Elders • John Barton

• Terry Brown

• Neal Coates

• Malcolm Coco

• David Copeland

• Ray Ferguson

• Duwain Houston

• Robert Marion

• Charles Perkins

• Don Pope

• C. D. Pruett

• Phil Vardiman

• Gary Varner

• Odies Wright

Chairman of the Elders

Ray Ferguson Ray.Ferguson@condley.com

Ministers

Nathan Burrow, Preacher nathan@hillcrestonline.com

Alan Clute, Involvement/Seniors aclute@hillcrestonline.com 691-4217

Cynthia Coates, Children cynthia@hillcrestonline.com

Jack Hardcastle, Family familyman@hillcrestonline.com

Justin Hatfield, University justinhat@gmail.com Lance Parrish, Youth lance@hillcrestonline.com

Testimony of Hope But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an

answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

1Peter 3:15

Our hearts are with the little town of Sutherland Springs this week. It is hard to imagine the overwhelming loss of life for such a small community. We pray for their healing and recovery. We are saddened with how common news like this has become. It seems like we cannot go many weeks without hearing of shootings, violence, and murder of this kind.

I watched as a reporter was interviewing one woman from the church. The reporter asked how she and the other members of the church were doing after what they had been through. As she was being interviewed she started talking about her eternal hope, about heaven. She was not a preacher. She was just an ordinary Christian speaking of the hope that was within her. It was simple, beautiful, heartfelt testimony.

Maybe the world has given us an opportunity. Too many people are living on hopes (money, power, position) that are not able to offer much in the end. They do not have anything to say when evil, death, and destruction reveal themselves in our world. For all of human progress, our world is still a big mess in need of redemption. We need a hope and a life that is much bigger than ourselves.

The message of Jesus is much more than wisdom and morality. Jesus is more than an ethical teacher telling us how to be good people. The message of Jesus reveals that our world is under the power of sin and we need God to save us. Jesus did not just talk about salvation he became salvation for us. He died for our sins and rose to give us life. We are witnesses of what God is doing in our world, in us. We all have a testimony of hope that needs to be shared with those around us of what God has done and what he has promised. We do not need to be afraid of suffering or death. God is on the throne and salvation is near.

Nathan Burrow

Welcome Guests We are glad you are here! Please fill out a Welcome Visitor card and place in the col-lection plate. Go by our Information Area on the right side of the Worship Center for materials that will better acquaint you with Hillcrest. For your convenience, the staffed nursery for children 2 months to 24 months is avail-able. Check-in is in the foyer. The parents’ nursery & training area is available to par-ents and children. Enter at the back of the Worship Center.

Bible Classes for All Ages Nursery ........................................... 2-24 mo.

Young Adult Classes

Middle School .............................. Room 204 High School .................................. Room 200 University ....................................... Room 17

Adult Classes

Sonrise (all ages) (8:00) ................. Room 14 Y/O (all ages) ............................ Room 10/11 Welcome (all ages) ........................ Room 12 Soulful Filling (all ages) .................. Room 14 Common Ground (30s & 40s) ....... Room 16 H.O.P.E. (all ages) ........................... Room 21 Travelers (all ages) ......................... Room 30 Christ in Action (all ages) ............... Room 52 Young Professionals (20s) ............. Room 16 F.U.N. (all ages) ............................ Room 219 Generations (all ages) ........................Chapel

Worship Times

Morning Worship ................................ 9 a.m. Bible Classes ............................... 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship ............................... 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Classes ................. 7 p.m.

Glorifying God November 12, 2017

Worship Leader ............................................................... Odies Wright Hymn: #239 ..................................................... In Moments Like These Hymn ............................................................... There Is None Like You Welcome ...................................................................... Dave Copeland

Songs of Praise

Hymn: #579 ................................................ Praise the Name of Jesus* Hymn ............................................................................. New Doxology Hymn ..................................................... You Are Worthy of My Praise

We Celebrate the Lord’s Supper

Hymn: #350 .............................. When My Love to Christ Grows Weak Communion Meditation ................................................... John Casada

Offering

Prayer ............................................................................... John Casada

Light on The Hill Contribution

Scripture Readings

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ....................................................... Reese Pettijohn Matthew 6:5-13 ........................................................... Reese Pettijohn Prayer ............................................................................. Ray Ferguson Hymn .......................................................................... Behold Our God

(Parents may escort children to TLC during this song.)

