us...He does not know when to quit! He just keeps on giving us more and more and more."

Put your thinking cap on!

And...I need to write this skit before I go to bed tonight.

The passage we are using is from Romans 8:35-end of chapter.

We need to show that God could have quit at making conquerors...but He has made us MORE than conquerors. This whole chapter is full of examples where God gives us all of Himself in lavish ways.

Tomorrow is out.

songs about Jesus' love

2006-09-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here are some songs i thought of...most of them would probably be offertory songs rather than ones everyone could sing along with. but who knows....hope they help.

Lead of Love - Caedmon's
Thy Mercy - D. Webb
Oh Lord Your Love - Caedmon's
Thank You for Hearing Me - Crowder (Can You Hear Us? album)
How Great - Crowder (Illuminate album)
The Love of Christ - D. Webb or Sandra McCracken (...or Indelible Grace)
Jesus Paid it All - Kristian Stanfill (Passion '06)
There is Nothing Like - United (hillsong)
Sing (Your Love) - United
Where the Love Lasts Forever - United

Way to GO Charlie and Jon Lovitz

2006-09-24T14:22:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much Charlie and Patrick for being in the skit this weekend. Skits really do take up your whole life on the weekends. Aaron and I are used to this, because it's sort of what we do...but when extra people help out and do a GREAT job, I'm always so thankful for your sacrifice.

Did Patrick remind you of Jon Lovitz?

I have NEVER almost lost it on stage before...but my word...Patrick is FUNNY. My insides were shaking at the 9 o'clock trying to keep a straight face. It did not help at all that someone from the front row kept saying, "Look at her...look at her...she's about to laugh." I was sweating trying to keep it together.

So...great job you two.

You made me laugh...and I couldn't even see you.

And thanks for all the ideas. I used several of the examples...I love how this is working!

Heather

A Very Important Question

2006-09-24T08:17:00.000-07:00

What are we eating this week? Ideas??

It's a huge thing to forget

2006-09-22T07:45:00.000-07:00

If God is for us, who (what) can be against us? Hebrews 13:6

While I was thinking through this, I'm pretty sure I need to come up with a way that shows that God is for us. His plans are perfect. He wants to bring good out of everything in our lives (good to God equals godliness). HOWEVER...we forget that so easily. SO EASILY!! We are distracted by the tiniest things...or maybe it's just me.

If we really took "God is for us" and "We are more than conquerors" and "This world is temporary...our lives even more so" and held that up to every trial, every annoyance, every issue that comes up (big and little) I think we would be able to be satisfied and content in all situations.

Matthew Henry (I have a crush on him) says that this passage can mean...God is for us as in all of God is made available to us...His power...His strength...His perspective...His resources...that's cool.

So...what is something we could use where someone keeps going through all this junk...or reacting wrong...or thinking wrong all because they FORGOT some HUGE thing.

I want to have one person on the stage talking about forgetting that God is for us is like...then have short little blitzes where two people walk out and act out something very insane and funny that impacts their lives in HUGE ways because they FORGOT something.

Like...

Starving, living on the streets all because you FORGOT you were a millionaire.

Drinking food out of a straw, staying in bed, taking chemo because you FORGOT you aren't sick anymore.

Living like a person stranded on a deserted island because you FORGOT you were rescued.

Help.

Heather

About application...

2006-09-20T15:44:00.000-07:00

I thought of something that maybe we should heed while thinking up ways to portray the struggle of trusting Jesus during hard times...or whatever times for that matter...

Last night there were several mentions of the fact that, when it comes down to it, our problem is that we don't choose to trust in God's sovereign designs for our sufferings and trials. Therefore, we reasoned that we must simply...well, choose. Indeed. However, I think there is something deeper than this. And I pull this from scripture, from Liz's testimony, and my own life: In conquering this distrust we have in God, there is something more than just the classic "make a decision" we hear from many who have a more formulaic way of going about things. But I find that one can "choose" arrogantly, or rather...try to make a decision by "will power" to trust God too hastily, without ever crumbling before God first in surrender before boasting in some great decision they made. I am not saying that making haste to trust Jesus is a bad thing, but it can be a bad thing when we gloss over pain just to will ourselves into a quick fix. I think it is clear in scripture that trials are sent to first make us crumble and stop for a while to weep and be broken. For instance, how long did Job - who was righteous in God's eyes (holy cow!) - mourn and lay prostrate before the Lord roused him back to trusting in God? Or how about in Mark 9:24 when the wavering man says, "I believe; help my unbelief!" The man was a believer, but there were still parts of his own heart that he could not merely "will" to believe. He had to ask for help first.
I also saw this in Liz's testimony when she said that she was in such despondency that she could not eat or get up off the couch. And it was in her complete brokenness that God planted within her a desire for Himself. And when we exult after a time of conquering despondency or trials, what do we boast in? Our decision we made? Or Jesus supernaturally awakening us to his love and glory?
Or how about this example: I heard Matt Chandler talking about how we go about things in this life such as loving others, serving in the church, loving the Lord our God with all of our heart, etc. And he tested his audience by saying, "Ok. I command you to love the person in front of you just as Jesus loves them! Ok. Now I command you to love your wife as Christ loves the church! Now...serve with glad hearts!" He went on and on, but the gist was that you can not will yourself to do such things. It just doesn't happen. There is something that must happen before this, and that is being humbled at your own depravity and pleading with Jesus to heal your broken self so that you can be empowerd to love and trust Jesus. Too many people are burnt out and have hard hearts from hastily trying to move on in the flesh during a trial.
Indeed, there are decisions to be made...Jesus demands that...but he demands we come to him first.
Thoughts??

