Romans 12:^1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. The Message Translation

We are to bring ourselves as a living sacrifices to God.

CTL NEWS and EVENTS

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

CTL Website:  www.cbcwaco.org

• CTL will be honoring Jason and Julian Jamar at the August Dinner on the Grounds August 15. They will be stepping down as Youth Pastor after many years of faithful service. Please plan to attend this fellowship time to let them know your appreciation.
• CTL Youth Pastor Search team will meet Sunday at 6 pm at Elizabeth Ober’s home. Please be praying as we seek God’s direction in our new Youth Minister.  Contact team members Elizabeth Ober, Brad Record, or Louis Haak for more information. 
• 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
• 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. 

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–TULIPS -- Hello my sisters, We begin a new 8-week study tonight - "Out of Control and Loving It" by Lisa Bevere - at the Erath building at 6:00. We'll still have a fellowship meal together before we begin, but we decided to do a "brown bag" supper for this study. Everyone bring something for themselves - sandwich, salad, or whatever - and we'll eat together at 6:00 and begin the actual study about 6:40. Books are available at Mardel's Christian Book Store at the customer service desk under my name. We'll discuss chapters 1 and 2 this week. Hope to see you Thursday. Love you, Leora Howell  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."

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