“Treasures in Heaven”

Message ......................................................................... Justin Hatfield Hymn: #948 ................................................................... I Am Resolved

Responses

Family News ................................................................. Chris Pettijohn Hymn: #853 ............................................. When We All Get to Heaven Elder Blessing ................................................................. Phil Vardiman

(*Children’s Song of the Month)

Connecting Lives to Christ

Age 2 ...... Room 100 Age 3 ...... Room 106 Age 4 ...... Room 107 Pre-K ....... Room 110 K .............. Room 118

Gr 1 ......... Room 121 Gr 2 ......... Room 117 Gr 3 ......... Room 120 Gr 4 ......... Room 213 Gr 5 ......... Room 209

Today’s Speakers

A.M. - Justin Hatfield P.M. - Bible Class Fellowship - The H.O.P.E. class will lead the service in the chapel.

Light on the Hill Sunday, Today

Today, we will have our Light on the Hill special contribution. The goal is $50,000. This contribution will go toward Benevolence and Local Evangelism.

New Member/Updated Old Member Pictures

Think your appearance hasn’t changed much since the

last directory pictures were taken in 2011? Take a look at Hillcrest Connect www.hillcrest.ccbchurch.com. Do you have more children or have they grown more than 8 inches? Are you pictured at all? Time for a new picture! Alan will be taking pictures at the side of the worship center today after worship.

Baptism

Congratulations to Fiston Byaruhanga on his baptism, Nov. 8.

New Members

• Rische & Diana Beeson • Ruby Cacy • Glenna Burrow • Kellie Reed

New Grandbaby

Congratulations to James and Sandy King on the birth of a grandson, Paxten Rey King on Oct. 29. Parents are Ryan and Erin King.

Connecting to the Community Series

The speakers in the Chapel this Wednesday evening will be Jim and Susan Clark from the Christian Service Center and Mark Hewitt from Love and Care Ministries and Katherine Bisson from Abilene Hope Haven.

Thanksgiving LAFF - This Wed., Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m.

Our next Loaves and Fishes Fellowship (church-wide meal) will be our Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday, November 15. Kent Anderson and crew will be smoking turkeys, making dressing and all the fixin’s. Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Invite your friends. This ministry is funded by your generous donations in the box at the door. If you can help set up or cook on Tuesday, or cook, serve or clean up on Wednesday, please sign up in Bible Class.

Single Seniors & Hilltoppers Christmas Dinner

Christmastime’s a comin’ to Hillcrest on Saturday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the MPR. We are planning to have lasagna soup, green beans, salad, bread & dessert. The Infield will share Songs of the Season . . . or at least the parts they know. Signups will begin next Sunday. If you would be willing to help serve, please sign up. Contact Alan Clute for more information.

Breakfast with Santa- Sat., Dec. 9, 9 - 11 a.m., MPR.

Free pancake and sausage breakfast along with crafts for the kids and pictures made with Santa. No RSVP required. Bring your neighbor! Sign ups for volunteering to cook and help will come in an email this coming week.

Lock Up Team

The lock up team is in need of additional people. Please contact Lee Lambert or Larry Knight.

Cebu City

Please be praying for Caleb and Vanessa Callari as they prepare to leave in early January for their mission work in Cebu City, Philippines.

Send the Light

If you are considering leading a Hillcrest short-term mission trip in 2018 and want to be a part of the Apr. 8 Send the Light special collection, contact Neal Coates for an application. The applications should be turned in by Jan. 1. Mission trips are already being planned for several sites including Mumena, Zambia (contact Cam Hurst) and Zambia Medical Mission (contact Ellie Hamby or Ray Ferguson).

Nursery: 2-24 Months (TEAM #2)

Training & Learning for Children (Children’s Church ages 2-4) Parents may escort their child to the Children’s Wing during the song before the sermon.

