Romans 10: ^14-17But how can people call for help if they don't know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven't heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how is anyone going to tell them, unless someone is sent to do it? That's why Scripture exclaims,

   A sight to take your breath away!
   Grand processions of people
      telling all the good things of God!
But not everybody is ready for this, ready to see and hear and act. Isaiah asked what we all ask at one time or another: "Does anyone care, God? Is anyone listening and believing a word of it?" The point is: Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ's Word is preached, there's nothing to listen to.   The Message Translation

Who is going to tell the people about Jesus Christ?  If they don’t hear, how can they know Him?

CTL NEWS and EVENTS

By Louis Haak, Associate Pastor, The Church at Tree Lake

 

CTL Website:  www.cbcwaco.org

 

• WEDNESDAY – Prayer and Bible Study at 6:45 pm
• WEDNESDAY – Youth activities 6:30-8 pm
• Rachel Stolle, daughter-in-law of Robert and Carol Stolle, has published a Christian Children’s book for children who have experienced abuse/trauma.  The book is titled "Why Did This Happen to Me, Aunt Lou?" and is available to purchase here:  http://www.publishamerica.net/product95017.html cost is $9.95 +S&H Rachel Jeanette Stolle credits her earliest foundations in Christianity to a wonderful woman named Louise Ritchie.  Aunt Lou, as everyone knew her, was a caring, Godly woman who devoted her life to service and the Lord.  Louise passed away in 2009, she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.   “Why Did This Happen to Me, Aunt Lou?” aims to help children who have experienced hardships or trauma in their lives to understand that God is by their side. 
• We need servants to bring mowers and weed eaters to help keep the lawn area near the church building looking nice.  See Brother Jeff or Lynn Moss if you can take a week on the schedule.  
• Contact Lynn or Helen Moss if you have skills you would like to share with the church.  They will be matching people in need with the abundant skill set contained in our church to help our church family and those in need. 

	A study by Dr. Richard Tunney of the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology in England showed that reading a good book, listening to music, and enjoying a glass of wine contributed more to the happiness of lottery winners than purchasing flashy cars and diamond jewelry. (Source: Happy: Simple Steps to Getting the Most Out of Lifeby Ian K. Smith, St. Martin's Press, 2010)
	"The illiterate of the future are not those that cannot read or write. They are those that can not learn, unlearn, relearn." -- Alvin Toffler
	"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real." – Thomas Merton
	"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." – Harry Truman
	A recent poll of 1,500 CEOs said that creativity was the number one "leadership "competency of the future." ("Creativity Crisis," by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Newsweek, July 10, 2010

 

LIFEGROUP INFORMATION

• FRIDAY -- Friday Night Lights will NOT meet this week.  We will resume on Lesson 17 of The Shack next Friday August 6th at 6:30 pm.   Contact Louis @ 715-9200 lhaak@wacoboom.com  
• SATURDAY --D&D Farms LifeGroup meets 2^nd and 4^th Saturdays near the C-Bar Ranch outside of Valley Mills; contact Robert & Carol Stolle cstolle@centralfreight.com    
• THURSDAY–Hey Ladies, are you tired of your chaoctic, frenzied and stressful life?  TULIPs, our women's groups at CTL, meets on Thursday nights at 6:00 at the Erath Building at church. We begin a new 8-week study on Thursday covering Chapter 1 and 2.   "Out of Control and Loving It!" by Lisa Bevere is for all of us who struggle with surrendering our lives - family, finances, jobs, ministry, everything - to God. Lisa Bevere shares her own journey of letting go of trying to manage and manipulate everything around her and finding a new kind of freedom. The book includes interactive study questions and testimonies from women who have learned how to stop letting their past dictate their future. Books are at Mardel's Christian Book Store and will be available under Leora Howell’s name at the customer service desk.  More info at jmhnelh@netzero.net

 

CTL PRAYER REQUESTS:  Mark 11:17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations..."

 

• From Darlene -- Pray for Brandi (Heber) & Chuck Wilson and pray for healing for their new baby Chaz.   Tests on Chaz showed a problem on the brain.  They are waiting on results. 
• Pray for DeAnna Record who has a biopsy re-scheduled later this month. 
• Pray for Donna Premeaux Cody Wyers’ sister-in-law who is battling cancer.
• Pray for our pastor Brother Jeff and his family.
• From Gideon Randy Warren, I have been given a new assignment to work with the Gideon state leadership in the Philippines over the next year and a half! I would very much appreciate your prayers as I travel around the Philippines and for my wife Carol as she faithfully manages the home front. Many thanks for being faithful prayer partners.
• From Elizabeth Ober -- Please pray for Shelby Nicoletti had abnormal brain MRI
• Please pray for Danny & Doris Strahl.
• Rachel Stolle's mother Angie Hall is struggling with various health issues (one of which is lupus).
• Please pray for miraculous healing for Tammy’s family friend. Angela Marshall, a 32 yr. old mother of 2 small children who has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.
• Pray from James Gilchrist’s mother.
• Pray for fifteen year old girl Hailey, in Lorena, who continues having health problems.  From Elizabeth
• DENISE COLEMAN OF CHINA SPRING WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RECTAL CANCER.  PLEASE PRAY from Bill Garrett
• Pray for a miraculous recovery for KyLeigh Roberts.  Praise God for the miraculous progress in her recovery so far.
• Pray for the Whitneys, our missionary friends who are back in the United States.
• Pray for our nation and community to turn to the Lord Jesus with all of our hearts.  Pray for God's hand to move mightily among US that we might be used to draw others into Him.  Pray continuously that God will, "Deliver us from Evil."