Guacamole! This will be Great!

2006-09-18T05:34:00.000-07:00

We're going to have a "Mexican Food" potluck fiesta night!

Yum!

Liz said she would make a Mexican Casserole. I'll make taco meat and guacamole.

Someone could bring:

Tortillas
Taco Shells
Tortilla Chips
Hot Sauce
Sour Cream
Dessert
Shredded Cheese

Anything else? Am I forgetting anything?

I'll also have paper goods and sweet tea....and LIMEADE.

Can't wait to see you!

Comment if you're bringing something, so we don't get duplicates (except for dessert...duplicate dessert is never a bad thing).

Word to your enchilladas,

Heather

Kaycee's Song Ideas

2006-09-13T19:58:00.000-07:00

I was thinking about songs for this weekend. You all are right, there are not many songs about the Holy Spirit so I was just trying to think about songs that tell about God being that main mover in our relationship to him and also about the theme of God pouring out his grace on us and loving us despite our sin issues. Here's what I've thought of so far:

Grace Like Rain
I will Praise You Oh, Lord (this might not be the title but it say's "you have rescued me from sin and I am blown away...great is your love to me...you have delivered me)
Rescue (because it talks about Jesus being the source of life and that no one else will do)
Let Your Praises Ring (because it says In you I live and move and breath)
Give Us Clean Hands (again having talking about God doing these things in us)

That's all I've got for know.
-Kaycee

2006-09-13T19:22:00.000-07:00

Hey Groupers...

That sounds like I'm calling you fish or something. Are groupers fish?

Fish or not, what are we going to do about dinner on Tuesdays?

Do we want to do a potluck style shin-dig?

We could post what we're bringing, so people know what still needs to be brought.

OR..

We could switch around who makes the main dish each week (amongst the grown ups, if need be). Then the non-grown ups could just grab something to go with the main meal.

I could continue to cook more than enough for our family and whoever needs it eats it when they get here.

However, I'd like some brownies, people...and I'd like to not have to make them.

So we need a plan to make Tuesday eating a happy thing...the highlight of our week.

The only thing we have to be careful about is that we don't eat like...all cheese nachos, or have cheese or chocolate fondue...you know, any of those things that would kill Hayden if he touched them...or if you touched him after eating them.

I will always be in charge of cooking the food he eats, so no worries there.

We just still have to be careful about what we eat if we plan on touching Hayden, or if we want him in the room while we're eating.

So...any ideas?

2006-09-05T15:04:00.000-07:00

What on earth is a Creative Team Hope Group?

It sounds so intimidating.

Have no fear.

We're just people using the gifts God has given us to share the freedom of the cross with others. No matter what neat ideas we have, or beautiful words we string together, or visual picture we paint for the people at LH, it is always comforting to know that we're just following in the footsteps of Jesus.

Using pictures and object lessons is how Jesus taught thousands of years ago.

I'm pretty sure it's because He knows that is how we learn. It's how we connect. It's how we're wired.

It's not surprising that He knows how we think since He was the one that knit us together. He made our thinker. He knows what makes it tick.

We will meet every Tuesday night at 6:30 to discuss the message before it happens.

Yep...it's kind of kooky...kind of like the Matrix.

From 6:30 until 7 p.m. we will eat. However, it's going to be "Bring Your Own Grub."

Then, from 7 until 8 we will study the passage and brainstorm ideas for worship songs.

And somehow, right in the middle of all that, Heather will get an idea for the skit.

Kids are welcome. We have quite a few of our own. We let them run wild. We let you get to know them and get them juice if they need it. We let them interrupt us, or share an idea they may have. They are part of our community too.

We want to learn how to connect with each other and encourage one another. We want our HOPE Group to be a tight-knit community.

For that to happen, you've got to do your part.

You've got to be transparent and share with us what is going on in your life. You have to be honest.

We all do.

So, let's connect and create.

God has gifted us.

All of us.

We want to encourage you to use your gifts to point people to Jesus and to bless LH's family of believers.

We believe that when others see your God given gifts, they should stand in awe of the God who gave them to you.

Your gift, used for God's glory should force others to consider it as "not of this world."

It should not make sense.

It should be so jaw-dropping, you can not even begin to take credit for it.

God using your body to display His gifts should boggle even you.

We want to challenge you this semester.

Are you ready?