Bibles for Eastern Europe - Our final amount for this year is $175.85, which is enough to print 35 Bibles.

Thanksgiving Devotional/No Classes - Wed., Nov. 22

Today - Bible class for 6th-12th grade students!

Tonight - High School Huddles

• 9th & 10th grade - 1341 Piedmont Dr., 5:45 - 7:15 p.m. • 11th grade - 2626 Garfield Ave., 5:30 - 7 p.m. • 12th grade - 261 Trail Creek Dr., 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Tonight - Middle School Madness - 5:30 - 7 p.m.

6th-8th Graders are invited to join us tonight for Middle School Madness in the MPR (gym) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dress to move around and bring a friend!

Encounter LE – November 17-19

Registration for Encounter LE will close this Wednesday (November 8). Encounter LE is a student conference for middle school and high school students on the campus of Lubbock Christian University. Cost for the trip will be $50 per student, and registration is open to all of our 6th – 12th grade students. Financial assistance is available. Please see our youth minister, Lance Parrish, for details. A packing list and arrival instructions will be emailed out to those participating tomorrow.

Wednesday - 7 p.m. - This Wednesday, join us in the HS Youth room for a fun game and devotional! Bring a friend and we’ll see you there!

Prayer Breakfast - Thurs., 7 a.m. - All students are welcome to join us at Chic-fil-A on the north side (Hwy 351) for prayer breakfast this Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Parents who can help give rides to school are encouraged to attend as well.

LTC Interest Meeting – Dec. 3

Parents, Cynthia and Lance will be having a Leadership Training for Christ (LTC) interest meeting after Bible class on Sun., Dec. 3. If you are interested in learning more about LTC, and the possibility of Hillcrest participating in LTC in the future, you are invited to join us for this meeting.

Sunday Morning Adult Classes

Today we continue a study of how Jesus interacted with the marginalized groups of His day.

Ladies Tuesday Morning Bible Class - November 14 Fellowship - 9:30 a.m., Class - 10 a.m.: “Wise & Foolish Builders” (Mt 7:25-27, Lk 6:47-49)Teacher, Gail Brown

Wednesday Night Classes

• Rm 11/12 - Glenn Rogers will be speaking on 1 John. • Rm 16 - Congregational Singing: Join Odies Wright for a

time of worship in song! • Rm 34 - ESL Class • Rm 51 - Class for Singles led by Glenn Tuttle • Rm 52 - Divorce Care • Rm 219 - Women’s Bible Class: Will resume in Jan.

2018. • Chapel - Connecting to the Community

Wednesday Night Class - 7 p.m., Rm 14/15

We will meet in the chapel for the Wednesday night series on community. Take this opportunity to build relationships with those around you who you don't know, and form some partnerships that will help you find ways to serve our community together.

Tonight - Special LIFE group at the Kastner Ranch! Meet at Hillcrest to carpool or ride the bus at 3:20 p.m.

Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Share your story in room 17.

Thursday - 11 a.m.

Small group prayer chapel in BSB 104.

REACH - 4-5:30 p.m. - Canterbury Apartments

Mark your calendars!

Dec. 10 - Christmas Party! 6 p.m. at NCCIL in downtown Abilene! We will have a gift exchange and an Ugly Christmas Sweater contest! You won't want to miss it!

Calendar of Events

November 12 ................................... Light on the Hill Sunday

November 12 ...................................... Bible Class Fellowship

November 15 ............................ Loaves & Fishes Fellowship

November 22 ..................... Devotional in Chapel/No Classes

November 23-24 ................................ Office Closed/Holiday

December 2 ........................ Senior Singles Christmas Dinner

December 9 .......................................... Breakfast with Santa

December 10 ...................................... Bible Class Fellowship

December 25-January 1 ..................... Office Closed/Holiday

January 14 ................................ Teacher Appreciation Lunch

Children’s Corner Adult Education Corner

HYG - Youth

HillcrestU

Family Ministry

For the Record

Sunday Morning A.M. Assembly ............ 603 Bible Class ................... 644 Membership ............... 892 Sept. Offering .... $112,589

Sunday Evening Chapel ........................... 31 Wed ............................ 250

Missions and Faith Sharing